Renowned Slovak soprano Adriana Kučerová has captivated audiences worldwide with her expressive artistry and luminous voice. She has graced many of the world’s most prestigious stages, including Teatro alla Scala, Opéra national de Paris, Bayerische Staatsoper, Wiener Staatsoper, Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin, Semperoper Dresden, Staatsoper Hamburg, the National Theatre Prague, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Opéra Royal de Versailles, Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, Dallas Opera, Houston Grand Opera, and many others.

Her repertoire spans a wide range of lyric and coloratura roles, including Sophie (Werther), Anne Truelove (The Rake’s Progress), Norina (Don Pasquale), Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro), Adina (L’elisir d’amore), Gilda (Rigoletto), Marzelline (Fidelio), and Violetta Valéry (La traviata). She made her debut at the Wiener Staatsoper in 2012 as Adina and returned the following season alongside Juan Diego Flórez. In 2017, she added Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia to her repertoire at the same house.

She received critical acclaim for her portrayal of the title role in Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen at the Paris Opéra Bastille. In 2024, she performed the role at the Slovak National Theatre in Bratislava in a successful production staged by renowned Slovak director Sláva Daubnerová and conducted by the world-renowned Juraj Valčuha. OperaWire praised her as “a feisty, wild, bold and loving vixen” with “a firm voice, expressive and agile.” In April 2025, she will return to the role in a new production at Theater Münster, staged by Magdalena Fuchsberger and conducted by Golo Berg.

Other highlights include her performance as Juliette in Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette alongside Pavol Breslik at the Federation Concert Hall in Hobart, Tasmania; her acclaimed portrayal of Violetta in Ľubica Čekovská’s Impresario DotCom, a world premiere at the Bregenzer Festtage under the baton of Christopher Ward in 2020; a role debut as Violetta Valéry in La traviata at the Slovak National Theatre in 2021; and recent appearances as Liu in Turandot at the Slovak National Theatre, Karolina in Smetana’s The Two Widows in Prague, and in Orff’s Carmina Burana at the Český Krumlov International Music Festival, where she also performed at the opera gala concert alongside Plácido Domingo.

A versatile concert performer, Adriana Kučerová has appeared at the Salzburger Festspiele, BBC Proms in London, Glyndebourne Festival, Prague Spring, Opera Rara Festival in Krakow, Spoleto Festival dei Due Mondi, Viva Musica! Festival in Bratislava, Athens-Epidaurus Festival, Tokyo’s Suntory Hall, and the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing, among others. She has collaborated with leading orchestras and esteemed conductors including Daniel Barenboim, Gustavo Dudamel, Fabio Luisi, Juraj Valčuha, Christopher Hogwood, Vladimir Jurowski, and Nikolaus Harnoncourt, to name just a few.

A winner of the International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition in 2005, Adriana Kučerová first gained recognition through performances at the Slovak National Theatre. Her international breakthrough came in 2006 at Mozartwoche Salzburg and the Salzburger Festspiele, where she appeared as Serpetta in La finta giardiniera under Ivor Bolton—a production later released on DVD by Deutsche Grammophon. Her discography includes Songs by Bartók, Janáček, Martinů and Suchoň (2016, Viva Musica! Records) with pianist Robert Pechanec, Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 with the London Philharmonic Orchestra under Vladimir Jurowski (2011, LPO), Dvořák’s Love Songs with Christoph Eschenbach and the Thymos Quartet (2011), and two Glyndebourne Festival DVDs with the London Philharmonic Orchestra—Verdi’s Falstaff (2010) and Humperdinck’s Hänsel und Gretel (2009).

She studied at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava and later at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse in Lyon. A recipient of the European Music Prize for Youth in Hamburg, Adriana Kučerová continues to be celebrated for her vocal beauty, charisma, and magnetic presence on both opera and concert stages, making her one of the most sought-after sopranos of her generation.