Jakub Kettner studied singing at the Pardubice Conservatory, then between 1993 and 1999 studied at the Faculty of Music and Dance at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (HAMU) under the supervision of Prof. René Tuček. After his studies he attended private singing lessons guided by Viera Schausch in Ostrava. In 1997 he received a scholarship for his studies at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Austrian Graz, his lecturer was Gottfried Hornik, a soloist of the Vienna State Opera. Between 1996 and 2001 he was a member of the F.X. Šalda Theatre in Liberec. Then he signed a contract with the Moravian Theatre Olomouc where he was performing until 2012.
Cast - Season:
A MASKED BALL | Silvano, a sailor |
LA TRAVIATA | Barone Douphol |
LADY MACBETH OF THE MTSENSK DISTRICT | Yard Keeper Police Sergeant |
NABUCCO | High priest of Bel |
RUSALKA | Gamekeeper Hunter |
THE BARBER OF SEVILLE!!! | Fiorello, Almaviva's servant |
TOSCA | A Sacristan |
A MASKED BALL | Silvano, a sailor |
FATE | Lhotský, painter |
JULIETTE, OR THE KEY OF DREAMS | Man with the helmet / The seller of memories / The beggar |
LA TRAVIATA | Barone Douphol |
RUSALKA | Gamekeeper Hunter |
THE BARBER OF SEVILLE!!! | Fiorello, Almaviva's servant |
THE TRIAL | Magistrate / Assistant / Lawyer Huld / Offstage Voice |
FATE | Lhotský, painter |
JULIETTE, OR THE KEY OF DREAMS | Man with the helmet / The seller of memories / The beggar |
LA TRAVIATA | Barone Douphol |
LADY MACBETH OF THE MTSENSK DISTRICT | Yard Keeper Police Sergeant |
SECRET | An entrepreneur |
THE BARBER OF SEVILLE!!! | Fiorello, Almaviva's servant |
THE BARTERED BRIDE | Krušina, a peasant |
IPHIGÉNIE EN AULIDE | Calchas, the High Priest |
LA TRAVIATA | Barone Douphol |
LADY MACBETH OF THE MTSENSK DISTRICT | Yard Keeper Police Sergeant |
SECRET | An entrepreneur |
THE BARBER OF SEVILLE!!! | Fiorello, Almaviva's servant |
THE BARTERED BRIDE | Krušina, a peasant |
SECRET | An entrepreneur |
TEMPEST | Alonso, King of Naples |
THE BARBER OF SEVILLE!!! | Fiorello, Almaviva's servant |
THE BARTERED BRIDE | Krušina, a peasant |
ANDREA CHÉNIER | Carlo Gérard, a servant |
LA TRAVIATA | Giorgio Germont, Alfredo's father |
MARY STUART | Lord Guglielmo Cecil, Chancellor of the Exchequer |
NABUCCO | Nabucco, King of Babylon |
ANDREA CHÉNIER | Carlo Gérard, a servant |
ERNANI | Don Carlo, later Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor |
GENOVEVA | Siegfried, Count of Brabante |
LA TRAVIATA | Giorgio Germont, Alfredo's father |
MARY STUART | Lord Guglielmo Cecil, Chancellor of the Exchequer |
NABUCCO | Nabucco, King of Babylon |
ERNANI | Don Carlo |
GENOVEVA | Siegfried |
LA WALLY | Vincenzo Gellner |
LOHENGRIN | Friedrich von Telramund |
NABUCCO |
FEDORA | |
LA TRAVIATA | |
LA WALLY | Vincenzo Gellner |
LOHENGRIN | Friedrich von Telramund |
NABUCCO |
CARMEN | Escamillo |
FEDORA | |
LA TRAVIATA | |
NABUCCO |
CARMEN | Escamillo |
FEDORA | |
NABUCCO | |
ŠÁRKA, ARIADNA | |
THE BAT | Dr. Falke, notář |
WERTHER | Albert |
THE BAT | Dr. Falke, notář |
Photos - Season:
Jakub Kettner (Silvano, a sailor), Irena Parlov (Ulrica, a fortune-teller)
Photo by: Martin Popelář
Jakub Kettner (Gamekeeper), Ivana Ambrúsová (Kitchen girl), Martin Gurbaľ (Vodník, the water goblin)
Photo by: Martin Popelář
V slunce lesku, v záři ranní přijměte, o milostivá, povinnou tuto poctu!
