Peter Dvorský

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Peter Dvorský
Dvorský performing in recital in 2008
Background information
Born	(1951-09-25) 25 September 1951 (age 69) Horná Ves, Prievidza District
Genres	Opera
Occupation(s)	Tenor singer
Instruments	Vocals

Peter Dvorský (born 25 September 1951) is a Slovak operatic tenor. Possessing a lyrical voice with a soft, elastic tone, and warm and melodious timbre, Dvorský's repertoire concentrates on roles from the Italian and Slavic repertories.

Dvorský was born in Horná Ves, then Czechoslovakia, now Slovakia.

Family background[]

Dvorský has four brothers, three of whom are also successful opera singers: , Miroslav Dvorský and . His other brother, Vendelín Dvorský, is an economist.

Operatic career[]

Dvorský studied under at the Bratislava State Conservatory. There he also enjoyed his first successes at the Slovak National Theatre, making his professional opera debut there in 1972 as Lensky in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin. He won the national singing contest named after Mikuláš Schneider-Trnavský at Trnava in 1973, and in 1974 he won the first prize at the international Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. In 1975, he won first place in the singing contest at the Geneva International Music Competition which led to a yearlong apprenticeship under and at La Scala in Milan.

In the following years, he quickly achieved international fame. He debuted at the Vienna State Opera, where he was particularly successful and popular, in 1976, at the New York Metropolitan Opera in 1977, and one year later at La Scala, Milan.

Dvorský was highly esteemed by Luciano Pavarotti, who referred to him several times as, "my legitimate successor". In these years he became one of the leading tenors worldwide. He received several distinctions, among others being a national artist and state prize-winner of the former Czechoslovakia. Since 2006, Dvorský has been the head of the opera house in Košice, then of the opera house of the Slovak National theater (SND) in Bratislava.

External links[]

• Interview with Peter Dvorský, October 14, 1984