Eva Urbanová

Eva Urbanová is one of the stars of the National Theatre in Prague. She has performed on world stages, including the Metropolitan Opera in New York, collaborates with prominent personalities and musicians, and regularly records for the Supraphon label. She is considered the best Czech Libuše, holds the title of Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters of France and the Medal for Merit to the State in the Field of Arts. Eva Urbanová studied singing privately with Ludmila Kotnauerová and at the same time worked with the renowned soprano Renata Scotto. Her frequent collaborators were conductors Jiří Bělohlávek, Sir Charles Mackerras, Kent Nagano, Ondrej Lenárd, Sir Andrew Davis, James Conlon, James Levin. Nello Santi, Leonard Slatkin, Roberto Abbado and Riccardo Chailly. Eva Urbanová's most important recordings on CD include Smetana's Libuše and Dalibor, Fibich's Šárka, Dvořák's Rusalka, Mahler's Lament and Janáček's Gla­golitic Mass. The world premiere of the recording of Janáček's Šárka with the Prague Philharmonic Choir and the Czech Philharmonic conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras was nominated for a Grammy Award.