THEATER BASEL
Janacek / Katya Kabanova
Premiere: September 13, 2012
September 15/21/24/30, 2012 
October 2/4/6/14/21, 2012 
November 4/10/16, 2012 
December 1/9/19/29, 2012

Dagmar Peckova, mezzosoprano

On the occasion of the Mahler-Anniversary in the season 2010/11 Dagmar Peckova will sing the Kindertoten-Lieder together with the Royal Flanders Philharmonic under Philippe Herreweghe, Klagendes Lied at Tonhalle Düsseldorf under Martyn Brabbins, Lied von der Erde together with the Orchestre National de Montpellier under Enrico Delamboye, Symphony N° 2 together with the Hamburger Philharmoniker under Simone Young, Symphony N° 3 at the Wiener Konzerthaus under Fabio Luisi as well as at Festspielhaus Salzburg and Stefaniensaal Graz under Aleksandar Markovic, and the Wunderhorn-Lieder together with the Orquesta Simfónica de Barcelona under Pablo Gonzalez as well as on Europe-Tour together with the Residence Orchestra The Hague under Neeme Järvi. Further more she will become Mahler-“artist in residence” at the Staatstheater Kassel and she will guest at Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire under John Axelrod with Beethoven’s Symphony N° 9.

Dagmar Peckova has performed at the Salzburger Festspiele, Bayerische, Sächsische and Hamburgische Staatsoper, Opéra National de Paris, Staatstheater Stuttgart, National Theatre Prague, Opernhaus Zürich, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Opéra National de Paris, Théâtre du Châtelet Paris, Théatre Royal de la Monnaie Bruxelles, Opéra National de Lyon, Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona, Teatro Sao Carlos Lisboa, Royal Opera House Covent Garden London, De Nederlandse Opera Amsterdam and the San Francisco Opera. She has sung under the baton of outstanding conductors such as Belohlavek, Bychkov, Cambreling, Casadesus, Davies, Dohnanyi, Dutoit, Eschenbach, Fedoseyev, Gielen, Hager, Hickox, Honeck, Inbal, Janowski, Judd, Kout, Kreizberg, Luisi, Macal, Mackerras, Nagano, Netopil, Nott, Pesek, Piollet, Prêtre, Rasilainen, Runnicles, Sawallisch, Schiff, St. Clair, Stein, Swensen, Tate, Tovey, Traub, Weigle, Weller, Wolff and Young.

She has collaborated with: Münchner Philharmoniker, DSO Berlin, Staatskapelle Berlin, Staatskapelle Dresden and Weimar, Dresdner Philharmonie, RSO Frankfurt, Bamberger Symphoniker, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Wiener Symphoniker, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Geneve, Tonhalle Zürich, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio-France, Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre National de France, Orchestre Philharmonique de Luxembourg, Orchestre National de Belgique, Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony, London Philharmonic, The Philharmonia, Royal Liverpool and Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, Oslo and Israel Philharmonic, Czech Philharmonic, Prague Symphony, Cleveland and Pittsburgh Symphony, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal and NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo. She has performed recitals at the Wiener Musikverein, Châtelet Paris, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Gewandhaus Leipzig, Carnegie Hall New York, Wigmore Hall London and also at the Rheingau and Schleswig Holstein Musik Festival. She has been a guest performer at the BBC Proms and the Edinburgh Festival. Supraphon and Teldec have released numerous CDs.

Born in Chrudim near Prague, Dagmar Peckova is a graduate of Prague Conservatory. She has been successful in a number of important contests, including 1st prize at the Prague Spring Festival and at the Dvorák competition. After a first season’s engagement at the Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden, Dagmar Peckova was a member of the Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin for many years.