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Simona Šaturová

Simona Šaturová

Simona Houda-Šaturová is a sought-after interpreter of Mozart roles and of the Italian bel canto repertoire as well as a renowned concert singer. Highlights of the most recent seasons include Mozart trilogy (Mozart – Da Ponte) at Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels where she performs regularly. She also cooperated with the Vienna Philharmonic and Herbert Blomstedt, the Munich Philharmonic and Tokyo Symphony Orchestra under Krzysztof Urbanski, the Czech Philharmonic under Christoph Eschenbach and Tomáš Netopil, the Vienna Symphonic and Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and Juraj Valčuha, Boston Symphony Orchestra and Charles Dutoit at the Tanglewood Music Festival, with Mozarteumorchester and Riccardo Minasi at Salzburger Festspiele; she made a concert tour with Bamberger Symphoniker and Jakub Hrůša, and she performed with Orchestre National de Paris and Jukka-Pekka Saraste.

She has been featured in major concert and opera productions in the Semperoper in Dresden, Theater an der Wien, Teatro Colón of Buenos Aires, Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Frankfurt Opera, Athens Concert Hall Megaron, New York’s Carnegie Hall, Vienna’s Konzerthaus and Musikverein, Tonhalle Zürich, Suntory Hall in Tokio, Munich’s Herkules-Saal, and festivals in Salzburg, Edinburgh and Lucerne. Simona has cooperated with eminent conductors such as Christoph Eschenbach, Manfred Honeck, Fabio Luisi, Herbert Blomstedt, Adam Fischer, Robert Jindra, Emmanuel Villaume, Christopher Hogwood and others. Besides Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels, the soprano is also a welcome guest of the Aalto Theater in Essen, and the National Theatre Opera in Prague.

Simona Houda-Šaturová has recorded for Supraphon (Martinů, Dvořák, Míča), Sony BMG (Orff, Saint-Saëns), Orfeo (Haydn Arias, awarded with “Editor’s Choice“), Accentus (Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 with Herbert Blomstedt, received the International Classical Music Award), Hänssler Classics (Haydn), Nibiru Publishers (Decade – Mozart, Mysliveček, and Jakub Jan Ryba’s Stabat mater – awarded with Diapason d’Or) and others. Her recordings of Johann Adolf Hasse’s Requiem & Miserere (Carus Verlag) and Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 with Christoph Eschenbach and Philadelphia Orchestra (Ondine) received the critics’ award in Germany “Preis der deutschen Schallplatten Kritik“ and Supersonic Award. She recorded the song cycle Ad astra by Eugen Suchoň for the Slovak Music Fund and most recently Karol Kurpinski’s Te Deum with Collegium 1704 and Václav Luks (NIFCCD, 2021).

Simona Houda-Šaturová was born in Bratislava and graduated from the local conservatory. She expanded her vocal education in master courses of Ileana Cotrubas in Vienna and Margreet Honig in Amsterdam. She received the Award of Charlotte and Walter Hamel Foundation for exceptional vocal performances (Lübeck 2007), and the 2001 Thalia Award for the best Opera Performance.

2023/2024 Season
The Artist is represented by Alena Kunertová, Nachtigall Artists,
tel: +420 602 219 611, e-mail: a.kunertova@nachtigallartists.cz.

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