Curriculum

Soprano Eliška Weissová studied singing at the Brno Conservatory and the Prague Academy of Performing Arts with René Tuček. She also attended master classes with Naděžda Kniplová and Peter Dvorský. She currently collaborates with Prof. Irmgard Boas. She successfully participated in several singing competitions, such as the Antonín Dvořák International Singing Competition in Karlovy Vary, which she won in 2004, the Competizione dell´opera in Dresden, and the Boris Christoff Competition in Sofia. Since 2006, she has been a regular guest opera at the National Theatre in Prague, Pilsen, Ústí nad Labem, Opava, Brno, Ostrava and Košice, where she has performed a number of mezzo-soprano roles, such as Maddalena (Rigoletto), Ulrika (Masquerade Ball), Azucena (Il Trovatore), Amneris (Aida), Fenena (Nabucco), Kněžna (Sister Angelica), Ježibaba (Rusalka), Nanny Buryjovka (Její Pastorkyňa), Ciec (La Gioconda), Ljubaša (The Tsar´s Bride), The Prophetess (The Angel of Fire), The Countess of Coigny (Andrea Chénier), Santuzza (Cavalleria rusticana) and Kostelnička (Její Pastorkyňa).

Abroad, she guested in Wexford, Ireland, as Martinka (Hubička), in the French Opéra de Rennes, Opéra-Théâtre de Limoges and Grand-Théâtre de Reims as Kostelnička (Její pastorkyňa), in the Opéra de Rennes also as Rossweisse (Die Walkürze) and Ulrika (Masquerade Ball), in the Slovenian National Theatre she sang the Foreign Princess and the Witch (Rusalka), made her debut at the Teatro Regio di Torino as Revírníková and Sova (Příhody vyšky Bystrouška), in the Slovak National Theatre as Ortruda (Lohengrin) and as Giorgetta (Plášť), in Erfurt, Germany, at the summer Domstufen-Festspiele as Azucena and as Amneris, and with the Bayreuth Festival she guested as Rossweisse (Walküre) in Abu Dhabi directed by Katharina Wagner.

In 2018, she successfully changed her field and made her dramatic soprano debut in the role of Giorgetta (Il Tabarro) at the National Theatre in Bratislava.
Since then, she has built up an impressive repertoire of leading roles, including Elektra, Tosca, Milada (*Dalibor*), Libuše, Isolde (*Tristan und Isolde*), Abigaille (*Nabucco*), Turandot, Minnie (*La fanciulla del West*), Lady Macbeth , Ariadne (*Ariadne auf Naxos*), Fata Morgana, Ortrud.
Her performances have established her as a compelling interpreter of the Czech and Slavic repertoire, as well as the great heroines of Verdi and Wagner.
In March 2022, she made her debut at the Welsh National Opera as Kostelnička (Jenůfa) under the baton of Tomáš Hanus.

The Czech dramatic soprano Eliška Weissová impresses audiences with her powerful voice, strong stage presence, and expressive performances. She made her debut at the Vienna State Opera in 2022 as Kostelnička in Jenufa, conducted by Tomas Hanus, and garnered high praise in the press for her impressive singing and emotionally compelling portrayal.
She returned to the Vienna State Opera in the 2023/24 season as the Foreign Princess in Rusalka (Rusalka).

In the 2025/26 season, Weissová make her debut as Elektra in the Theater St.Gallen and returns to the Theater St. Gallen for a revival of Elektra, singing the title role under the baton of Modestas Pitrenas. The soprano reprises her signature role of Kostelnička in Jenufa at the Latvian National Opera in Riga and make her debut im Soul Arts Center as Isolde with the Korean National Opera in Tristan and Isolde, conducted by Jaap van Zweden. At the Vienna State Opera, Weissová appeared as the Foreign Princess in Rusalka opposite Piotr Beczala. During the season, she will appear in leading roles at the National Theatre Košice, including Tosca, Macbeth, and the title role in a new production of Turandot. On the concert stage, Weissová performs with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra under Jakub Hrůša in a concert performance of Jenufa.

Weissová´s career is closely linked to one of her signature roles, Kostelnička in Jenúfa, which she has sung with resounding success at the Vienna State Opera, the Hamburg State Opera, the Welsh National Opera, the Freiburg Theatre, the Latvian National Opera, and at leading houses in Rennes, Limoges, and Reims, in Riga, in Gran Theater Poznaň, in Brno,in Prague.

She was awarted on several occasions:

  • 1st prize in the Antonin Dvorak International Voice Competition in Karlovy Vary (2004)
  • 3st prize in the Mikulas Schneider-Trnavsky Singing Competition in Slovakia (2006)
  • Semifinalist in the Queen Sonja Competition in Oslo (2005)
  • Semifinalist in the Competition dell´Opera in Dresden (2007)
  • Finalist in the Boris Christoff Competition in Sofia (2009)
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