Václav Živný
took private lessons from M. Komárek in Prague. He started his career in 1991 as a member of the choir of the National Theatre Prague. A year later he sang a solo at the Rossini Opera Festival in Macerata, Italy.
In 1993 he signed a contract with the NMST in Ostrava and he has been a soloist there until now. He has undertaken several roles for bass: Water-Goblin in Rusalka, Jailor Beneš in Dalibor, Gremin in Eugene Onegin, Leporello in Don Giovanni, Don Pasquale, Devil in The Devil’s Wall, Sarastro in The Magic Flute, Count Vilem of Harasov in The Jakobin, Cardinal of Brogni in La Juive, King Arkel in Pelléas and Mélisande, Don Basilio in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Don Bartolo in Le nozze di Figaro, Sparafucile in Rigoletto, Banco in Macbeth, and many other.
Cast - Season:
ANDREA CHÉNIER | Dumas, Master of the Household |
ANNA BOLENA | Lord Rochefort, Anna's brother |
HAMLET | Ghost of the late King Hamlet |
LA TRAVIATA | Marchese d'Obigny |
ROBERTO DEVEREUX | Sir Gualtiero Raleigh |
THE BARTERED BRIDE | Mícha, a landowner |
THREE WISHES or THE CAPRICIOUSNESS OF LIFE | Minister |
ANDREA CHÉNIER | Dumas, Master of the Household |
ANNA BOLENA | Lord Rochefort, Anna's brother |
HAMLET | Ghost of the late King Hamlet |
LA TRAVIATA | Marchese d'Obigny |
NABUCCO | High priest of Baal |
ROBERTO DEVEREUX | Sir Gualtiero Raleigh |
THE BARTERED BRIDE | Mícha, a landowner |
THE FIERY ANGEL | Innkeeper |
THREE WISHES or THE CAPRICIOUSNESS OF LIFE | Minister |
ANDREA CHÉNIER | Dumas, Master of the Household |
ANNA BOLENA | Lord Rochefort, Anna's brother |
ERNANI | Jago, Don Ruy's equerry |
EXCURSIONS OF MR BROUCEK | Soldier from Tabor I. |
GENOVEVA | Drago, an old steward |
LA TRAVIATA | Marchese d'Obigny |
NABUCCO | High priest of Baal |
THE BARTERED BRIDE | Mícha, a landowner |
THE FIERY ANGEL | Innkeeper |
A NIGHT IN VENICE | Giorgio Testaccio |
ADVENT CONCERT | Bůh Herodes |
ANNA BOLENA | Lord Rochefort |
ERNANI | Jago |
GENOVEVA | Drago |
JENUFA | |
LA TRAVIATA | |
LA WALLY | Il pedone |
NABUCCO | |
THE BARTERED BRIDE |
A NIGHT IN VENICE | Giorgio Testaccio |
ANNA BOLENA | Lord Rochefort |
ARMIDA | Ubald, knight |
FEDORA | |
KATYA KABANOVA | Kuligin |
LA BOHEME | Alcindoro |
LA TRAVIATA | |
LA WALLY | Il pedone |
LET'S MAKE AN OPERA! - THE LITTLE SWEEP | Max Bob / Tom |
NABUCCO | |
ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD | Mars |
THE BARTERED BRIDE | |
THE SLEEPING BEAUTY | King |
ARMIDA | Ubald, knight |
CARMEN | Zuniga |
FEDORA | |
JENUFA | |
LA BOHEME | Alcindoro |
LA TRAVIATA | |
LET'S MAKE AN OPERA! - THE LITTLE SWEEP | Max Bob / Tom |
NABUCCO | |
ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD | Mars |
RAKE´S PROGRESS | Father Trulove |
ROMEO AND JULIET | Brother Laurent |
THE BARTERED BRIDE | |
THE SLEEPING BEAUTY | King |
CARMEN | Zuniga |
FALSTAFF | |
FEDORA | |
JENUFA | |
LA TRAVIATA | |
NABUCCO | |
ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD | Mars |
ŠÁRKA, ARIADNA | |
THE BARTERED BRIDE | |
THE SLEEPING BEAUTY | King |
WERTHER | Johann |
CARMEN | |
The Marrige of Figaro | |
THE SLEEPING BEAUTY |
JENUFA | |
LA TRAVIATA | |
NABUCCO | |
THE BARTERED BRIDE | |
The Marrige of Figaro | |
THE SLEEPING BEAUTY |
LA TRAVIATA | |
NABUCCO | |
THE BARTERED BRIDE |
FALSTAFF | |
JENUFA | |
LA TRAVIATA | |
NABUCCO |
FALSTAFF | |
JENUFA | |
LA TRAVIATA | |
NABUCCO |
JENUFA | |
LA TRAVIATA | |
NABUCCO |
JENUFA | |
NABUCCO |
NABUCCO |
NABUCCO |
NABUCCO |
NABUCCO |
NABUCCO |
Photos - Season:
Thomas Weinhappel (Hamlet, Prince of Denmark), David Szendiuch (Horatio, friend of Hamlet), Václav Živný (Ghost of the late King Hamlet)
Photo by: Martin Popelář
Václav Živný (Ghost of the late King Hamlet), Janja Vuletic (Gertrude, Queen, widow of King Hamlet and mother to Prince Hamlet), Thomas Weinhappel (Hamlet, Prince of Denmark)
Photo by: Martin Popelář
Kristýna Slezáková (Shadow), Václav Živný (Sir Gualtiero Raleigh), Ondřej Koplík (Lord Cecil), Seyoung Park (Elisabetta, Queen of England)
Photo by: Martin Popelář
Václav Živný (Minister), Aleš Burda (General), Peter Račko (Serge Eliacin / Adolf), Marianna Pillárová (Eblouie Barbichette / Beggar), Jiří Hájek (Arthur de Sainte Barbe / Juste), Petra Perla Nôtová (Nina Valencia / Indolenda), Erika Šporerová (Adelaida, housemaid)
Photo by: Martin Popelář
Luciano Mastro (Ernani), Frédérique Friess (Elvira), Anna Nitrová (Giovanna), Václav Živný (Jago), Martin Gurbaľ (Don Ruy Gomez de Silva), Aleš Jenis (Don Carlo)
Photo by: Martin Popelář
Klement Słowioczek (Bartolomeo Delaqua), Michal Onufer (Stefano Barbaruccio), Václav Živný (Giorgio Testaccio)
Photo by: Martin Popelář
Václav Morys, Jana Šrejma Kačírková, Michal Onufer, Luciano Mastro, Václav Živný
Photo by: Daniel Jäger
Taťana Malíková, Marcel Školout, Rodion Zelenkov, Jana Kopecká, Václav Živný
Photo by: Josef Hradil