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After winning the prestigious International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition in Vienna in 2005 and her international debut 2006 as SERPETTA in ‘La finta giardiniera’ at the Mozartwoche Salzburg and the Salzburg Festival (DVD by Deutsche Grammophon) Adriana’s career took over, bringing her to La Scala in Milan, the Bayerischen Ataatsoper or the Theater an der Wien, singing NINETTA in Mozart's ‘La finta semplice’ under the baton of Fabio Luisi, ANNE TRUELOVE in Stravinsky's ‘The Rake's Progress’ under the baton of Nikolaus Harnoncourt or SOPHIE in ‘Werther’, just to name a few.
Immediately afterwards she could be heard as ADINA, GRETEL, NORINA, MARZELLINE in ‘Fidelio’ or MERCEDES at the Opéra Bastille, Dallas Opera, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Glyndebourne or the Salzburg Festivals, singing under prestigious conductors such as Daniel Barenboim or Gustavo Dudamel.
In 2012 she gave her debut as ADINA an der Wiener Staatsoper and as GILDA at the Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv. In the following seasons, she has returned to the Wiener Staatsoper as ADINA alongside Juan Diego Flórez or ROSINA in Barbiere and has made guest appearances, among others, as GRETEL, SUSANNA or SOPHIE at the Bayerische Staatsoper, as ANNE TRUELOVE at the Berliner Staatsoper, SUSANNA at the Semperoper Dresden, Opéra de Paris as LITTLE VIXEN and SOPHIE, LITTLE VIXEN in Hamburg or her debut as TRAVIATA and LIU, as well as LITTLE VIXEN at the Slovak National Theatre in Bratislava and Münster Opera or KAROLINA in Smetana’s Two Widows in Prague.
Adriana Kučerová studied voice at the Conservatory and the Academy of music in Bratislava, and subsequently at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse in Lyon. She became the laureate of the European Music Prize for Youth in Hamburg and the International Summer Academy Prague-Vienna-Budapest as well as the above mentioned First Prize at the Belvedere Competition.
Adriana has worked with first range conductors including Vladimir Jurowski, Kazushi Ono, Kent Nagano, J.Ch.Spinosi, N.Harnoncourt, Fabio Luisi, Tomas Netopil, Ch.Hogwood, Gustavo Dudamel, D.Barenboim, Ivor Bolton, George Petrou, James Gaffigen, F.I. Ciampa, Daniele Callegari, Juraj Valcuha, Daniel Oren or R.Muti, and directors such as Doris Dorrie, Richard Jones, Jurgen Rose, Laurent Pelly, Annabel Arden, K.Warlikowski, Martin Kusej, Emma Dante, Andre Engel, Nicolas Joel or Pier Luigi Pizzi.
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| REVIEWS |
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| Theater Münster – Das schlaue Füchslein - FÜCHSIN |
| "Adriana Kučerová’s versatile soprano voice in the title part was equally admired. Both rapid parlando, rebellious vocal power in the hennery or gentle vocal lines in the duet with the fox, sung by Wioletta Hebrowska were her thing. Their love duet became a musical highlight of the evening." |
Der Opernfreund
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| Theater Münster – Das schlaue Füchslein - FÜCHSIN |
| "For the part of the vixen, the Slovakian soprano Adriana Kučerova was engaged. She sings at all the major opera houses and has already sung this very part at the Opera Bastille in Paris. With her lyrically streaming , not too bright , radiant voice, she makes the creature’s incredible vitality and joy of audible." |
OMM
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| Slovak National Theater Bratislava – Das schlaue Füchslein - FÜCHSIN |
| "Soprano Adriana Kučerová was a feisty, wild, bold and loving vixen who embraced life. Her courtship with Gold Stripe and her loving relationship with her cubs were sensitively portrayed, yet she could be provocative and vicious. Vocally, she produced an excellent performance; the voice was firm, expressive and agile with a secure and pleasing upper register, which she used expertly to develop her character." |
Operawire - Alan Neilson
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| Opéra de la Bastille – Das schlaue Füchslein - FÜCHSIN |
| "...and the beautiful Adriana Kucerova, whose voice constantly shines, with this clear, resonant high tones and the breathtaking stage spresence, that garatuee her huge successes in the audience." |
Forum Opera
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| Wiener Staatsoper – Il barbiere di Siviglia - ROSINA |
| "In Rosina’s famous aria, soprano Adriana Kucerová, sings Una voce poco fa, the sound of his voice has pierced my heart. Yes! I swear Lindoro shall be mine”. Kucerová smiles radiantly, her coloratura are confident: …." |
Vienna Opera Review
www.viennaoperareview.com |
| Theater an der Wien – The Rake's Progress - TRUELOVE |
| "Adriana Kucerová is brilliant as the extraordinary spirited Truelove with radiant soprano heights." |
FAZ
www.faz.net |
| Slovak National Theater Bratislava – The Rake's Progress - TRUELOVE |
| "Vocally, the two of them also harmonized perfectly. Kučerová’s soprano voice is pleasantly creamy, especially in the middle repertoire." |
Bachtrack
www.bachtrack.com |
| Bayerische Staatsoper München – L'elisir d'amore - ADINA |
| "Adriana Kucerová is a beautiful young woman with a female charisma, a brilliant, warm soprano voice,..." |
Online Merker
www.onlinemerker.com |
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