ADAM PLACHETKA

CZECH REPUBLIC

BASS-BARITONE

About this artist:

Adam Plachetka performed as Figaro in HGO’s 2016 production of The Marriage of Figaro. He performs regularly with the Vienna State Opera, Salzburg Festival, and the Metropolitan Opera, and has also appeared with the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Glyndebourne Festival, Seoul Arts Center, National Theatre in Prague, Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Bavarian State Opera in Munich, and Festspielhaus Baden-Baden. In the 2022-23 season Plachetka’s appearances include Balstrode in Peter Grimes and Leporello in Don Giovanni at the Metropolitan Opera. He will also make a return to London’s Wigmore Hall. In concert Plachetka has appeared with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, L`Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra of the Czech Radio, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, with conductors including Marco Armiliato, Daniel Barenboim, Mariss Jansons, Fabio Luisi, Riccardo Muti, Andris Nelsons, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Christian Thielemann, and Franz Welser-Möst. Plachetka also appears regularly in recital and has performed in Vienna, Prague, Graz, and London. He graduated from the Prague Conservatory and is recipient of numerous prizes and awards.