PrimaFila Artists
I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve joined PrimaFila Artists Management, a leading agency in the world of opera. It’s an honor to be represented by a team that shares my passion for excellence in the performing arts. I look forward to this new chapter and the opportunities ahead. Stay tuned for upcoming performances and projects!
Lucie Kaňková presenting her grandfather’s songs
One of the prominent representatives of the young generation of Czech sopranos, Lucie Kaňková, will perform on Thursday, November 14, together with pianist Stanislav Gallin, at the third concert of the 57th season of the Circle of Friends of Music in Dvůr Králové. The concert, scheduled for 7:00 PM in the Hank House, will offer […]
Lucie Kaňková stars as Violetta Valéry in a new production of La Traviata at the Opera Fribourg
Almost one hundred and seventy years after its creation, La Traviata is one of Verdi’s most famous and popular musical works. The production, currently being staged in Fribourg, Switzerland, features promising Czech soprano Lucie Kaňková as Violetta Valéry. All four upcoming performances are sold out, with the next one at the Nouvel Opéra taking place […]
Magnifiquement interprété…
“Lucie Kaňková a été étourdissante dans le rôle de la Reine de la Nuit, avec le célébrissime air « Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen » qu’elle a interprété sans faille, lançant ses notes les plus aiguës avec puissance et une imparable justesse.”
The biggest applause at the Royal Opera went to Lucie Kaňková – BRF Nachrichten
“Den meisten Applaus bei der Premiere bekam übrigens Lucie Kaňková in der Rolle der Königin der Nacht.” Patrick Lemmens, BRF Nachrichten, 20.12.2023 20.12.2023
In Liège, The Magic Flute: The Queen of the Night by Lucie Kankova takes us to entirely other spheres
“The Queen of the Night by Lucie Kankova takes us to entirely other spheres with her authority and vocal ease. A little under the damper, by the distant and static presence imposed on its first appearance by the directors, for its O Zittre nicht, of the first act, she totally liberated the full measure of […]
Lüttich: „Die Zauberflöte“, Der Opernfreund
“Ein gesundes Maß an Schärfe steht der tadellosen Königin der Nacht von Lucie Kaňková hingegen ausgezeichnet: die Tschechin lässt die atemberaubenden Koloraturen scheinbar mühelos aus sich heraus perlen und bringt das nötige Feuer für die Rolle der rachsüchtigen Mutter mit.” IhrJochen Rüth 29. Dezember 2023 Photo(c) J. Berger – ORW Liège
Lucie splendidly captured Dvořák’s pleasing melody as Terinka – OperaWire
“…Soprano Lucie Kanková was a young, fresh and innocent Terinka, but she knew more than she let on and was quite capable of challenging and manipulating her father. Her voice has a bright, open quality with an attractive upper register and is able to sing with a great sense of freedom. In Act two she […]
Lucie Kaňková: Belcanto is the absolute pinnacle for a singer
The season at the National Theatre in Košice will be closed by the premiere of the opera Anna Bolena. Dramaturg Stanislav Trnovský spoke with soloist Lucia Kaňková. The 2022/2023 theatre season will culminate at the National Theatre in Košice on Thursday, June 22, with the premiere of a semi-staged performance of Gaetano Donizetti’s opera ANNA […]
Nicht nur die Königin der Nacht: Die Sopranistin Lucie Kaňková
Die Sopranistin Lucie Kaňková siegte in den vergangenen Jahren bei mehreren Gesangswettbewerben. Sie lebt in der Schweiz und tritt in verschiedenen Opernhäusern Europas auf. Derzeit singt sie in der Prager Staatsoper Donizettis Lucia die Lammermoor. Frau Kaňková, Sie stammen aus einer Musikerfamilie – nicht nur Ihre Eltern, sondern auch Ihr Großvater und weitere Ihre Vorfahren […]
Jakobín from Brno captivated the stage and mesmerized people by the brilliant singing performances
“Terinka and Jiří, performed by Lucie Kaňková and Aleš Briscein, also performed brilliantly and were perfectly suited to their roles – gentle, playful and slightly open-minded Kaňková together with jealous, cheeky, exuberant but also heroic Briscein formed a balanced pair. ” 10/2023
Mozart´s Queen of the Night is one of the most mentally demanding opera roles, which requires nerves of steel
“Czech soprano Lucie Kaňková in the role of Queen of the Night will perform for the audience in Košice for the first time. “Queen of the Night is a magical role. It´s completely exceptional, original with the singing line, position and mystery. Her famous aria ´Der Hölle Rache’ is notorious even to non-opera fans. Everyone […]
Lucia di Lammermoor: Great musical experience
„…The duo of the soprano and the flutist is always one of the spectacular moments of the opera, which the audience eagerly awaits. Flutist Václav Lenc has a beautiful, full tone, the mastered dynamics in his demanding solo part he fully captured the fragility of a broken human soul. On stage, his interplay with LucieKaňková […]
The Queen of the night – Flawless, pure coloratura and ecstatic expression
“However, we come to one of the highlights of the evening – The Queen of the Night, by Czech coloratura soprano Lucie Kaňková. The aria O zittre nicht, mein lieber Sohn was sung and although it remains in the shadow of the second, more popular Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen, the first performance […]
In both arias she demonstrated technical virtuosity
