Věra Soukupová [SEP] voice type
Věra Soukupová
Věra Soukupová (born 12 April 1932) is a Czech mezzo-soprano. 
Born in Prague, Soukupová studied singing at the Prague Conservatory and privately with Luis Kadeřábek and A. Mustanová-Linková. She won several competitions, including the international singing competition in Prague (1954), the international singing competition in Toulouse (1958), the competition at the Prague Spring Festival (1960), and the international singing competition in Rio de Janeiro (1963). She began her performance career as a concert singer
husband in 1975, with the Leipzig radio choir and orchestra, Renate Frank-Reinecke, Věra Soukupová, and Siegfried Vogel.
Recordings.
Casapietra recorded the role of Fiordiligi in "Così fan tutte" in 1971, with Suitner conducting the Staatskapelle Berlin, alongside Annelies Burmeister as Dorabella, Sylvia Geszty as Despina, Peter Schreier as Ferrando, Günther Leib as Guglielmo and Theo Adam as Don Alfonso. 
Recordings with Casapietra are held by the German National Library:
- Giordano: "Andrea Chénier" (1973)