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.

Since 2016, she has been a regular guest at most Czech theatres: the National Theatre in Prague (Pamina, Servilia, Donna Elvíra, Countess Almaviva, Mařenka, Blaženka, Barena), the J.K.Tyl Theatre in Pilsen (Ilia, Ottavia, Ismene), the National Moravian-Silesian Theatre in Ostrava (Servilia, 1st Water Nymph, Eve/Bubikopf), the Silesian Theatre in Opava (Countess Almaviva), the South Bohemian Theatre in České Budějovice (Pamina, Mařenka, Terinka, soprano in the production of Messiah and Czech Christmas Mass, Delusion in the new opera by Comenius), the F.X.Šalda Theatre in Liberec (Vendulka) and annually participates in many festivals (Prague Spring Festival, Smetana’s Litomyšl, Dvořák Prague Festival, Music Znojmo, Dvořák Festival, Leoš Janáček International Festival, Concentus Moraviae, etc.)

Since 2023, she has also been a guest at the Aalto Theater in Essen, Germany, where she performed the roles of Susanna and the Countess in The Marriage of Figaro conducted by Tomáš Netopil. In the following season, she guested there again, this time in the role of Margarita in Louise Bertin’s opera Fausto.

In 2025, she made her debut at the Prague Spring Festival with Concentus musicus Wien lead by Tomáš Netopil. Under his leadership, she will also perform the role of Terinka in a concert performance of the opera Jakobín at the Dvořák Prague Festival in September 2026.

The next season 2026/2027 she will introduce herself in three main roles: first, she will perform the role of Guta in Zdeněk Lukáš’s opera Falkenštejn at the J.K.Tyl Theatre, second she will sing the role of Donna Elvira in a new production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni at the South Bohemian Theatre, and the last one role of this season will be Katuška in Smetana’s opera The Devil’s Wall directed by Ondřej Havelka at the National Theatre in Prague.

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.