Principal singer with the National Theatre Opera in Prague, the soprano Iveta Jirikova studied singing at the University of Musical Arts in Bratislava, winning first prize in the M. Schneider-Trnavsk International singing competition in Trnava in 2000 and giving a guest performance at the Stadttheater in Giessen in the role of Dido in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas. After graduating she was engaged as a soloist by the National Theatre Opera in Prague, where she has performed many roles, including Mafienka in Smetana’s The Bartered Bride, the Countess in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro, Mila in Janacek’s Fate, Pamina in Mozart’s Die Zauberflote and Micaela in Bizet’s Carmen. With the National Theatre in Prague she went on tour to Salzburg with The Bartered Bride in 2002 and to Japan with Le nozze di Figaro in 2003. Under director Robert Wilson she gave a guest performance as Mila in Janacek’s Fate at the Teatro Real in Madrid. In recent years she has been a permanent guest of the Slovak National Theatre in Bratislava, interpreting roles such as Mafienka in The Bartered Bride, Micaela in Carmen and Vendulka in Smetana’s The Kiss. She also enjoys a successful career in concerts, recitals and oratorio.