Irena Troupová [SEP] voice type
Irena Troupová
Irena Troupová (Irena Troupova-Wilke) is a Czech soprano and early music specialist.
Biography.
Born in České Budějovice, she made her first stage appearances at the Jihočeské divadlo in performances of "The Magic Flute" and "Bastien et Bastienne". During her studies of musicology at the Charles University in Prague she started to focus on early music. She also studied singing at the school with Theresa Blum. Her cooperation with the Musica Antiqua Prague brought a large number of successful recordings.
Prague Spring competition and 1980 the Leipzig Bach competition. Through 1990 - 1993, he performed the complete works of Johann Sebastian Bach. He records for Czech radio, Czech television, and numerous recording companies. His discography includes more than twenty solo recordings. He has collaborated with Giedré Lukšaité-Mrázková, Irena Troupová, Barocco sempre giovane, Bohuslav Matoušek etc.
He is Professor of the Faculty of Music of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (his students: Petr Rajnoha, Pavel Kohout, Pavel Černý, Pavel Svoboda