Karolína Bubleová Berková – mezzo-soprano

Karolína Bubleová Berková is a winner of International Singing Competition of E. Destinn. She appears on the stage of the National Theatre in Prague in title roles (Glass's opera Beauty and the Beast, etc.) and gives concerts with significant foreign and Czech orchestras (Berliner Symphoniker, Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra, etc.).

Biography

photoGraduated from the Music Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague in the class of R. Tuček. In 1997, Berková became the winner of the International Singing Competition of E. Destinn and in 2001 the laureate of the International Singing Competition of A. Dvořák in Karlovy Vary.

On the basis of a scholarship awarded by the Italian Cultural Institute Berková completed singing studies in the first half of 2001 at the Conservatorio di G. Verdi in Milan in Italy (Prof. S. Doz, Prof. S. Turchetta).

In June 2000, she was the chief performer in the performance entitled Northern Nights, which staged the song cycles of R. Schumann – Love and Life of a Woman, P. Eben – Loveless Songs, and J. Křička – Northern Nights. The project received a favourable reception both from the audience and the critics.

In 2001, she performed as a guest in the W. A. Mozart opera The Marriage of Figaro (Cherubino) at the festival in Alden Biesen in Belgium (producer I. Levant).

Since 2002, she has made regular appearances on the stage of the National Theatre in Prague – G. Verdi: Macbeth and W. A. Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro. In August 2003 and in July 2004, she performed with great success in the title role of Beauty in Glass's opera Beauty and the Beast produced by P. Forman, and in December 2004 in the role of the Boy in the opera of M. Nyman: Man and Boy: Dada (produced by R. Tannenbaum).

She appears regularly on international music scene as well, for example: W. A. Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro – tour with the National Theatre in Japan, L. Janáček: The Diary of a Vanished Man – Paris, France; in May 2004, she represented the Czech Republic at the Berlin gala concert of singers from the ten countries entering the European Union accompanied by the Berliner Symphoniker orchestra conducted by L. Shambadal; in September 2004, she appeared with the Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by V. Válek in Mahler's 4th Symphony; in November 2004, she gave concerts of religious music in Israel.

In 2009, Juventus Collegium FOK has invited Karolína Bubleová Berková to perform a cycle of songs by Vítězslava Kaprálová; the premiere performance of Requiem by Jan Hanuš has been a starting point to a long-term co-operation with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra management on educational recital performances in Rudolfinum, Prague.

She appeared in two concerts of the Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra of South Bohemia: Illuminations by Benjamin Britten (conductor Jakub Zicha) and Il Tramonto by Ottorino Respighiho (conductor Jan Talich) in 2010.

A solo recital together with harpist Laura Caramellino in Milano, Italy, has crowned their co-operation in May 2011.

Since 2005, she is also active as a teacher; she has become a lecturer of a solo singing at the New York University in Prague, and in 2010 a teacher of music of the youngest generation at a private kindergarten.

 

Repertoire

The repertoire of Karolína Bubleová Berková is very wide and cannot be listed here in full lenght. Therefore we include only compositions which we feel interesting fot the presenters, or which we prepare for this concert season. Other compositions not listed here may be performed upon your request.

SACRED MUSIC
Antonín Dvořák
Biblical Songs
Antonín Dvořák
Stabat Mater (alto solo)
Antonín Dvořák
St. Ludmila (Svatava)
Antonín Dvořák
Ave Maria
Antonín Dvořák
Ave Maris Stella
Petr Eben
Píseň Rút
Petr Eben
De nomine Caeciliae
Klement Slavický
Cantus Sacri (cycle of four songs)
Bedřich Antonín Wiedermann
Nechte jít mne tam
Bedřich Antonín Wiedermann
Oslavujte Pána
Jaroslav Mácha
Ó panno lásky
Fr. Paolo Tosti
Ridonami la calma
César Franck
Ave Maria
César Franck
Panis Angelicus
Franz Schubert
Ave Maria
Charles Gounod
O, divine Redeemer
CHAMBER MUSIC
Ottorino Respighi
Il Tramonto
Antonio Vivaldi
Kantáta Cessate omai cessate
Domenico Scarlatti
Salve Regina
Georg Friedrich Händel
Il Pastor Fido - Dorinda's aria
Georg Friedrich Händel
Imeneo - Tirint's aria
Georg Friedrich Händel
Flavio - Quido's aria
Darius Milhaud
Adieu
Anton Webern
Zwei Lieder
Giovanni Batista Pergolesi
Stabat Mater
PROGRAM with HARP
 
