Michaela Kušteková

Soprano Michaela Kustekova was born in January 1990 in Bratislava, Slovakia. She found her way to music through the girls choir Cannens, where she started at the age of 6. As a member of this choir she performed throughout Europe - the Czech Republic, Germany, the UK, France, Denmark, Sweden, the Netherlands, Belgium, etc. Her studies took her to Dagmar Podkamenská Bezačinská at the State Conservatory in Bratislava and under her tutelage she has continued at the Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Bratislava. She attended vocal interpretation courses with Diana Danieli, Jean-Paul Fouchecourt, Adam Plachetka, Joel Frederiksen, Jean-Francois Lombard and Dinah Bryant.Michaela Kustekova took part in a number of competitions, with her most significant successes being victories at the Imrich Godin International Voice Competition in Vráble, Slovakia (2004, 2012), the Slovak Conservatories Competition in Žilina (2007), the Ferrucio Tagliavini competition in Deutschlandsberg, Austria (2011), the Rudolf Petrák Competition in Žilina (2012) and the Antonín Dvořák International Voice Competition in Karlovy Vary (2013).She was a semifinalist of Competizione dell' Opera in Linz (2015).While still a student, she performed the roles of Flaminia (Haydn: Il mondo della luna), Amelia (Menotti: Amelia al ballo) Apollonia (Haydn: La Canterina) and Susanna (Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro). In 2013 she performed as a guest at the Teatru Astra in Malta, singing Despina (Mozart: Cos? fan tutte). Moreover, she has portrayed the role of Laurie in the opera 66 Seasons by the Slovak composer Marek Piaček.She first appeared in 2014 at the State Opera in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia,where she sang the role of the Kitchen Boy (Dvořák: Rusalka), Leila (Bizet: Les p?cheurs de perles) and Pamina (Mozart: The Magic flute). In Prague State opera followed the role of the Kitchen boy (Dvořák: Rusalka)and she debuted in the role of Xenia (Mussorgskij: Boris Godunov) in National Theater in Prague. She has also sung abroad in the Opéra de Lyon she sang the First Nymphe (Dvořák: Rusalka) and Asja Lacis (Michel Tabachnik: Benjamin derniere nuit). She took part in the concert tours in Japan. Michaela Kustekova also performs early music, appearing as Atalanta (Handel: Xerxes), La Pr?tresse de Bacchus (Rameau: Anacréon), Selene (Domenico Sarro: Didone abbandonata), etc., and regularly collaborating with ensembles specialised in early music (Musica Aeterna, Cuore Barocco, Oh! Orkiestra hystoriczna).