Jiří Brückler

Jiří Brückler was born in Liberec, northern Bohemia, in 1984, and took up music in his native city, as a member of several children’s choirs. He then studied classical singing with Prof. Jiří Kotouč at the Prague Conservatory, and since 2008 has pursued his schooling with Prof. Roman Janál at the Academy of Music and Drama in Prague. From his conservatory student days, he has guest appeared at the Prague State Opera’s productions of, initially, Rusalka and Turandot, and since the 2010/2011 season also Rigoletto and Carmen. From 2007 he was a guest artist of the Mozart Opera Prague summer season, singing Masetto in Don Giovanni at the Estates Theatre. In 2008, he created the role of Avenant in Philip Glass’ Beauty and the Beast at the National Theatre in Brno, and in the same year he joined the Chamber Opera Prague on its Japanese tour, singing Count Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro. Since the 2009/2010 season, he has guest appeared at the F.X. Šalda Theatre in Liberec, as Silvio in I pagliacci (Leoncavallo), and as Morales in Carmen. His creation of Silvio earned him a place on the longlist for the 2009 Thalia Awards. He has to his credit successes from several voice competitions: among others, he won the national basic art schools singing contest at Šternberk; first prize from the Antonín Dvořák International Singing Competition in Karlovy Vary, along with Vilém Zítek Award plus Josef Hercl Society Award for Best Interpretation of Sacred Music; and in the same contest, the Ostrava National Theatre of Moravia-Silesia Award, and Editio Bärenreiter Award. In 2009, he featured in the Prague premiere performances of Otomar Kvěch’s Requiem temporale, with the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jiří Malát, and in a production of Théodore Dubois’ oratorio Les sept paroles du Christ. From the 2011/2012 season, he has been cast as Count Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro, and Ping in Turandot, in the two operas’ productions at the National Theatre in Brno. In August 2011, he sang Silvio in I pagliacci on the revolving open-air stage at Český Krumlov, alongside José Cura as Canio. As a concert singer, he tours extensively in this country and internationally. From the 2011/2012 season, he has been in permanent engagement as soloist of the Prague State Opera.