Dvořák, Smetana & Others: Vocal Works Karolína Janů, Pilsen Philharmonic & Chuhei Iwasaki

• Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904): Gypsy Songs, Op. 55, B. 104:
• 1 Dvořák: Gypsy Songs, Op. 55, B. 104: No. 1, Má píseň zas mi láskou zní 02:55
• 2 Dvořák: Gypsy Songs, Op. 55, B. 104: No. 2, Aj! Kterak trojhranec můj 01:10
• 3 Dvořák: Gypsy Songs, Op. 55, B. 104: No. 3, A les je tichý kolem kol 03:07
• 4 Dvořák: Gypsy Songs, Op. 55, B. 104: No. 4, Když mne stará matka 02:06
• 5 Dvořák: Gypsy Songs, Op. 55, B. 104: No. 5, Struna naladěna 01:08
• 6 Dvořák: Gypsy Songs, Op. 55, B. 104: No. 6, Široké rukávy 01:23
• 7 Dvořák: Gypsy Songs, Op. 55, B. 104: No. 7, Dejte klec jestřábu 01:47
• The Jacobin, Op. 84, B. 200:
• 8 Dvořák: The Jacobin, Op. 84, B. 200: Ach bože, božínku... Na podzim v ořeší 04:20
• Bedřich Smetana (1824 - 1884): The Bartered Bride, JB 100:
• 9 Smetana: The Bartered Bride, JB 100: Ach, jaký žal... Ten lásky sen 05:30
• Antonín Dvořák: The Spectre's Bride, Op. 69:
• 10 Dvořák: The Spectre's Bride, Op. 69: No. 17, Maria Panno, při mně stůj 05:14
• Bedřich Smetana: The Kiss, JB 104: Hajej můj andílku... Letěla bělounká holubička:
• 11 Smetana: The Kiss, JB 104: Hajej můj andílku... Letěla bělounká holubička 04:10
• The Two Widows, JB 108:
• 12 Smetana: The Two Widows, JB 108: Samostatně vládnu já 04:17
• Bohuslav Martinů (1890 - 1959): Songs on One Page, H. 294:
• 13 Martinů: Songs on One Page, H. 294: No. 1, Rosička 00:55
• 14 Martinů: Songs on One Page, H. 294: No. 2, Otevření slovečkem 00:34
• 15 Martinů: Songs on One Page, H. 294: No. 3, Cesta k milé 01:28
• 16 Martinů: Songs on One Page, H. 294: No. 4,Chodníček 00:39
• 17 Martinů: Songs on One Page, H. 294: No. 5, U maměnky 01:05
• 18 Martinů: Songs on One Page, H. 294: No. 6, Sen Panny Marie 01:34
• 19 Martinů: Songs on One Page, H. 294: No. 7, Rozmarýn 01:10
• Total Runtime 44:32

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Karolína Janů completed her master's degree in the class of Prof. Jana Jonášová at the Music and Dance Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. She continued her studies at the Academy of Classical Music at Codarts University of the Arts in Rotterdam under the direction of Professor Roberta Alexander.

On this album the young soprano makes her debut with the Pilsen Philharmonic Orchestra under Chuhei Iwasaki with arias by Dvořák, Smetana and Martinů.

Karolina Janu, soprano
Pilsen Philharmonic Orchestra
Chuhei Iwasaki, conductor

Karolína Janů
completed her Master´s University Degree at the Music and Dance Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague in The Czech Republic. At the Academy of Performing Arts, Karolína was a student of Professor Jana Jonášová. She continued her studies in the Classical Music Academy at Codarts University of the Arts in Rotterdam under the tutelage of Professor Roberta Alexander.

In 2009 she participated in Masterclasses with Professor KS Eva Marton at the “Internationale Sommerakademie Prag-Wien-Budapest”. Further she has polished her Singing with Alexander Oliver, Marina Rebeka, Lynne Dawson and Nancy Henninger.

In 2008 she won the second prize in the “Dušek Youth Singing Competition” of the Czech Mozart Society. She has also received a Scholarship by the Bohuslav Martinů Foundation in Prague for presentation of the work of Bohuslav Martinů in the Netherlands.

Her professional concert performances consist of Engagements with Orchestras like The Pilsen Philharmonic Orchestra, The Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice, The West-Bohemian Symphony Orchestra and The Prague Chamber Orchestra. Karolina is a well-known interpreter of Old Music and cooperates with Ensembles Collegium 1704, Ensemble Inégal, Barocco Sempre Giovane and The Czech Ensemble Baroque.

Karolina also regularly performs at Music Festivals in the Czech Republic, such as the International Music Festival Czech Touches of Music or The Dvořák Music Festival.

In the frame of long-term cooperation with the Dutch conductor Dirkjan Horringa and the ensemble La Pellegrina Karolina Janů has performed for example the soprano solo in Antonín Dvořák´s cantata „The Spectre's Bride“ or the soprano solo part in Joseph Haydn´s oratorio „The Creation“ both in the Czech Republic as well as in the Netherlands.

Her Repertoire includes the following Opera Roles: Bastienne (Bastien und Bastienne) that she performs in the project „Bastien and company“ in cooperation with Jaromír Nohavica, Ilia (Idomeneo), La Musica a Euridice (L'Orfeo), Euridice (Orfeo ed Euridice), as well as a vast Repertoire of Spiritual Music and Romantic Songs.

In the season 2018/19 Karolina Janů performed the roles of La Musica and Euridice in Claudio Monteverdi´s opera „Orfeo” in Josef Kajetán Tyl Theatre in Pilsen and as well at the prestigious opera festival Musica Bayreuth. In the 2020/21 season, she performed at the same theater in the roles of Virtú and Drusilla in Claudio Monteverdi's opera "L'incoronazione di Poppea".

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