Jiří Zahradníček
Jiří Zahradníček as Cavaradossi
| Jiří Zahradníček sings | Norma: In mia man, with Eva Děpoltová
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In RA format
I would like to thank Vladimir Efimenko for the recording and pictures.
I would like to thank Michal Pekárek for the recording and the picture.
I would like to thank Thomas Silverbörg for the recording.
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Jiří Zahradníček began in an opera choir, first solo tasks were mostly buffo roles,
but when he found his real voice in Paganini by Lehár and as Smetana's Jíra (in Braniboři v
Čechách), he quickly became one of the leading Czech singers of Italian
operas. He was at his best in Italian music, but according to his collegues he was
also good in operas by Wagner, Smetana, Janáček and modern operas.
His voice was beautiful placed and his technique allowed him to sing four
difficult tenor roles in one week, not counting concerts.
As a chorister, he sang in Liberec (1941–45), while still studying voice; as a soloist, still in
Liberec (1945–53), then in Opava
(1953–59), Ostrava (1959–63), Bratislava (1964–69). In the first half of 1970, he sang in Oslo, then he was
engaged by the Prague National Theater (until 1990 as a regular member, until 1998 as a guest in mostly comprimario parts).
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Repertory
| Auber |
Fra Diavolo |
Fra Diavolo |
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| Beethoven, Ludwig van |
Fidelio |
Florestan |
Oslo; Opava |
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| Bellini, Vincenzo |
Norma |
Pollione |
Bratislava |
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| Bizet, Georges |
Carmen |
Don José |
Opava; Praha |
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| Boieldieu, François-Adrien |
La dame blanche |
Georges Brown |
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| Britten, Benjamin |
Peter Grimes |
Peter Grimes |
Praha |
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| Cikker, Ján |
Mister Scrooge |
Bob |
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| Cikker, Ján |
Vzkříšení |
Smělkov |
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TV |
| Chajkovskij, Pjotr Ilich |
Eugen Onegin |
Lenskij; Lead singer (peasant chorus) |
Opava; Praha |
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| Chajkovskij, Pjotr Ilich |
Pikovaja dama |
German |
Opava; Praha |
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| Chajkovskij, Pjotr Ilich |
Cherevichki |
Vakula |
Ostrava |
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| d'Albert, Eugen |
Tiefland |
Pedro |
Opava |
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| Dallapiccola, Luigi |
Il prigioniero |
Carceriere/Grande Inquisitore |
Oslo |
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| Debussy, Claude |
Pelléas et Mélisande |
Pelléas |
Bratislava |
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| Donizetti, Gaetano |
Don Pasquale |
Ernesto |
Liberec |
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| Dvořák, Antonín |
Dimitrij |
Dimitrij |
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| Dvořák, Antonín |
Jakobín |
Benda; Jiří |
Liberec; Praha |
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| Dvořák, Antonín |
Rusalka |
Princ |
Opava; Praha |
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| Gounod, Charles |
Faust |
Faust |
Opava |
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| Halévy, Jacques Fromental |
La Juive |
Éléazar |
Bratislava |
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| Janáček, Leoš |
Amarus |
tenor |
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CD |
| Janáček, Leoš |
Její pastorkyňa (Jenůfa) |
Laca, Števa |
Ostrava |
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| Janáček, Leoš |
Káťa Kabanová |
Boris, Tichon |
Ostrava |
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| Janáček, Leoš |
Věc Makropulos |
Albert Gregor |
Ostrava |
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| Janáček, Leoš |
Výlety pana Broučka |
Mazal/Blankytný/Petřík; Skladatel/Harfoboj/Miroslav Zlatník |
Ostrava; Praha |
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| Janáček, Leoš |
Z mrtvého domu |
Filka Morozov |
Praha |
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| Janáček, Leoš |
Zápisník zmizelého |
tenor |
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| Jeremiáš, Otakar |
Bratři Karamazovi |
Míťa |
Praha |
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| Kašlík, Václav |
Krakatit |
Inženýr Prokop |
Ostrava |
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| Kašlík, Václav |
Silnice |
Fool/Clown |
Praha |
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| Kašlík, Václav |
Zbojnická balada |
Chief Custodian |
Praha |
TV |
| Kittl, Johann Friedrich |
Bianca und Giuseppe |
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| Kovařovic, Karel |
Psohlavci |
Kozina |
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| Kupka, Karel |
Když tančí růže |
Athlete |
Ostrava |
| Lecocq |
Giroflé-Giroflá |
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TV |
| Lehár |
Paganini |
Paganini |
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| Leoncavallo, Ruggiero |
I pagliacci |
Canio |
Opava |
TV |
| Lortzing, Albert |
Zar und Zimmermann |
Marquis von Chateauneuf |
Liberec |
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| Maixner, Vincenc |
Penthesilea |
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| Martinů, Bohuslav |
The Greek passion |
Ianakos |
Praha |
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| Martinů, Bohuslav |
Špalíček |
tenor |
Praha |
