Singer

Dvořák – Stabat Mater

Municipal House

Opera seria

Theater an der Wien, Vienna

In both song cycles performed by Petr Nekoranec and Ahmad Hedar, the subject is always a young man who embarks on a path paved with uncertainties out of love.

The heart has its reasons

Lille Opera

A Message from Nachtigall Artists, the Concert Organizer
It is a great honor and pleasure for us that we have been able, for the last 25 years, to bring the most famous opera stars to you – the Czech audience. We value the support of all of you, whether you have been our fans since our beginnings or you started coming our concerts recently. Whether we like it or not, a quarter-century makes us to look back, reflect on what we have accomplished, but above all, we are now obliged to throw a really big party.

Anniversary gala: 25 years of Nachtigall Artists

Smetana Hall Municipal House

“From Bohemia to the end of the world” – that's how one could articulate the successful artistic career of tenor Petr Nekoranec, who made his debut in South Africa in August 2024 while in March 2025 he will travel to Brisbane, Australia to make his debut in the Queensland opera house as Don Ramiro in Rossini’s La cenerentola. Petr was born in Nové Dvory by the City of Polná, studied singing in Pardubice, Munich, and New York, performed in Berlin, Munich, Stuttgart, Bayreuth, Florence, Teatro Real in Madrid, Warsaw, São Paulo, Brazil, etc. He is also a popular guest of French opera houses such as the Théâtre du Capitole v Toulouse a Opéra national de Lorraine v Nancy. In July 2024 he made his debut at the famous festival in Aix-en-Provence. He is a soloist at the National Theatre Opera, where he added his first ever Rodolfo in Puccini's La bohème in the 2024/25 season to the roaster of his many beautiful roles.

Petr Nekoranec and guests: Night at the Castle

Castle Courtyard, Polná

Did you enjoy the concert performance of Rossini's operatic fairy tale Cinderella in December 2023? We have another title for you! This time it will be the popular opera Don Pasquale by Gaetano Donizetti. And what can you look forward to? In addition to an absolutely stellar cast?

Don Pasquale is a pure, unadulterated farce with sparkling music and a geyser of humorous scenes that will make you cry - of course, tears of laughter! The wealthy old Don Pasquale wants to prevent his nephew Ernesto from marrying the young and poor widow Norina. He threatens to disinherit Ernesto, which is a problem for Ernesto because without the inheritance he cannot consider getting married. Moreover, Don Pasquale decides to get married himself and calls on Doctor Malatesta for help. However, this decision will cost him dearly! Doctor Malatesta devises a colossal deception, and in the end, Don Pasquale is glad to get rid of his young "wife", who is actually Norina.

Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale

For over two centuries, Gioachino Rossini has been one of the most celebrated opera composers, and it might even have been the case if he had written nothing but Il barbiere di Siviglia. Both its genesis and premiere were connected with all kinds of twists and turns, which accompany many a play and opera. The piece had to be completed hastily, rehearsed and staged even more hastily; it was a setting of a literary work that had been used several times; the premiere was poorly received and affected by scandal, etc. In hindsight and knowing the fates of other creations, such circumstances would seem to be the best prerequisite for future success. Four years after the opera’s world premiere, in 1816 at the Teatro Argentino in Rome, Il barbiere di Siviglia was first presented, in German translation, at the Estates Theatre in Prague, which in 1825 staged the piece in Czech, owing mainly to the composer and conductor František Škroup (known primarily for creating the melody of the Czech national anthem), who would later on also give Czech premieres of operas by Wagner and others. The Provisional Theatre included Il barbiere di Siviglia in its repertoire during its very first season. Later on the opera was also undertaken by the National Theatre, which to date has adapted it in more than ten productions.

Il barbiere di Siviglia

National Theatre Prague

The Monteverdi Choir & Orchestras’ groundbreaking exploration of Rossini on period instruments continues with the crowning achievement of the composer’s final creative years: the Petite messe solennelle.

Described by the composer as “the last of my péchés de vieillesse" (sins of old age), the Petite messe solennelle was originally scored for twelve singers, two pianos and harmonium. Rossini orchestrated the work the year before his death, but never heard this version in his lifetime; its Paris premiere by the Théâtre-Italien took place in 1869, just a few years before Alexandra Palace Theatre was completed in London.

Rossini joked about the ambiguity of the piece in his inscription at the end of the score: “Good Lord, is this sacred music or opera to a religious text?”. The Monteverdi Choir’s versatility from 17th-century sacred music to 19th-century opera make it the ideal vehicle for this choral showpiece, while the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique will draw on its deep experience of French Romantic repertoire to recreate the sound world of Rossini’s Paris. Together, with a cast of exceptional soloists and led by Rossini specialist Jakob Lehmann, they will illuminate a work poised between devotion and drama, liturgy and theatre.

Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle

Alexandra Palace

Ladies, stand at attention; gentlemen, be on your guard: Count Ory is coming! The tireless seducer, master of disguise, and hopeless romantic sets out on a mission with a single goal — to enchant yet another unsuspecting heart. Expect a charming comedy about a man willing to do anything (and disguise himself as anyone) to win the favor of his next beloved, this time the graceful Countess Adèle.

Gioachino Rossini: Le Comte Ory. Concert Performance

This oratorio tells the story of the last days in the life of Jesus Christ. Exactly three hundred years ago, Johann Sebastian Bach set the Gospel text to music: The premiere was held on Good Friday in 1727. Benedikt von Peter’s production takes the inherent tradition of the Stations of the Cross seriously: Bach’s double-choir masterpiece unfolds as an acoustic crucifix; the audience sits amidst the musical action, exposing their own bodies to this Passion and its unsettling beauty. Betrayal, mortal agony, sacrifice and forgiveness do not appear as a distant event of salvation, but as a sober question for our present: What are the sins for which the Son must be sacrificed year after year? Not the Evangelist, but children bring the parable to life. They shoulder the cross, prevent Judas’s suicide with an embrace, and put the value system of a Christian society up for discussion. Marc Minkowski, a renowned specialist in Baroque vocal music and a guest at the Deutsche Oper for the first time, conducts this special revival exactly on the 300th anniversary of the work!

Tenor

Petr Nekoranec

Events

Upcoming events

Sep 13 - Dec 31, 2026

Il barbiere di Siviglia · Národní divadlo

Sep 18, 2026

Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle · Monteverdi Choir & Orchestras

Oct 24, 2026

Gioachino Rossini: Le Comte Ory. Concert Performance · Prague Philharmonia

Mar 25 - Apr 4, 2027

St Matthew Passion · Deutsche Oper Berlin

Past events

Mar 31 - Apr 1, 2026

Dvořák – Stabat Mater · Prague Symphony Orchestra

Feb 28 - Mar 11, 2026

Opera seria · Les Talens Lyriques

Future and recently performed repertoire

Ernesto in Don Pasquale by Donizetti

Prague Philharmonia

Singer in Don Pasquale by Donizetti

Prague Philharmonia

Singer in Liederkreis by Schumann

Opéra de Lille

Singer in Stabat Mater by Dvořák

Prague Symphony Orchestra

Singer in Petite messe solennelle by Rossini

Monteverdi Choir & Orchestras

Count Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia by Rossini

Národní divadlo

Le Comte Ory in Le comte Ory by Rossini

Prague Philharmonia

Singer in L’Elisir d’Amore by Donizetti

Prague Philharmonia

Singer in Il Barbiere di Siviglia by Rossini

Prague Philharmonia

Witness in St Matthew Passion by Bach

Deutsche Oper Berlin

Singer in The Diary of One Who Disappeared by Janáček

Opéra de Lille

Singer in Largo al factotum (Figaro) by Olivieri

Prague Philharmonia

Singer in Al idea di quel metallo (Figaro & Almaviva) by Olivieri

Prague Philharmonia

Singer in Quel guardo, il cavaliere... So anch’io la virtù magica (Norina) by Mesak

Prague Philharmonia

Singer in E il dottor non si vede... Pronta io son by Mesak

Prague Philharmonia

Singer in Una furtiva lagrima (Nemorino) by Nekoranec

Prague Philharmonia

Singer in Come Paride vezzoso (Belcore) by Olivieri

Prague Philharmonia

Singer in Caro elisir (Nemorino & Adina) by Nekoranec

Prague Philharmonia

Singer in Eugene Onegin: Polonaise by Tchaikovsky

Prague Philharmonia

Singer in Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour (Giulietta & Nicklausse) by Offenbach

Prague Philharmonia

Singer in Le veau d’or (Méphistophélès) by Gounod

Prague Philharmonia

Singer in Eri tu (Renato) by Verdi

Prague Philharmonia

Singer in Salut! Demeure chaste et pure (Faust) by Gounod

Prague Philharmonia

Singer in Casta Diva (Norma) by Bellini

Prague Philharmonia

Singer in Mon coeur s’ouvre à ta voix (Dalila) by Saint-Saëns

Prague Philharmonia

Singer in Restate! (Filippo II & Posa) by Verdi

Prague Philharmonia

Singer in Tacea la notte placida (Leonora) by Verdi

Prague Philharmonia

Singer in Il balen del suo sorriso (Conte di Luna) by Verdi

Prague Philharmonia

Sospiro in Opera seria by Gassmann

Les Talens Lyriques

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