Štěpánka Pučálková

Štěpánka Pučálková captivates “with a genuinely velvety mezzo timbre” (Concerti, 4/24).
The mezzo-soprano's extensive repertoire includes roles such as Adalgisa (“Norma”), Octavian (“Der Rosenkavalier”), Charlotte (“Werther”), Carmen, Nicklausse/Muse (“Les contes d'Hoffmann”), Varvara (“Katja Kabanowa”), Ascanio (“Benvenuto Cellini”), Hänsel (“Hänsel und Gretel”), Cherubino (“Le nozze di Figaro”) and Orlofsky (“Die Fledermaus”).
She has appeared as a guest artist in Dresden, Leipzig, Prague, Riga, Bratislava, Warsaw, Vienna, Madrid, Munich, Beijing, Naples and Salzburg. She has worked with conductors such as Christian Thielemann, Danielle Gatti, Wladimir Jurowski, Lorenzo Viotti, Semyon Bychkov and Plácido Domingo and with directors such as Peter Konwitschny, Vera Nemirova, Stefan Herheim, Josef E. Köpplinger and Keith Warner. She has received numerous prizes and awards, including the Lilli Lehmann Medal and a special prize at the Concours International de Belcanto Vincenzo Bellini in Marseille.
At the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, she can be heard as Agnese in the concert performance of Bellini's “Beatrice di Tenda”.