Jan Šťáva
Bass, Jan Šťáva, studied voice since childhood with his mother, the singing teacher and opera singer Zdeňka Rybecká. In 1999 he was accepted into the Pavel Křížkovský High School Specialising in Arts in Brno where he was in the class of Mgr. Irena Vašíčková-Pollini. During his studies he won several singing competitions including the Prague Singer and the Dušek Competition. In 2006 he recorded his first CD – Biblical Songs of Antonín Dvořák and Afro-American Spirituals. In 2007 he was accepted into the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts (JAMU) in Brno and studied under the instruction of MgA. Zdeňek Šmukař. He has been a guest artist with the JAMU Chamber Opera since 2003. In 2007 he participated in master classes led by Argentinean tenor José Cura in Nancy, France, where he won the Grand Prix and was also given the opportunity to work with the Opera National de Lorraine in Nancy. There he performed in Mozart’s Idomeneo in 2009 and in Puccini’s La Rondine in 2012.
He has guested with the Moravian Theatre Olomouc, National Moravian-Silesian Theatre in Ostrava and in May 2011 he had his debut at the National Theatre in Prague as Osmin in Mozart’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail. He has also worked with the Ensemble Opera Diversa and is a founding member of the Wopera-sérija association. Since 2010 he has been a soloist of the Janáček Opera where he has portrayed the roles of Bartolo (Le nozze di Figaro), Don Andrès (La Périchole), A Mandarin (Turandot) and Alidoro (La Cenerentola).
Repertoire in NdB
- Let’s go to Bethlehem Together - Ryba / Schreier
- Polish Blood - Jan Zaremba
- Glagolitic Mass / From the House of the Dead - Bass
- Falstaff - Pistola
- The Merry Widow - Baron Mirko Zetka, Ambassador
- Open-air concert to start the 2021/22 season -
- The Magic Flute - Sarastro
- Peter Grimes - Swallow
- Aida - Král
- Così fan tutte - Don Alfonso
- The Miracles of Mary - Bass
- Turandot - Mandarin
- The Greek Passion - Priest Grigoris
- The Knight of the Rose - Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau
- The Cunning Little Vixen - Priest / Badger
- The Bartered Bride - Kecal, a marriage broker
- Polish Blood - Jan Zaremba
- Destiny - Lhotský, painter
- Nabucco - High priest
- Libuše - Lutobor
- La traviata - Doctor Grenville
- La bohème - Collin
- Ferdy the Ant - Čmelák Heligonista / Soudce / Nosatý brouk
- Eugen Onegin - Kníže Gremin
- The Devil and Kate - Lucifer
- The Barber of Seville - Basilio
Upcoming performance
The Miracles of Mary
Lecturer's introduction before the performance- 14/12/2022
- 19:00 - 22:00
Ferdy the Ant
Subscription: VF- 07/01/2023
- 17:00 - 18:30
The Barber of Seville
- 10/01/2023
- 19:00 - 21:50
The Miracles of Mary
Lecturer's introduction before the performance- 15/01/2023
- 17:00 - 20:00
Glagolitic Mass / From the House of the Dead
Lecturer's introduction before the performance- 21/01/2023
- 19:00
La bohème
Lecturer's introduction before the performance Subscription: O1- 24/01/2023
- 19:00 - 21:30
The Magic Flute
- 13/02/2023
- 10:00 - 12:35
The Greek Passion
Lecturer's introduction before the performance- 22/02/2023
- 19:00 - 21:30
The Bartered Bride
- 04/03/2023
- 17:00 - 19:50
The Greek Passion
Subscription: DO, VJ- 05/03/2023
- 17:00 - 19:30
Così fan tutte
- 10/03/2023
- 19:00 - 22:10
Così fan tutte
- 12/03/2023
- 17:00 - 20:10
The Magic Flute
Subscription: DV, VS, VS2- 19/03/2023
- 17:00 - 19:35
The Greek Passion
Lecturer's introduction before the performance- 02/04/2023
- 17:00 - 19:30
Falstaff
Lecturer's introduction before the performance Subscription: O3- 10/04/2023
- 19:00 - 20:30
Eugen Onegin
Subscription: J1- 16/04/2023
- 17:00 - 19:35
Nabucco
Subscription: DO, VJ- 23/04/2023
- 18:00 - 20:50
Così fan tutte
- 09/05/2023
- 19:00 - 22:10
La bohème
Subscription: O2- 03/06/2023
- 17:00 - 19:30
The Barber of Seville
- 07/06/2023
- 19:00 - 21:50
