Pavla Radostová was born in 1989. Since she was 5 years old she has been singing with the family ensemble Musica Laetitia, which mainly focuses on baroque music. She is a graduate of the Brno Conservatory and JAMU.
As an experienced soloist and ensemble singer, she regularly collaborates with important Czech and foreign ensembles of various musical genres (Collegium Vocale Gent, Collegium 1704, Drei Engel, Musica Florea, Cappella Mariana, Czech Ensemble Baroque, Collegium Marianum, Ensemble Inégal, Brno Philharmonic, Reicha Quartet. Brno Contemporary Orchestra, BERG Orchestra, Musica Aeterna, Ensemble Opera Diversa, Tupá Šídla, Musica Laetitia, etc.) and musical personalities (P. Herreweghe, V. Luks, M. Štryncl, J. Semerádová, V. Semerád, W. Herbers, D. R. Davies, A. Liebreich, P. Veber, R. Válek, P. Šnajdr, M. de Rose, G. Tardonová, V. Spurný, Z. Klauda, S. Bagnoud, D. Kalousek, etc.).
This mutual cooperation often brings opportunities to perform some compositions in Czech or even world premieres, as a soloist she participated in the creation of several CDs and recordings for radio purposes (P. deMonte: Madrigali spirituali, J. P. Rameau: Les Boréades, F. Tůma: Te Deum, A. Brossmann: Missa in A, F. X. Richter: Super flumina Babylonis/ Miserere mei Deus, Resonate e plaudite, G. Grisey: Quatrechants pour Franchir le Seuil, the cycle Music for the Siren, J. Bons: Thirty Situations, Fausto Romitelli: EnTrance, Petr Hora: The Red of the Flesh, Hans Abrahamsen: Two Songs by Inger Christensen, etc.). Pavla is mainly devoted to Renaissance, Baroque and contemporary music, she also loves discovering the stories hidden in songs of various musical genres. Here she amply demonstrates her natural musicality, sense of words, musical alertness, intonation precision and distinctive interpretation. Critics often praise her singing for its technical maturity, large vocal range and varied emotional range, supported by the color of her voice, from angelically crystal and sweet to honey-deep and sensual.
She made her first theatrical debut in 2018 at the South Bohemian Theatre in the role of Barena in the operaJenufa. In 2024, she successfully debuted in the dual roles of L’Amour and Clarine in the opera Platée at the Prague State Opera, which was ranked among the 10 best productions of 2024 by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
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