“The Queen of the Night for both premieres was the young Czech coloratura soprano Lucie Kaňková, one of the few almost optimal (if not the only) performers of the breakneck role in the Czech and Slovak space. In both arias, she demonstrated not only technical virtuosity (she even added an unwritten held high F in […]
Soprano Lucie Kaňková is preparing for the role of the Queen of the Night at the Swiss festival Opernspiele Munot
The young Czech soprano won the role in Mozart’s famous opera The Magic Flute after winning a singing competition organized by the festival. “In 2019, I won the Opernspiele Munot casting competition and was engaged to play the role of the Queen of the Night, but due to Covid restrictions, the production was postponed until […]
Tobit, Tobiáš, Sára, demons and angels… and Lucie Kaňková
“…Lucie Kaňková was the real star of the premiere evening. Crystalline voice, clear and sure coloratura, smiling confidence on stage… The character she portrayed bears the name of d’Azaria but at the very end, in front of a celebratory choir praising the Lord, it becomes clear, to the sound of the organ in an accentuated […]
Lucie Kaňková in the world stage premiere of Haydn’s oratorio Il Ritorno di Tobia
The Znojmo Music Festival will feature the young artist as Raffaelle alongside Adam Plachetka and other great artists on July 15, 16 and 17. After recent successes as a stand-in for the role of Gilda in the opera houses of Liège, Belgium, and Prague, Czech Republic, Lucie Kaňková will perform at the Baroque Opera Festival […]
Lucie Kaňková is the winner of the international singing competition Mimas Music Festival in Italy
In the professional singers category of the Mimas music festival, Lucie Kaňková took first place. Czech coloratura soprano Lucie Kaňková can add another to her list of competitive successes: she has now won the professional singers category of the Italian Mimas Music Festival. She participated with the arias of the Queen of the Night from […]
Lucie Kaňková as Gilda in Liège, Belgium earned a standing ovation
The young Czech coloratura soprano, who has already won many singing competitions and regularly sings the role of Mozart’s Queen of the Night in Prague, became the salvation for a brand new production at the prestigious Belgian Opera House when she literally jumped in for a colleague who fell ill with a covid. The young […]
Soprano Lucie Kaňková makes her debut as Gilda in Verdi’s opera Rigoletto and is preparing to go abroad
The Opava Opera is presenting a new production of the opera Rigoletto from February 20, where Lucie Kaňková will play the main female role – Rigoletto’s daughter Gilda, adding another Verdi heroine to her singing repertoire. “The singing part of Gilda really suits me,” says Lucie Kaňková, whose coloratura soprano voice has already introduced her […]
Tossing off Mozart’s fiendish runs with pinpoint accuracy
“Lucie Kaňková was a deliciously evil and elegant Queen of the Night, tossing off Mozart’s fiendish runs with pinpoint accuracy and crowning each of her arias with remarkably clear high notes” Seen and Heard International 06/12/2021 by Rick Perdian A surreal spin on Die Zauberflöte at Prague’s Estates Theatre
Lucie Kaňková impressed in the demanding role of Fiordiligi
“Lucie Kaňková impressed in the demanding role of Fiordiligi in terms of the range and tessitura with a freely formed tone, a pleasant, round timbre of her soprano even in the highest positions by cultivated and musical phrasing. The big aria of Fiordiligi turned out to be excellent…. Excellent singing performance, even dominant in the […]
Czech soprano Lucie Kaňková starts new season with Queen of the Night and La Traviata in Odessa, Prague and Chisinau
The number three features strongly at the beginning of Lucie Kaňková’s new season. She will make her debut at the three national theatres of three countries within three weeks and she will sing her most beloved roles. “I will be Queen of the Night at the Estates Theatre in Prague,” says Lucie Kaňková who had […]
She has more than enough talent and natural musicality and it is a pleasure to listen to her
“She sang eight arias ranging from Bach’s Coffee Cantata, Handel’s Rinaldo and Vivaldi’s motet “In furore” through Purcell, Mozart and Caldar to a scene from Pergolesi’s opera “La serva padrona”. This was the centerpiece of the concert. Not only as a very large and complex singing performance, but also as a comic performance. The soloist […]
Lucie was representing a pleasant apotheosis of youth on stage
“The young soprano Lucie Kaňková in the role of Barča captivated with her sincerity of expression and pleasant singing voice, representing a pleasant apotheosis of youth on stage. Although the famous Skylark’s Song, wonderfully performed by the soprano, is conceived by the director in such a way that it is sung by a white dove […]
Lucie Kaňková won the Nomea opera competition
Soprano Lucie Kaňková won first prize in the Nomea online singing competition, organized from Naples, on Saturday. 230 young opera singers applied for it. The Czech performer was the best of ten finalists from South Korea, South Africa, Italy, Germany, Russia, Ukraine, the USA and Mongolia. Other prizes were awarded to Nikita Ivasechko, Francesca Di […]
Lucie Kaňková – Forbes
Lucie Kaňková was mentioned in Forbes magazine as one of the young amazing talents of the future::
Lucie as Smetana’s Barče – a great promise for the future
