Kuchar, Juraj
No. 37
Voice type: Tenor
Country: Slovakia
Date of birth: 20 February, 1989
The Slovakian tenor was born in 1989, studied at the Conservatory of Bratislava between 2009 and 2015, and was member of the Chorakademie der Wiener Staatsoper between 2014 and 2017. He participated in master classes by Adam Plachetka and Markéta Cukrová at the Slovak National Theatre in 2020, by Irina Gavrilovici, Balchik Music Festival, Bulgaria in 2019, by Norbert Ernst and by Daniela Fally at the Wiener Staatsoper in 2017. The recent years’ successes include the Gustav Mahler Prize in 2018 and the 2nd prize in song category in 2015 at the International Antonín Dvořák Singing Competition in Karlslbad, Czech Republic. Since October 2019 he is member of the Opera Studio of Slovak National Theatre, before that, he performed at the Wir Sind Wien Festival, at Wiener Staatsoper, at the festival Oper rund um in Waidhofen an der Ybbs, at the Festival Kremnica Castle Organ in Slovakia, among others.
Competition Repertoire
Preliminary
Liszt: I’ vidi in terra angelici costumi (Sonetto 123 di Petrarca)
Händel: Non più ti dissi… Ciel e terra armi di sdegno – Bajazet’s aria from Tamerlano
Dvořák: Vidino divná, přesladká – the Prince’s aria from Rusalka
Semi-final
Wagner: Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond – Siegmund’s aria from Die Walküre
Puccini: Ch’ella mi creda libero e lontano – Ramerrez’s aria from La fanciulla del West
Final
Weber: Nein! Länger trag ich nicht die Qualen... Durch die Wälder – Max’s recitative and aria from Der Freischütz
Giordano: Come un bel dì di maggio – Chénier’s aria from Andrea Chénier
Boito: Giunto sul passo estremo – Faust’s aria from Mefistofele