Dominika Škrabalová
Dominika Škrabalová performs in Czech and German opera scenes. Her key roles this season include Rosina in Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia at the National Theatre in Prague, Donna Elvira in Mozart’s Don Giovanni in České Budějovice, Bizet’s Carmen in Opava, and Marie in Rossini’s Moses and Pharaoh at the National Moravian-Silesian Theatre in Ostrava. At the end of the season, she will also appear in Ostrava as Marie Magdalene in Eugen d’Albert’s The Dead Eyes. In concert, she will perform in her hometown of Karviná in The Slanting Church, an oratorio by contemporary Czech composer Irena Szurmanová; in Hradec Králové, she will perform Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, and she will return to Karviná for Mozart’s Requiem. Highlights of the previous season included the title role of Hannah in As One by contemporary American composer Laura Kaminsky at the Semperoper in Dresden and the role of the Fox in Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen at Staatstheater Mainz.
Dominika Škrabalová completed the two-year Junges Ensemble programme at the Semperoper in Dresden, where her roles included Mrs Smith in Chailly’s The Bald Soprano, the three-part role in Ravel’s L’Enfant et les sortilèges, the Second Lady in The Magic Flute, Tebaldo in Don Carlo, Lucienne in Die tote Stadt, Vivienne in the contemporary opera Humanoid by Leonard Evers, and the dual role of Dienerin/Child’s Voice in Strauss’s Die Frau ohne Schatten under the baton of Christian Thielemann, among others. German audiences also know her as the Fox at Theater Magdeburg and Staatstheater Mainz. In summer 2024, she made her debut before Swiss audiences as Rosina at the Opernspiele Munot festival. On the Czech opera scene, in addition to the National Theatre in Prague, Dominika works regularly with the National Moravian-Silesian Theatre in Ostrava, an institution closely associated with the beginnings of her professional career. There, audiences have seen her not only as the Fox, but also as Háta in The Bartered Bride, Purcell’s Dido in Dido and Aeneas, Monteverdi’s Venus in Il ballo delle ingrate, Alto in Tom Johnson’s The Four-Note Opera, and in other roles. At the Silesian Theatre in Opava, she has appeared as Carmen and Maddalena in Rigoletto.
Dominika Škrabalová won first prize at the Opernspiele Munot singing competition in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, and received second prize in the Opera category at the Antonín Dvořák International Singing Competition in Karlovy Vary, as well as numerous other awards. Alongside her vocal studies, she spent five years as choirmaster of the Permoník Male Chamber Choir. Under her direction, the ensemble received several gold awards at international competitions, including the Grand Prix in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Season 2026/27
The artist is represented by Alena Kunertová, Nachtigall Artists,
tel: +420 602 219 611, e-mail: a.kunertova@nachtigallartists.cz.
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