Famous Opera Arias: Gala Concert of Jana Sibera and Katelyn Bouska

Jana Sibera, prima donna and soloist of the State Opera in Prague, will perform music by A. Dvořák, B. Smetana, L. Janáček, V. Bellini, G. Verdi, Ch. Gounod and L. Bernstein. She will be accompanied by pianist Katelyn Bouska.

Jana Sibera

is a graduate of the Prague Conservatory (2000) and the Academy of Music (2005). She first appeared as a guest at the National Theatre in 1995 and began performing at the State Opera Prague in 2000. Since January 2012, she has been a soloist of the State Opera.

In June 2008, she advanced to the final of the Barbara Hendricks International Vocal Competition in Strasburg, in 2011 and 2012 she appeared as Violetta in Gdansk. She has toured Japan and South Korea with the National Theatre Opera. Jana Sibera collaborated with the tenor Jonas Kaufmann on his acclaimed profile CD released on Decca. The conductors she has worked with include Marco Armiliato, Sir Charles Mackerras, Jiří Bělohlávek, Jan Latham-Koenig, Guillaume Tourniaire, and Enrico Dovico.

Photo credit Jan Hrdý

Katelyn Bouska

With interpretations described as “full of life, flexibility, gripping rhythms and a richness of dynamic shadings” (Milan Bátor, Czech Radio) and a skill at engaging audiences in the musical dialogue, Katelyn Bouska is a frequent solo and collaborative musician. Her unique programming combining rarely-heard Czech and American music with compositions written specifically for her by rising composers has found an audience throughout America and on the international concert stage.

In addition to her DMA from Temple University where her research centered on 20th-Century Brno composer Miloslav Ištvan, she also holds graduate degrees in historical keyboard performance, pedagogy and collaborative piano.

Katelyn is currently based in Philadelphia where she serves on the Music Studies Faculty at the Curtis Institute of Music. Her passion for informed and personal musical expression extends beyond her piano studio into graduate seminars on performance practice, continuo and period repertoire, and classes exploring theory and harmony as a tool to unlock the grammar of music.

Photo credit Margo Reed

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Bohemian National Hall, 321 East 73rd Street, New York, United States

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