Adam Plachetka is one of the country’s most in-demand opera singers. He is the only Czech to have sung at the Met in New York before the age of 30, has been a member of the Vienna State Opera for over a decade and has appeared at many of the globe’s other great venues.
#16 Opera singer Adam Plachetka
“I’ve always aimed at making everything seem effortless, because that’s the only way, for me, to make the drama or the comedy believable,” says the charismatic bass-baritone, who is 36, in this wide-ranging interview. Other topics include his efforts to break down the clichés of the genre, the pros and cons of being married to another opera singer – and how Covid helped him to get to know his own children.
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