Daniel Matoušek

Biography

The Czech tenor Daniel Matoušek has been soloist of the National Theatre Opera in Prague since the 2022/23 season. He made his debut at this theatre on 20 March 2014 as Pepík in Janáček’s opera The Cunning Little Vixen. He subsequently appeared there as a guest in the roles of one of the Ridicules in Prokofiev’s L'amour des trois oranges and the First Brother in Weill’s Die sieben Todsünden. He has attended the masterclasses under the guidance of Eva Randová and Antonio Carangelo, and studied also with Jan Vacík and Jarmila Chaloupková; currently with Kateřina Kněžíková and Adam Plachetka. His roles at the National Theatre Opera include Rinuccio (Don Buoso and Gianni Schicchi), Brighella (Ariadne auf Naxos), Tamino (Die Zauberflöte), The Italian Singer (Der Rosenkavalier), Malcolm (Macbeth), Beppe (Pagliacci) and Mustafa Bey (Ball im Savoy). He has gust appeared at many Czech opera houses (the National Theatre Brno, the National Moravian-Silesian Theatre in Ostrava, Moravian Theatre in Olomouc, the J. K. Tyl Theatre in Plzeň, the F. X. Šalda Theatre in Liberec, the South Bohemia Theatre in České Budějovice and the North Bohemia Theatre in Ústí nad Labem). The portrayal of Nadir (Les pêcheurs de perles) in Olomouc earned him a nomination for the prestigious Thalia Prize (2019). Abroad, he has appeared in Magdeburg as Tamino, at the Slovak National Theatre in Bratislava (Maria Stuarda, Persian Nights) and at the National Theatre Košice (Die Zauberflöte). He participated in the iSING festival in China and performed at many festivals such as Smetana Litomyšl, IMF Český Krumlov, Janáček Festival Brno, Wiesbaden Festival, etc.

Photo: Hana Görlichová