Czech baritone Michal Marhold is better known to audiences of theatres outside the Czech Republic – the Bern Opera, where he was permanently engaged from 2018, Theater an der Wien, Teatro Massimo Palermo, Opéra de Lyon, Nouvel Opéra Fribourg, Teatro Arriaga Bilbao, the National Opera in Warsaw, OperaFest Lisbon, Theater Winterthur, Ring Award Graz, and others.
In the Czech Republic, Michal is a regular guest at the National Theatre in Prague and has also performed at the National Moravian-Silesian Theatre, South Bohemian Theatre, F. X. Šalda Theatre in Liberec, the J. K. Tyl Theatre in Plzeň, the Moravian Theatre in Olomouc, and the Silesian Theatre in Opava.
Michal has collaborated with leading contemporary stage directors (Robert Carsen, Mattew Wild, Calixto Bieito, Krystian Lada, Barbora Horáková Joly, Markus Böthe, Maximilian von Mayenburg, Cordula Däuper, Maria Sartova) and conductors (Giovanni Antonini, Julia Jones, Omer Meir Wellber, Kevin John Edusei, Hugo Reyne, Hans Christoph Bünger, Wolfgang Scheidt, Ivo Hentschel, Sebastian Schwab, and others).
Michal’s repertoire places special emphasis on Mozart roles (Don Giovanni, Figaro, Guglielmo, Papageno, and Publio) and also includes Figaro (Il barbiere di Siviglia, G. Rossini), Schaunard (La bohème, G. Puccini), Holofernes (Juditha Triumphans, A. Vivaldi), The Black Minister (Le Grand Macabre, Ligeti), Achilles (Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Händel), Donald (Billy Budd, Britten), Der Graf (Reigen, P. Boesmans), Jean (Julie, Boesmans), Juri (The Humanoid, L. Evers), The King (Die Kluge, C. Orff), Raphael/Adam (Die Schöpfung, J. Haydn), The Impresario (L’impresario in angustie, D. Cimarosa), and others.
Cast - Season:
| JULIUS CAESAR IN EGYPT (Giulio Cesare in Egitto) | Achilla, Tolomeo's Commander of the forces and counsellor |
| A MASKED BALL | Silvano, a sailor |
| A MASKED BALL | Silvano, a sailor |
| HIBIKI, HIBIKI, vzhmoť! | Singers |
| A MASKED BALL | Silvano, a sailor |
