Kateřina Kněžíková is a resident artist at Prague National Opera and appears regularly at Czech and Slovakian opera houses and at houses including La Monnaie, Brussels, Opéra Royal de Versailles and Opéra de Dijon. Highlights for 2024/25 included her US debut at Carnegie Hall in Janáček’s Glagolitic Mass with the Czech Philharmonic, a return to Glyndebourne as Káťa Kabanová, Jenůfa (role debut) and Rusalka at Prague National Opera, Smetana’s Libůse with the Czech Philharmonic, and the release of her album Tag und Nacht with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra and Jakub Hrůša (Supraphon). Other recent roles for PNO include Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte), Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni), Mimì (La bohème) and Micaëla (Carmen). Her concert repertory includes Dvořák’s Requiem, Svatá Ludmila and Stabat Mater, Martinů’s Epic of Gilgamesh and Magic Nights, Brahms’ German Requiem, Mahler’s Symphonies 2, 4 and 8 and Ravel’s Shéherezade, with orchestras including the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Wiener Symphoniker, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, London Philharmonic Orchestra and Camerata Salzburg. She makes her debut with The Royal Opera in the 2025/26 Season as a soloist in The Spectre's Bride, as part of Jakub Hrůša and Friends in Concert.
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