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| Mascagni, Pietro |
Cavalleria rusticana |
Turiddu |
Oslo |
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| Míča, František Adam |
L'origine di Jaromeriz in Moravia |
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| Moniuszko, Stanisław |
Halka |
Jontek |
Liberec |
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| Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus |
Die Zauberflöte |
Monostatos |
Praha |
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| Musorgskij, Modest |
Boris Godunov |
Dmitrij; Misail |
Ostrava; Praha |
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| Nedbal, Oskar |
Polenblut |
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TV |
| Offenbach, Jacques |
Les contes d'Hoffmann |
Hoffmann |
Opava; Praha |
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| Offenbach, Jacques |
Orphée aux enfers |
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TV |
| Pauer, Jiří |
Manželské kontrapunkty |
| He (Řízek) |
Ostrava |
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| Puccini, Giacomo |
La bohème |
Rodolfo |
Liberec; Praha |
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| Puccini, Giacomo |
Gianni Schicchi |
Rinuccio |
Bratislava |
TV |
| Puccini, Giacomo |
La bohème |
Rodolfo |
Liberec; Praha |
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| Puccini, Giacomo |
Madama Butterfly |
Pinkerton |
Opava; Praha |
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| Puccini, Giacomo |
Manon Lescaut |
des Grieux |
Praha |
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| Puccini, Giacomo |
Tosca |
Mario Cavaradossi |
Praha |
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| Puccini, Giacomo |
Turandot |
Calaf, Altoum |
Bratislava; Praha |
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| Rossini, Gioacchino |
Guillaume Tell |
Arnold |
Ostrava |
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| Rossini, Gioacchino |
Il barbiere di Siviglia |
Almaviva |
Bratislava |
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| Rossini, Gioacchino |
Le comte Ory |
Comte Ory |
Opava |
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| Rossini, Gioacchino |
L'italiana in Algeri |
Lindoro |
Bratislava |
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| Smetana, Bedřich |
Braniboři v Čechách |
Jíra, Warneman |
Opava; Praha; Liberec |
TV |
| Smetana, Bedřich |
Čertova stěna |
Jarek; Michálek |
Praha |
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| Smetana, Bedřich |
Dalibor |
Dalibor |
Ostrava |
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| Smetana, Bedřich |
Dvě vdovy |
Ladislav Podhájský |
Ostrava; Praha |
CD |
| Smetana, Bedřich |
Hubička |
Lukáš |
Opava; Praha |
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| Smetana, Bedřich |
Prodaná nevěsta |
Jeník; Vašek |
Opava; Liberec |
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| Smetana, Bedřich |
Tajemství |
Skřivánek; Vít |
Liberec; Ostrava; Praha |
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| Strauß, Johann |
Die Fledermaus |
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TV |
| Strauß, Johann |
Das Spitzentuch der Königin |
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TV |
| Strauß, Johann |
Tausend und eine Nacht |
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TV |
| Strauss, Richard |
Ariadne auf Naxos |
Bacchus |
Ostrava; Praha |
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| Strauss, Richard |
Salome |
Herodes |
Ostrava |
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| Stravinsky, Igor |
Oedipus rex |
Oedipus |
Ostrava |
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| Suppé, Franz von |
Die schöne Galathee |
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TV |
| Verdi, Giuseppe |
Un ballo in maschera |
Riccardo |
Opava; Praha |
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| Verdi, Giuseppe |
Don Carlos |
Don Carlos |
Ostrava |
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| Verdi, Giuseppe |
Falstaff |
Dottor Cajus |
Praha |
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| Verdi, Giuseppe |
La forza del destino |
Don Alvaro |
Bratislava |
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| Verdi, Giuseppe |
Nabucco |
Ismaele |
Bratislava |
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| Verdi, Giuseppe |
Otello |
Otello |
Olomouc |
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| Verdi, Giuseppe |
Rigoletto |
Duca |
Opava; Praha |
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| Verdi, Giuseppe |
La traviata |
Gastone |
Praha |
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| Verdi, Giuseppe |
Il trovatore |
Manrico |
Liberec; Praha |
TV |
| Wagner, Richard |
Der fliegende Holländer |
Erik |
Oslo |
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| Wagner, Richard |
Die Götterdämmerung |
Siegfried |
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| Wagner, Richard |
Lohengrin |
Lohengrin |
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| Wagner, Richard |
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg |
Stolzing |
Ostrava; Praha |
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| Wagner, Richard |
Siegfried |
Siegfried |
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| Wagner, Richard |
Tannhäuser |
Tannhäuser |
Bratislava |
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| Weber, Carl Maria von |
Euryanthe |
Adolar |
Praha |
| Weber, Carl Maria von |
Der Freischütz |
Max |
Opava |
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I wish to thank Marek Dolina for the biographical notes and repertory.
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