Pavel Černoch

This 2024-25 season sees Cernoch sing Sergey Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District in a new production which opens the season at Gran Teatre del Liceu; and Boris in a new production of Katja Kabanova at Bayerische Staatsoper, a role he also sings for the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig under Andris Nelson. On the concert stage he sings Janáček Our Father with the Prague Philharmonic Choir in New York; Beethoven Symphony No. 9 with Boston Symphony Orchestra and Andris Nelsons; and Janáček´s Glagolitic Mass with the Czech Philharmonic.

Highlights of last season included his signature role The Prince in Rusalka at the Wiener Staatsoper and in a new production at Staatsoper Berlin; his company debut with the Lyric Opera of Chicago as Laca Jenůfa; and returns to the Opéra national de Paris as Albert Gregor in The Makropulos Affair and to Hamburg State Opera as Sergei Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District.

In recent seasons Černoch ventured into the German repertoire and took on the roles of Apollo in Romeo Castellucci’s new production of Daphne and Florestan Fidelio both at Staatsoper Berlin and Max Der Freischütz at Bayerische Staatsoper. He also sang the title role of Faust at Staatsoper Hamburg, as well as performing one of his most beloved roles: Cavaradossi Tosca at Staatsoper Hamburg, La Monnaie and The National Theatre Opera in Prague. Other highlights include The Prince Rusalka in new productions at Semperoper Dresden, Canadian Opera Company and Dutch National Opera; Vladimir in Barrie Kosky’s new production of Borodin’s Prince Igor at Opera National de Paris; the title role of Don Carlo at Staatsoper Hamburg and Opera National de Paris; Giasone Médée at the Salzburg Festival; Sergei Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District at Opera de Paris; Boris Katja Kabanová at Royal Ballet and Opera; Don Jose Carmen at Greek National Opera, Staatsoper Hamburg and Glyndebourne; Lensky Eugene Onegin at the Bayerische Staastsoper, Opera National de Paris and Wiener Staatsoper; Laca Jenůfa at Bayerische Staastsoper, Dutch National Opera, Staatsoper Stuttgart and Theater an der Wien; Jenik The Bartered Bride at The National Theatre in Prague and Opera National de Paris; Lykov The Tsar’s Bride at Berlin Staatsoper and Teatro alla Scala; Rodolfo La bohème at Staatsoper Hamburg; Pinkerton Madama Butterfly at Berlin Staatsoper, Oper Köln and Staatsoper Hamburg; and a staged production of La Damnation de Faust at Teatro dell’Opera di Roma.

As much at home on the concert platform, he appears regularly with leading orchestras like the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra and Bamberger Symphoniker. Notable performances include Černoch in the title role of La Damnation de Faust with the Norwegian National Opera under the baton of Edward Gardner, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the Gewandhausorchester, Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde with the Prague Philharmonic, Rachmaninov’s The Bells with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Verdi’s Requiem at the Bergen Festival.

Černoch made his professional debut in his native city with Die Zauberflöte, followed by appearances in Prague, Riga, Cagliari, Athens, Graz and Wiener Volksoper. He studied at the Janacek Academy Brno and went on to continue his vocal studies in Italy with Paolo de Napoli, who remains his mentor today.