Curriculum
Eliška Weissová graduated from the Brno Conservatory and the Prague Academy of Music under René Tuček. She attended masterclasses of Nadězda Kniplová and Peter Dvorský. She won prizes at several singing competitions, including first prize at the Antonín Dvořák International Singing Competition in Karlovy Vary (2004) and third prize at the Mikuláš Schneider-Trnavský Singing Competition in Slovakia (2006), was a semi-finalist at the Competizione del´opera in Dresden and a finalist at the Boris Christoff Competition in Sofia.
Since 2006 she has been a regular guest of the National Theatre Prague, National Theatre Brno, Theatre Plzeň, Theatre Ústí nad Labem, Opava, State Theatre Košice and Slovak National Theatre Bratislava.
Internationally, Eliška Weissová performed at the opera festival in Wexford, Ireland as Martinka (Smetana: The Kiss), at the Opéra de Rennes, Opéra-Théâtre de Limoges and Grand-Théâtre de Reims as Kostelnička (Jenůfa), at the Opéra de Rennes also as Rossweisse (Die Walküre) and Ulrica, at the Slovak National Theatre as The Foreign Princess and the Witch (Rusalka), at the Erfurt Theatre as Azucena and Amneris and with the Bayreuth Festival as Rossweisse (Walküre) in Abu Dhabi.
In 2018, she successfully made the transition to dramatic soprano when she gave her debut as Giorgetta (Il tabarro) at the National Theatre in Bratislava. This was followed by a number of other roles, including Libuše (Smetana) at the North Bohemian Theatre in Ústí nad Labem, Fata Morgana (The Love for Three Oranges), Ortrud (Lohengrin, directed by Katarina Wagner) and Kostelnička (Jenůfa) at the National Theatre Prague, where she made her debut as Turandot (Turandot) in February 2020 and Abigaille (Nabucco) in September 2020.
In October 2019, Eliška Weissová appeared as Amneris in a new production of Aida at the historic Hatshepsut Temple complex in Luxor (Egypt) under the baton of Oksana Lyniv. In September 2022, she made her debut as Isolde (Tristan and Isolde) at the North Bohemian Theatre Ústí nad Labem.In March 2022, she gave her house debut at the Welsh National Opera as Kostelnička (Jenůfa) under the baton of Tomáš Hanus, and will return as Milada in Dalibor (B. Smetana) in the 2024/25 season.In October 2022 she gave her house debut at the Wiener Staatsoper as Kostelnička (Jenůfa) under the baton of Tomáš Hanus,and will return as Foreign Princess in Rusalka (A. Dvořák) in the 2023/24 season.
2022/2023
- Kostelnicka at Vienna State Opera
- Kostelnicka at Latvian National Opera
- Turandot at the National Theatre Prague
- Abigaile at Moravian-Silesian National Theatre
- Isolde at the Opera in Košice
- Tosca at the Opera in Košice
2020/2021
- Turandot at the National Theatre Prague
- Abigaille at the National Theatre Prague
- Isolde at the Theatre Ústí nad Labem
- Sieglinde with HSO Hamburg Symphony Orchestra
- Foreign Princess with Filharmonie B. Martinů
2019/2020
- Amneris at Luxor (Egypt)
- Turandot at the National Theatre Prague
- Ortrud at the National Theatre Prague
- Kostelnička at the National Theatre Prague
- Isolde at the Opera Ústí nad Labem
- Amneris at the National Theatre Prague
2018/2019
- Amneris at the Theatre Erfurt
- Fatamorgana at the National Theatre Prague
- Ortrud at the National Theatre Prague
- Kostelnička at the National Theatre Prague
- Libuše at the Opera in Ústí nad Labem
- Giorgetta at the National Theatre Ostrava
- Eboli at the Opera in National Theatre Brno
- Azucena at the Opera České Budějovice
2017/2018
- Ortrud at the National Theatre in Prague
- Kostelnička at the National Theatre in Prague
- Ulrica at the National Theatre in Prague
- Kostelnička at the Opera České Budějovice
- Azucena at the Opera in Košice
- Azucena at the Opera České Budějovice
2016/2017
- Azucena at the Domstufen - Festspiele Erfurt
- Azucena at the Opera in České Budějovice
- Giorgetta at the Opera in Bratislava
- Ortrud at the National Theatre In Prague
2015/2016
- Ortrud at the Slovak National Theatre
- The Cunning Little Vixen at the Teatro Regio di Torino
- Santuzza at the Opera in Pilsen
- Azucena at the Opera in Kosice (Slovakia)
2014/2015
- Ulrica at the Opera de Rennes
- Witch and Foreign Princess (Rusalka) at the Opera in Maribor
- Amneris at the Opera in Usti nad Labem
- Amneris at the Opera in Pilsen
- Fortune-Teller in Prokofievs Fiery Angel at the National Theatre Ostrava
- Glagolitic Mass in Prague
2013/2014
- Rossweisse in Die Walkuere at the Opere de Rennes
2012/2013
- Mother Goose in Rake´s Progress at the National Theatre Ostrava
- Cieca in Gioconda at the Opera in Pilsen
2011/2012
- Kostelnička in Její Pastorkyňa at the Theatre de Limoges
- Kostelnička in Její Pastorkyňa at the Opera de Rennes
2010/2011
- Kostelnička in Její Pastorkyňa at the Opera de Rennes
2009/2010
- Amneris at the Opera in National Theatre Brno
- Fenena at the Opera in National Theatre Brno
- Ulrica at the Opera in Sofia
- Verdi-Requiem in Prague
- Mahler´s Lied von der Erde in Karlovy Vary
2008/2009
- Kostelnička in Její Pastorkyňa at the Opera in National Theatre Brno
- Diary of one who has disappeared from Janacek at the Festival in Hukvaldy
- Ljubasa in Rimsky-Korsakovs Tsars Bride at the Opera of Opava (Czech Republic)
- Ulrica in Kosice (Slovakia)
- Witch in Rusalka at the Opera in Pilsen
2007/2008
- Song Recital with Jnacek songs on the Studio stage of the Opera Bastille in Paris
- Zia Principessa in Suor Angelica at the Opera in Pilsen
- Jenufa at the Theatro Massimo di Catania
2006/2007
- Janaceks Glagolitic Mass in Rimini with the Prague Philharmonic
- Azucena at the Opera in Kosice
- Witch at the Opera in Kosice
2005/2006
- Witch in Rusalka at the Opera in Pilsen
- Maddalena in Rigoletto at the Opera in Usti nad Labem
- Miracles of Mary (Martinu) at the Opera in Pilsen
2004/2005
- Florenc Pike in Albert Herring at the Opera in Olomouc (Czech Republic)
- Kate and the Devil (Dvorak) at the Opera in Usti nad Labem
- Witch in Rusalka at the National Theatre in Prague (Debut in Prague)
Eliska Weissova was born in Moravska Trebová ( Czech Republic) and gained her Masters Degrese in Music at the Prague´s Academy of Performing Arts. Her teacher was the famous Czech baryton René Tucek. In the past she attended master-classes by Nadezda Kniplova and Peter Dvorsky.
She was awarted on several occasions:
- 1st prize in the Antonin Dvorak International Voice Competition in Karlovy Vary (2004)
- 3st prize in the Mikulas Schneider-Trnavsky Singing Competition in Slovakia (2006)
- Semifinalist in the Queen Sonja Competition in Oslo (2005)
- Semifinalist in the Competition dell´Opera in Dresden (2007)
- Finalist in the Boris Christoff Competition in Sofia (2009)
