Veronika Rovná, a native of Ostrava, began studying classical singing at the Janáček Conservatory in Ostrava and then at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Ostrava. She graduated from both institutes under the guidance of the prominent Czech opera singer and teacher doc. MgA. Eva Dřízgová, Ph.D. During her studies, she gained her first professional experience and a number of awards.
In 2012 she won the second place at Imrich Godin International Vocal Competition IUVENTUS CANTI and the third place at the competition Concorso internazionale “MUSICA SACRA” in Rome in the autumn of 2012. Veronika Holbová and theensemble became the absolute winner in the instrumental-vocal category of the singing competition Stonavská Barborka in 2013. In 2015 she won thefirst place in the female category OPERA ŽENY at the Antonin Dvorak’s International Singing Competitionin Karlovy Vary.
Since 2009 she has been performing with the National Moravian-Silesian Theatre. Among her performances were the role of Barbarina (Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro), Annina (Verdi: La traviata), Esmeralda (Smetana: Prodaná nevěsta), Barena (Janáček: Její pastorkyňa), Anna (Verdi: Nabucco), Rowan (Britten: The Little Sweep), Siren (Dvořák: Armida), Fekluša (Janáček: Káťa Kabanová), Barbara (Strauss: Eine Nacht in Venedig) and Dinah (Martinů: Les Trois souhaits ou les vicissitudes de la vie), Lucia (Britten: The Rape of Lucretia), Axiňja (Šostakovič: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk). She has been a member of the theatre since the 2019/2020 season and her repertoire has expanded to include the following main roles: Míla Válková (Janáček: Osud), Suor Angelica (Puccini: Suor Angelica). For the role of Míla Válková and Angelica, she was awarded the Jantar Award in the Theatre 2018 – WOMEN’S OPERA category. She also performed: Rusalka (Dvořák: Rusalka), Violetta Valéry (Verdi: La Traviata), Rosina (Rossini: The Barber of Seville), Sina (Krása: The Engagement in a Dream), Liù (Puccini: Turandot), Elena (Rota: Il cappello di paglia di Firenze). Veronika Rovná’s opera repertoire features a large number of roles by Bedřich Smetana: Vendulka (The Kiss), Anežka (Two Widows), Mařenka (The Bartered Bride), Jitka (Dalibor), Hedvika (The Devil’s Wall), Ludiše (The Brandenburgers in Bohemia), which she studied during the years 2021 – 2024 and also interpreted as part of the Smetana Opera Cycle Ostrava 2024.
As a guest artist she has performed the roles of Violetta Valery (Verdi: La Traviata) at the National Theatre Brno, as well as Countess (Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro), Conception (Ravel: L’heure espagnole) and Kuchtík (Dvořák: Rusalka) at the State Theatre Košice and the main roles of Rosina (Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia) and Fiordiligi (Mozart: Così fan tutte) at the Silesian Theatre Opava. She has also worked with the South Bohemian Theatre where she performed The Fire, The Nightingale and The Princess (Ravel: L´enfant et les Sortiléges) and she performed as Second Nympf in Antonín Dvořák’s Rusalka at the Opera de Lyon in France in the autumn of 2014.
Veronika Holbová has had a number of successful concerts with major orchestras and ensembles (Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava, Janáček Chamber Orchestra, Moravian Philharmonic Olomouc, Moravian-Silesian Symphony Orchestra, Karlovy Vary Symphony Orchestra, Slovak State Philharmonic Košiceetc.). She has also performed at international music festivals (e.g.Smetana’s Litomyšl National Festival, Leoš Janáček International Music Festival, The St. Wenceslas Music Festival, The Košice Music Spring Festival, etc.).
She regularly performs at the French festivals: Les rencontres in Louvergny (2007, 2010), Les Musicales de Louvergny (2014, 2017 and 2018, 2019, 2022).
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