Jiřina Marková-Krystlíková

Before graduating from the Prague Conservatory in the class of Prof. Jankovský she made her debut at the National Theatre as Barča in Smetana’s Hubička in the last year of her studies. She continued her musical education at interpretation courses in Siena and Bayreuth in the period of 1979–2001 she was opera soloist of the National Theatre, in 2001–2004 soloist of the State Opera Prague. She excelled especially in operas by Smetana (as Mařenka, Krasava and Jitka) , Dvořák (Rusalka and Terinka), Mozart (Pamina, Zerlina, Countess and Suzan), Janáček (as Bystrouška in Cunning Little Vixen), Gounod (Marguerite), Tchajkowski (Lisa), Martinů (Ariadne). She has developed rich concert activities and co-operation with broadcasting and TV-stations as well as recording companies. Among the successful foreign events let us recall at least the concert at the New York Carnegie Hall in 1986, her performance with Moravská Filharmony Olomouc at the Musical Summer 1993 in Rems and her participation at the Mozart Festival in Crest.