Program is performed together with Kateřina Englichová.
Petr Eben
Písně k loutně (6 songs to the Medieval poetry)
Vítězslav Novák
Pohádka srdce (selection of four songs)
Petr Eben
Six Old-time Love Songs (*)
Mario Castelnuovo - Tedesco
Cyklus tří písní (Three Sephardic Songs)
Alberto Ginastera
Cantos del Tucuman (**)
Gabriel Fauré
Mai
Gabriel Fauré
Après un rêve
Maurice Ravel
Five Greek Folk Songs
 
(*) this composition may also be performed with added piano part
 
(**) this composition requires other artists as well
 
We can also offer a All-Czech program with the harp, as well as other variations of the program listed above, which doesn't include other associated artists.
PROGRAM with PIANO
 
Program is performed together with Marcel Javorček.
Leoš Janáček
Po zarostlém chodníčku (Naše večery, Lístek odvanutý)
Hector Berlioz
Les nuits d’été, op. 7
Christoph Wilibald Gluck
Paride e Elena - árie Parida “Le belle immagini”
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sonate A minor KV 310 - Allegro maestoso
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Le nozze di Figaro - Chérubin's aria “Non so piu cosa son”
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
La clemenza di Tito - Sextus's aria “Deh per questo istante solo”
Sergej Prokofjev
Sonate D minor, op. 14 (selection)
Jules Massenet
Werther - árie Charlotty “Avec les lettres”
 
This program may be altered accorging to the promoters need.
PROGRAM with GUITARE
 
Program is performed together with Patrik Vacík.
Fernando Sor
Acuérdate, bien mio
Fernando Sor
Muchacha, y la verguenza
Fernando Sor
Las mujeres y cuerdas
Joaquin Rodrigo
En Jerez de la Frontera
Joaquin Rodrigo
Adela
Joaquin Rodrigo
De ronda
Joaquin Rodrigo
Romance de Durandarte
Manuel de Falla
Seven Hispanic Songs (selection)
Ernesto Cordero
Cycle Mis primeros versos (six songs)
Spirituals
 
PROGRAM with ORCHESTRA - concert repertoire
Johann Sebastian Bach
Missa B-flat minor
Ludwig van Beethoven
Missa Solemnis
Hector Berlioz
ummer Nigths
Johannes Brahms
Rhapsody
Antonín Dvořák
Stabat Mater
Antonín Dvořák
"Lužanská" Mass
Antonín Dvořák
St. Ludmila
Antonín Dvořák
Biblical Songs
Georg Friedrich Händel
Mesiash
Joseph Haydn
Harmonie messe B-flat Major
Ernest Chausson
Poeme de l’amour et de la mer
Jaroslav Křička
Northern Nights
Gustav Mahler
Songs of a Wayfarer
Gustav Mahler
Songs on the Death of Children
Gustav Mahler
Fourth Symphony
Gustav Mahler
The Youth's Magic Horn (selection)
Bohuslav Martinů
Bouquet
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Requiem
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Coronation Mass
PROGRAM with ORCHESTRA - opera repertoire
Georges Bizet
Carmen (Carmen)
Gaetano Donizetti
Don Sebastiano (Zaida)
Christoph Wilibald Gluck
Orfeus and Euridica (Orfeus)
Christoph Wilibald Gluck
Paris and Helen (Paris)
Charles Gounod
Faust and Margaret (Siebel)
Charles Gounod
Cinq Mars (Marie)
Charles Gounod
Sapho (Sapho)
Jules Massenet
Werther (Charlotte)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Le nozze di Figaro (Cherubin)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Cosi fan tutte (Dorabella)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
La Clemenza di Tito (Sextus)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Idomeneo (Idamante)
Gioacchino Rossini
Tancredi (Tandred)

 

We will gladly offer more repertoire to you, as well as meet any of your possible special request. We are looking forward to your order!

