Biography

Markéta Klaudová

Soprano

Born as Markéta Böhmová in Brno to a musical family, Marketa began her singing career in The Kantiléna Choir and participated in multiple performances at the National Theatre Brno as a member of the children’s choir, both in the Czech republic and abroad (Japan, UK, & Austria).

During her studies at the Faculty of Education at Masaryk University, she successfully represented the school at singing competitions several times, and in 2014 she continued her studies abroad at the State Conservatory in Campobasso, Italy, led by Professor Alda Caiello. In the same year she participated in the Antonín Dvořák International Singing Competition in Karlovy Vary, where she received two special prizes for interpretation. Since successfully achieving her Master‘s degree in 2018, she regularly cooperates with many orchestras such as AKAMUS, L’armonia Terrena, Czech Philharmonic, Philharmonic Brno, Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava, North Czech Philharmonic, Czech virtuosi and conductors such as M. Minkowski, S. Bychkov, T. Netopil, A. Liebreich, Ch. Olivieri-Munroe, R. Jindra, J. Kyzlink, Z. Klauda, J. Klecker, R. Kružík, etc.

“The final part of the Symphony grew into joyful soprano by means of which a clear voice depicts the beauty of Paradise. Markéta Böhmová has many qualities – musicality, emotional expression, and a perfectly comprehensible diction of the German text. The singer’s sweet voice complemented her appearance and disarming smile. The concert was an enchanting experience that culminated to a graceful finale.”
Operaplus: Karla Hoffmanová 2020/3/7

She gained her first theatrical experience with the New Operetta Studio Brno and in 2016 she debuted the role of Servilia (La Clemenza di Tito) at the National Moravian-Silesian Theatre. Other roles followed: Barena (Jenůfa, National Theatre Prague 2017); Servilia (concert version of La Clemenza di Tito led by Mark Minkowski, National Theatre Prague 2018); Elena (Paris and Elena, Golden Stone Fest 2018); and Ilia (Idomeneo, DJKT 2019), First Water-nymph (Rusalka, NDM 2019); Pamina (The Magic Flute, National Theatre Prague 2019); Ottavia (The Poppea’s Coronation, DJKT 2020) and The Countess (The Marriage of Figaro, Silesian Theatre, Opava 2020), for which she was nominated for THALIA award and received JANTAR 2021 award. She sung the role of Arianne by Monteverdi and Martinů at Smetana ‘s Litomyšl Fest 2021, Mařenka in the new production of Smetana ‘s The Bartered Bride (National Theatre Prague 2022), Ismene in Gluck’s Alceste at Gluck’s Fest 2022 in Bayreuth and also a soprano role in scenic production of Händel’s Messiah at The Revolving Theatre in Český Krumlov.

The season 2022-2023 Markéta took a part as Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni, National Theatre Prague), Pamina (The Magic Flute) and soprano role (The Czech Christmas Mass) in South-Bohemian Theatre, Eve and Bubikopf (The Broken Jug, The Emperor of Atlantis) in Moravian-Silesian Theatre. She also had a big debut abroad as Susanna in the new production of Le nozze di Figaro in Aalto Theater in Essen, DE.

The season 2023/2024 she had debuts in four main roles of the czech opera repertoire: Mařenka (Smetana: The Bartered Bride), Terinka (Dvořák: Jakobín), both in South-Bohemian Theatre, Vendulka (Smetana: The Kiss) in Theatre of F.X. Šalda and Blaženka (Smetana: The Secret) in National Theatre Prague. She performed the role Mámení in the world premiere of production Komenský by an Jirásek and won a South Bohemian Thalia award 2024 for this role.

The season 2024/2025 was invited again to Aalto Theater Essen to perform the role of Margarita in the production of Fausto by Louise Bertin. In May she debuted at the prestigious Prague Spring Festival with cantata Exultate, jubilate and Mozart: Requiem. In June she debuted as the main soprano role in the immersive opera project The Czech Lute by Czech baroque composer A. Michna with South-Bohemian Theatre.

The season 2025/2026 she will debut as Micaela (a concert version of Carmen) and in April she will perform a role of Eva in the scenic version of Die Schöpfung by Haydn with Prague Symphony Orchestra FOK.

”Markéta Böhmová captured me from the first tones with her clear, soft voice sounding in all octaves moving in numerous jumps and flourishes. Part of Pietas is truly demanding and extensive, with a long surface area of lyrical singing at the beginning (including a duet with Alexius) and especially at the end, where the work closes a monumental and truly virtuoso aria. It was surely the highlight of the evening.”
Klasikaplus: Lucia Maloveská 2018/16/12

From 2016-2022 she also was a permanent member of the Czech Ensemble Baroque under the leadership of R. Válek, who specializes in authentic interpretation of early music. She studied many titles with the Ensemble: “Orfeo” by Gluck; “Alexander’s Feast” & “Saul” by Handel; “Mass” (in C minor) & “Requiem” by Mozart; “Mass” (in B minor) & “Magnificat” by Bach; and “Mass” by Bernstein. At the last Music Znojmo Fest 2020 she sung Princess in Michael Haydn´s pantomime “The Dream.“ Markéta is also a co-founding member of the trio Drei Engel which is specialized to the spiritual and secular baroque music.

She regularly participates in courses such as baroque iconic singer Emma Kirkby’s Masterclass, Kateřina & Adam Plachetka’s Masterclass, and Tomáš Netopil’s Summer Academy, to say a few. It is also worth mentioning that In August 2018 Marketa became a finalist of the prestigious Cesti Competition in Innsbruck.