Jakub Kettner (Lhotský, painter), Linda Ballová (Míla Válková), Lukáš Bařák (Konečný), Anna Knollová (Water pouring girl), Petr Levíček (Doctor Suda)
Photo by: Martin Popelář
Ivana Pavlů (Woman selling birds and poultry / First gentleman), Jakub Kettner (Man with the helmet / The seller of memories / The beggar), Jiří Rajniš (Old Arab / Grandfather / The old sailor / Voice from behind / The nightwatchman), Markéta Cukrová (Small Arab / The young sailor / Chasseur), Jan Šťáva (Man in the window / Grandfather Youth / The convict), Ondřej Koplík (The police officer / The messenger / The forest guard / The railway engineer), Jorge Garza (Michel)
Photo by: Martin Popelář
Luciano Mastro (Michel), Denisa Bílá (Woman selling birds and poultry / First gentleman), Martin Gurbaľ (Old Arab / Grandfather / The old sailor / Voice from behind / The nightwatchman), Jakub Kettner (Man with the helmet / The seller of memories / The beggar), Alžběta Vomáčková (Woman selling fish - Fortune teller), Ondřej Koplík (The police officer / The messenger / The forest guard / The railway engineer), Markéta Cukrová (Small Arab / The young sailor / Chasseur), Ivana Ambrúsová (Second gentleman), Jan Šťáva (Man in the window / Grandfather Youth / The convict)
Photo by: Martin Popelář
Jakub Kettner (Man with the helmet / The seller of memories / The beggar), Jiří Rajniš (Old Arab / Grandfather / The old sailor / Voice from behind / The nightwatchman), Jorge Garza (Michel), Anna Nitrová (Small Arab / The young sailor / Chasseur), Pavel Vančura (Man in the window / Grandfather Youth / The convict)
Photo by: Martin Popelář
Jorge Garza (Michel), Doubravka Novotná (Julietta), Jakub Kettner (Man with the helmet / The seller of memories / The beggar)
Photo by: Martin Popelář
Jakub Kettner (Man with the helmet / The seller of memories / The beggar), Ondřej Koplík (The police officer / The messenger / The forest guard / The railway engineer), Jan Šťáva (Man in the window / Grandfather Youth / The convict), Luciano Mastro (Michel), Kateřina Kněžíková (Julietta), Markéta Cukrová (Small Arab / The young sailor / Chasseur), Ivana Pavlů (Woman selling birds and poultry / First gentleman), Magda Málková (Grandmother / The old lady), Petr Levíček (The official)
Photo by: Martin Popelář
Zjeví-li se mé dítě v Aulidě, zavede-li ji sem její osud. Ach, pak ji nic nezachrání…
Jiří Hájek (Agamemnon, King of Mycenae), Jakub Kettner (Calchas, the High Priest)
Photo by: Martin Popelář
Oni vědí, že i tobě navzdory musejí ji přivést k oltáři, či k němu dokonce sama půjde.
Jakub Kettner (Calchas, the High Priest)
Photo by: Martin Popelář
Jakub Kettner (Calchas, the High Priest), Jiří Hájek (Agamemnon, King of Mycenae)
Photo by: Martin Popelář
Jen blázen dokáže snad rozkoší, hrátek se vzdát.
Milena Arsovska (Violetta Valéry), Jakub Kettner (Barone Douphol)
Photo by: Martin Popelář
Vyspi se a sílu zas k hýření načerpej!
Sbor opery NDM
Petr Urbánek (Marchese d'Aubigny), Anna Nitrová (Flora Bervoix), Luciano Mastro (Alfredo Germont), Ondřej Koplík (Gastone, viscount de Letorieres), Milena Arsovska (Violetta Valéry), Jakub Kettner (Barone Douphol), Martin Gurbaľ (Dottore Grenvil)
Photo by: Martin Popelář
Ty jsi ale prasák, prsa mám celá poštípaná.
Jakub Kettner (Yard Keeper), Olga Jelínková (Aksinya), Rudolf Medňanský (Seedy Lout)
Photo by: Martin Popelář
Rudolf Medňanský (Seedy Lout), Jakub Kettner (Police Sergeant)
Photo by: Martin Popelář
Aleš Briscein (Sergei), Elena Suvorova (Katerina Ismailova), Jakub Kettner (Police Sergeant)
Photo by: Martin Popelář
Linda Ballová (Mařenka, their daughter), František Zahradníček (Mícha, a landowner), Anna Nitrová (Háta, his wife), Martin Gurbaľ (Kecal, a marriage broker), Jakub Kettner (Krušina, a peasant), Eva Dřízgová-Jirušová (Ludmila, his wife)
Photo by: Eva Františáková
Martin Šrejma (Count Almaviva), Jakub Kettner (Fiorello, Almaviva's servant)
Photo by: Martin Popelář
Jakub Kettner (Carlo Gérard, a servant), Václav Morys (The Incredible, a spy)
Photo by: Martin Popelář
Eva Urbanová (Maddalena de Coigny), Jakub Kettner (Carlo Gérard, a servant)
Photo by: Martin Popelář
Yvona Škvárová (Margaretha), Jakub Kettner (Siegfried), Frédérique Friess (Genoveva), Blagoj Nacoski (Golo)
Photo by: Martin Popelář
Jakub Kettner (Siegfried), Martin Gurbaľ (Balthasar), Frédérique Friess (Genoveva), Roman Vlkovič (Caspar), Yvona Škvárová (Margaretha)
Photo by: Martin Popelář