Zdeněk Plech

Soloist of the National Theatre Opera. Born in Brno, he graduated from the Janáček Academy of Performing Arts. In 2002 he was a finalist of the prestigious Feruccio Tagliavini bel canto singing competition. Between 2000 and 2004 he performed as a solo singer of the National Theatre in Brno. Since 2004 he has been a soloist at the National Theatre in Prague. His operatic repertoire includes e.g. Mozart’s Sarastro (Die Zauberflöte), Masetto and Commendatore (Don Giovanni), Donizetti’s Don Pasquale, Verdi’s Ramfis (Aida), Puccini’s Collin (La boheme), Tchaikovsky’s Gremin (Eugene Onegin) and from the czech repertoire among others Smetana’s Kecal (The Bartered Bride). He has been invited to the Canadian Opera Company in Toronto, where he performed the role of Oroveso (Bellini: Norma), Wagner’s Hagen (Götterdämmerung) and Fasolt (Das Rheingold) and Don Fernando in Beethoven’s Fidelio in 2009. In 2003 he was invited to the opera festival in Cincinnati (USA) and in 2004 appeared in the role of Tom (Verdi: Un ballo in maschera) at the festival in San Sebastian (Spain). He made his debut as Il Re (Aida) in Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin (2006) and as Collin (La boheme) in Phoenix Opera, USA (2007). He also devotes to concert activity, oratorios, cantatas (Dvořák: Stabat Mater, Rossini: Petite messe solennelle, Bach: Weihnachtsoratorium), song works (Tchaikovsky, Musorgsky, Grieg). In 2004 he sang Dvořák´s Stabat Mater in Spain and Japan. With the opera diva Eva Urbanová he has recorded a Christmas CD for Supraphon label. His other recordings include Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen (BBC) and Dvořák´s Stabat Mater (Sony Classical). Update: March 2009