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Michal Lehotsky attracted attention participating in the production of Jenufa (Steva) at the prestigious Janacek-Theatre in Brno, a co-production with the Vienna State Opera. The young tenor was invited hereupon to sing Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly in Nagoya/Japan during the season 2004/05. Further more he made his debut as Ismaele in the startling production of Nabucco at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. Under the baton of Gerd Albrecht Michal Lehotsky will return to the Kölner Philharmonie to sing a concert performance of Dvorak´s Kral a Uhlir. At National Theatre Bratislava he appears in the main tenor-parts like Duca, Alfredo, Riccardo, Don José, Rusalka-Prince and Rodolfo. Edita Gruberova chose him as her tenor partner in the concert performance of Roberto Devereux at Bratislava Philharmonic. Lehotsky received enthusiastic reviews and was regarded as congenial to the primadonna.
In october 2006, he made his debut at the Vienna State Opera as Duca in Rigoletto under the baton of Renato Palumbo. In 2001 he was guest at the Nationaltheater Prag as Duca di Mantua in Verdi´s Rigoletto and appeared in the role of Jiri in The Jacobin at the Wexford Opera Festival. He also sang this part at the WDR Köln in 2003 when the opera was performed in a concert version under the baton of Gerd Albrecht. This performance is available as complete live-recording on cd. Since the 2002/2003 season Michal Lehotsky is permanent guest at the State Opera Prague performing in the following operas: Aida, Carmen, Traviata, Rigoletto, Bohčme, Tosca as well as Robert Le Diable. Michal Lehotsky took private singing lessons from 1988 to 1995 in the Slovak Republic and continued his studies at the Mozart Academy in Cracow. He started his soloist career in 1996/97 and gave his debut at the State Opera Prague in the title role of Meyerbeer’s Robert Le Diable in December 1999. 2006
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