biography • opera repertoire • concert repertoire • recordings |
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From his extensive repertoire embracing over 40 operatic
parts, 30 cantatas and oratorios and 20 song cycles, his personal preferences
are quite clear: Verdi (Il Trovatore,
La Traviata, Don Carlos, Falstaff,
Simon Boccanegra, Otello, A Masked Ball, The Force of Destiny, Rigoletto,
Macbeth); Czech composers Martinů, Janáček,
Smetana and Dvořák; and he holds a particular reverence for the works of
Gustav Mahler.
Many of his renditions have been released on 34 recordings of the Decca, Chandos, Orfeo, Naxos,
Ivan Kusnjer has been awarded many prestigious awards from inter-national singing competitions (Geneva, Sofia, Vercelli) to the important domestic Thalia Prize which he was first awarded in 1994 for his performance in Leoncavallo's I Pagliacci, second time in 1998 for his Eight Songs for
a Mad King by Peter
Ivan Kusnjer's artistry has been witnessed by audiences in a vast number of opera houses and concert halls throughout America, Europe, the Middle and Far East, including such venues as New York Carnegie Hall, Milan La Scala, Venice La Fenice, Vienna State Opera, Paris Opéra Comique and Châtelet, Brussel Opéra de la Monnaie, Berlin State Opera, Frankfurt Opera, London Royal Albert Hall, Madrid Teatro Real, Lisbon Sao Carlos, Hong-Kong Opera and Tokyo Santory Hall. In addition to his activities all over the world, Ivan Kusnjer regularly appears as one of the leading soloists with both Prague National Theatre (Czech Opera Ensemble Number One) and Prague State Opera, with both Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and Prague Symphony Orchestra. |
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