 

Reviews

Reviews are currently available in Czech only:

„Zvláště krásným témbrem se vyznačoval hlas mezzosopranistky Karolíny Bubleové Berkové, o němž by znalec řekl, že zrál v soudku z ušlechtilého dřeva.”
Antoni Batista, La Vanguardia, Barcelona, 2000
„Hvězdou inscenace se stala Karolína Bubleová Berková v hlavní roli Chlapce. Nejenže její hlas zní krásně, je technicky jistý a vyrovnaný, ale je to i výtečná herečka, která ožehavou kalhotkovou roli pubescenta splnila suverénně — a přidala i potřebnou poezii svého projevu.”
Josef Herman, Hudební rozhledy, Praha, 2004
(M. Nyman: Man and Boy - Dada, Národní Divadlo Praha)
„...její hlas, nezesílený žádnou technickou vymožeností, zněl v chrámových prostorách obdivuhodně čistě, ušlechtile, se zdánlivě snadnými výškami a vzácně zastřeným témbrem v hlubších polohách.”
Pavel Stolina, Táborsko, Tábor, 2005
„...Pro tento typ hudby se výborně hodilo i naléhavé espressivo Ivana Kusnjera stejně jako vylehčený, ale citově vřelý projev Karolíny Bubleové Berkové — v jejím podání vyzněla předposlední část, obsahově korespondující s textem Stabat Mater, naprosto úchvatně.”
Jindřich Bálek: Pašije za éru normalizace, Harmonie, Praha, červen 2005
(Jan Hanuš: oratorium Ecce homo, Pražské jaro 2005)

 

Recordings

CD Liriche

Liriche – Karolína Bubleová Berková

Vydavatel: Jan Nykrýn

Katalogové číslo: ny 24 6001-2

Rok vydání: 2005

Obsah CD:

  • Ottorino Respighi – Sei liriche (výběr)
  • Gabriel Fauré – Mélodies
  • Georges Bizet – Romances
  • Maurice Ravel – Cinq mélodies populaires grecques
  • Jaroslav Křička – Severní noci
  • Leoš Janáček – Říkadla
  • Petr Eben – Šestero piesní milostných
  • Charles Gounod, Jakub Zicha – O, divine Redeemer

CD „Liriche” mezzosopranistky Karolíny Bubleové Berkové. CD obsahuje životopisy umělců a sleeve-note Jaromíra Havlíka v českém, anglickém, německém, italském a francouzském jazyce. Taktéž zde naleznete kompletní texty písní v originále. Booklet má celkem 60 stran.

Zvuková ukázka:
 Charles Gounod: O, divine Redeemer [6:00 min / 5,5 MB - MP3 (128kbps)]

Máte-li zájem o podrobnější informace nebo si chcete CD koupit, napište nám.

CD

Legenda vánoční

Vydavatel: Musica Bohemica

Katalogové číslo: MB 001-2

Rok vydání: 1998

CD

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem

Vydavatel: Musica Bohemica

Katalogové číslo: MB 004-2

Rok vydání: 2000

CD

Les Fresques

Eva Bublová - varhany

Vydavatel: Arco Diva

Katalogové číslo: UP 0059 - 2 131, 2005

Rok vydání: 2005

CD

Gustav Mahler - Symfonie č. 4

SOČR, Vladimír Válek

Vydavatel: Arco Diva

Katalogové číslo: UP 0099-2 131

Rok vydání: 2007

 

 

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For Organizers

We include only basic technical requirements, which always depends on the specific conditions of every event and the repertoire:

  • tuned piano to the presenter's costs (in case of the order of repertoire with a piano)
  • sound system to the presenter's costs (in case of special events)
  • dressing rooms for artists of the appropriate size and quality
  • sufficient light on the stage
  • adequate temperature on the stage (optimally around 21 °C - 70 °F)
  • soft drinks and refreshment for the artists to the presenter's costs

 

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