Ivan Kusnjer
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Rokycany
Ivan Kusnjer | |
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 Ivan Kusnjer as Hernán Cortés, in a scene from the opera La Conquista, 2005 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 10 November 1951 Rokycany |
| Genres | Opera |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Labels | Supraphon |
Ivan Kusnjer (born 10 November 1951) is a Czech baritone opera singer.[1][2] His discography includes recordings of many of the main baritone roles of Czech opera and song.
Kusnjer was born in Rokycany in 1951. He graduated from the Music Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, studying with Teodor Šrubař.[1] He performed as an opera singer on stages in Ostrava and Brno. In 1982 he started to work at the National Theatre in Prague. He also attended voice master classes at Accademia Sigiana in Siena and Accademia Santa Cecilia in Rome.
He has performed on opera and concert stages around the world, including La Scala in Milan, Carnegie Hall in New York City, Opéra-Comique and Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, Opéra national de Lorraine in Nancy, Vienna's Staatsoper, La Monnaie in Brussels, and the Berlin State Opera. He has won acclaim at festivals in Cagliari, Hong Kong, Tel Aviv, Frankfurt and Gothenburg.[3]
Ivan Kusnjer is a founder of the Fatum foundation, which supports families of musicians who died.
