Irena Troupová

Czech soprano Irena Troupová first earned an international interest as an interpreter of early music. She embarked on her career working with the Musica Antiqua Prague, a leading Czech ensemble, touring extensively nationally and internationally. She subsequently spent many years in Germany where she worked with distinguished ensembles and conductors, including Thomas Hengelbrock, Howard Arman and others. Her list of opera creations comprises roles in Monteverdi’s Orfeo (Basel), Lully’s and Charpentier’s divertimento Le malade imaginaire (Berlin), Handel’s Terpsicore and Gluck’s La Danza (Czech Republic, Poland, Händel-Festspiele in Germany). Irena Troupová is a frequent guest of international music festivals, including the Festival junger Künstler Bayreuth, the Tage der alten Musik Herne, the Prague Spring, the Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht and others.

Irena Troupová has gradually extended the scope of her repertoire to include Romantic and, above all, modern song and opera production. She has performed Mahler’s songs (Harmonie Rudolfinum), Songs of John Webster by Geraldine Mucha (Hradec Králové Philharmonics), Late Harvest by Marek Kopelent (PKF-Praque Philharmonia) and other works. She works on regular basis with many contemporary composers, Czech and international alike (Marek Kopelent, Peter Koeszeghy, Gabriel Iranyi). She has co-operated with the Brno Contemporary Orchestra, Orchestra BERG, Prague Modern, and Konvergence. She has participated in the internationally acclaimed world premiere recording of Bohuslav Martinů’s opera Le jour de bonté. In 2015 the artist released her album with Viktor Ullmann’s complete songs (Arco Diva).