Václav Sibera

Václav Sibera graduated from the Prague Conservatoire, subject clarinet and opera singing. He took part in a number of competitions: on the Antonín Dvořák International Song Contest in Karlovy Vary in 1998 he was awarded the 3rd place, on the Ema Destinnová International Song Contest in České Budějovice in 2001 he won the 1st place and in the same year he got through to the finals of the Ferruccio Tagliavini International Song Competition in Deutschlandsberg. Since 1999 he has been the soloist of the Prague State Opera. In January 2005 he toured Japan and in April 2005 he guest appeared with the Beseto opera in the Korean Seoul. In the years 2006 – 2008 he had cooperated with the Opera Mozart in the summer stagione Don Giovanni. Since 2003 he has cooperated with the Prague National Theatre, where he played the triple role Poet, Cloudy and Vacek Bradatý from the opera Výlety páně Broučkovy (The Excursions of Mr. Brouček) by Leoš Janáček under the baton of Sir Charles Mackerras. In 2007 he made a recording of the above opera in London with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jiří Bělohlávek for the company Deutsche Grammophon. The recording won the Midem Classical Award at the Cannes music trade fair in 2009.