The young soprano Lucie Kaňková, who has excellent preconditions for key lirico-spinto roles, succeeded in her charming acting and singing creations. As Barče she managed to draw attention to herself non-violently, her moves were great and with the aria Hlásej, ptáčku she assured the audience that applauded enthusiastically she is a great promise for the […]
Interview with Vlasta magazine
When I sing, I feel great. The story of opera singer Lucie Kaňková is both incredible and encouraging. She longed to sing, but she initially failed in competitions and teachers refused to teach her, saying that she had neither talent nor voice. She didn’t give up and after years of failures she decided that if […]
Lucie was an impressive Poppea in every way
“… Lucie Kaňková is profiled as a very promising coloratura singer, she has experience with the baroque repertoire. She sang her part confidently throughout its range in a sonorous voice of pleasant color. She was an impressive Poppea in every way. …” Full text of the review: Monteverdiho Korunovace Poppey v Plzni potvrdila, že baroko […]
Lucie as Poppea – very effective “golden highlight” of a successful production
“…The title role of Poppea was sung at the premiere by soprano Lucie Kaňková. She is able to captivate with a sonorous, resonantly concentrated performance in all vocal positions. The strength of her interpretation lies in the consistent phrasing and thoughtful division of musical phrases, certainly in the study cooperation and in the musical inspiration […]
Soprano Lucie Kaňková sings the title role in Monteverdi´s The Coronation of Poppea
The winner of many singing competitions will add the ambitious bitch Poppea from Monteverdi’s masterpiece opera to her repertoire of operatic heroines. The new production wastes no time and starts at the Pilsen J.K. Tyl Theatre during the usual theatre holidays: August 15. The opera The Coronation of Poppea is a rarity on stage, but […]
Interview for Právo, CAFÉ and Novinky.cz
On Saturday evening, she will appear as Poppea, the insidious lover of Emperor Nero, on the stage of the Pilsen J. K. Tyl Theatre at the premiere of The Coronation of Poppea. It may occur to her that her path to her beloved opera singing was not at all easy. She will probably not suffer […]
Vote for Lucie Kaňková as The Queen of the Night
Soprano Lucie Kaňková doesn´t waste time during quarantine! She represents the Czech Republic in the IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition – A Global Online Singing Competition with this home made recording. If you like her furious Queen of the night, please vote for her here: https://bit.ly/2TAnIFz Thank you! Find the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4md7aOgs80
Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf: Il tribunale di Giove
“Lucie Kaňková in the roles of Time and Fortune managed the demanding coloratura with honour and her aria complaining of the fate of fortune was among the most touching.” The Olomouc Baroque Festival has begun. In the local Jesuit Convent the seventh year of the festival opened with the modern premiere of the serenata Il […]
Lucie Kaňková – a distinctive singing personality of the contemporary opera scene
“A pleasant surprise was the performance of the guest Lucie Kaňková. Her rarely cultivated voice impressed me personally with the sensitive rendering of all nuances, lightness and flexibility. Without unnecessary singing mannerisms, but with a concise sense for the expressive shading of the part. Kaňková was also excellent in acting and movement. Considering her youth, […]
Lucie Kaňková in great shape
Even after 165 years since the creation of La traviata, the popular romantic opera by the Italian phenomenon Giuseppe Verdi, the character of the Parisian courtesan Violetta Valéry is still one of the most important and admired roles in the soprano repertoire. The young singer Lucie Kaňková chose this character as the topic of her […]
Lucie Kaňková won third prize at the International Singing Competition in Bologna
A few weeks ago, young Czech soprano Lucie Kaňková won third prize at the international singing competition in Bologna, Italy. The Bologna International Vocal Competition is a competition where the first round is a video recording. Out of several hundred submitted images, 97 singers from all continents were selected to compete in the semi-final round […]
Medallion of a young soprano: Reflexe! Opera
The medallion of a young soprano, who lives and works alternately in the Czech Republic and Switzerland, was prepared for the Czech Radio Vltava program Reflexe! Opera by Vojtěch Babka. You can listen to the entire interview here: https://vltava.rozhlas.cz/lucie-kankova-vitezka-mezinarodni-pevecke-souteze-antonina-dvoraka-2016-a-8130737
Concert version of La Traviata in Prague
The winner of the 2016 Antonín Dvořák International Singing Competition in Karlovy Vary will conclude her doctoral studies at HAMU this year with a concert that will take place on December 8, 2019 from 6 p.m. in the Martinů Hall at Malostranské náměstí 13 in Prague. During the first half of the evening, soprano Lucie […]
Bach and the crystal young voice of Lucie Kaňková
“…Three of Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos were performed, Lucie Kaňková performed his spiritual cantata Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen and a suite in the French style from Fischer’s legacy. Ten instrumentalists took turns on stage from the orchestra….” “….And Bach’s cantata had two excellent soloists – not only a soprano with a crystal young voice, but […]
