Patricia Janečková is a German-born Slovak operatic soprano. Patricia was born in Munchberg to Slovak parents. Shortly after, her family moved to Ostrava in the Czech Republic. She has been singing since she was four years old. Having graduated from primary school, she began studying at the Janacek Academy of Music and Performing Arts.
Her first public performance was at the Antonin Dvorak Theatre, where she performed for the first time with the Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra. Subsequent to this, she went on to win the Talentmania TV show in 2010 at the age of 12.
In 2014, when sixteen years old, she was the absolute winner of the Concorso Internazionale Musica Sacra International singing competition in Rome. By that, she won a scholarship to the summer singing courses in Arezzo, Italy, in 2015, where she worked under the tutelage of La Scala baritone Renato Bruson. She also released her début album.
In 2015, she was given the opportunity to debut in two opera houses in Slovakia (Košice State Theatre – The Marriage of Figaro as Barbarina, and Slovak National Theatre – The Magic Flute as Pamina). She also received a standing ovation in rendering Once Upon a Time in the West at the Rudolfinum, Prague.
In 2016, she was three times awarded at the Antonín Dvořák’s International Singing Competition in Karlovy Vary. Patricia Janečková has already performed at many gala concerts and festivals both at home and abroad, including Starry Night – Vienna, Junge Talente der Klassik – Klosterneuburg (Austria), and the Petr Dvorský International Music Festival.
In 2017, she performed Galatea in Acis and Galatea with Collegium Marianum as part of the Janacek Music Festival. Today, she still performs in public whilst studying privately with Czech soprano, Eva Drizgova-Jirusova.
