VOJTĚCH PELKA

countertenor

VOJTĚCH PELKA

countertenor

Vojtěch Pelka is one of the most prominent Czech countertenors of his generation. His distinctive voice and natural instinct for stage drama have taken him from domestic stages to the Opéra Royal de Versailles, the Warsaw Chamber Opera, and the Margravial Opera House in Bayreuth.

His confident vocal technique and emotive delivery have been recognized by international juries. He is the recipient of the Second Prize and Audience Award at the Renata Tebaldi International Voice Competition in San Marino, the Audience Award at the prestigious Cesti Competition in Innsbruck, and a Special Prize for the interpretation of a Mozart aria at the Conservatoires Competition of the Czech Republic.

He navigates Baroque, Mozartian, and contemporary repertoire with equal assurance, with his core roles including Cherubino, Sesto, Nerone, and Tamerlano. His voice is characterized by a rich, colorful tone with secure high notes, while his performance style seamlessly combines a deep respect for musical history with natural theatrical presence.

Upcoming Dates


19 October 2026 | 19:00

MOZART & ANGELIC VOICE OF HEROES

Suk Hall, House of Music, Pardubice, CZ | Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice


20 October 2026 | 19:30

VOJTĚCH PELKA & MOZART

Church of St. Simon and Jude, Prague, CZ | Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice


21 October 2026 | 19:00

MOZART & ANGELIC VOICE OF HEROES

Suk Hall, House of Music, Pardubice, CZ | Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice


Watch & Listen


Repertoire


Operatic roles
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    • L'Orfeo (Pastore, Speranza, Proserpina, Eco)

    • L'incoronazione di Poppea (Nerone)

  • Sebastián Durón

    • La guerra de los gigantes (Tiempo, Jupiter)

  • Giovanni Bononcini

    • Il trionfo di Camilla (Prenesto)

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    • La fida ninfa (Morasto)

  • Geord Friedrich Händel

    • Alessandro Severo (Alessandro)

    • Agrippina (Nerone)

    • Giulio Cesare (Sesto)

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    • Orfeo ed Eurydice (Orfeo)

    • Paride ed Elena (Paride)

    • Metamorfosi di Semiramis (Scitalce)

  • Josef Mysliveček

    • Il gran Tamerlano (Tamerlano)

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    • La finta gardiniera (Ramiro)

    • Idomeneo, re di Creta (Idamante)

    • Le nozze di Figaro (Cherubino)

    • La clemenza di Tito (Sesto)

  • Bernard Lang

    • Hiob (Menuchim)

  • Arturs Maskats

    • Les Liaisons Dangereuses (kontratenor)

  • Tomáš Hanzlík

    • Poklad Arkádie (Dafnis)

  • Tomáš Hanzlík & Vít Zouhar

    • Pinocchio (Pinocchio)

Opera & Concert Arias
  • Georg Friedrich Händel

    • Il pastor fido - Sento brillar (Mirtillo)

    • Il pastor fido - Nel mio core (Mirtillo)

    • Ariodante - Scherza infida (Ariodante)

    • Serse - Ombra mai fu (Serse)

    • Serse - Crude furie degli orridi abissi (Serse)

    • Rinaldo - Lascia ch'io pianga (Almirena)

    • Radamisto – Ombra cara (Radamisto)

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    • Orlando furioso - Ah, fuggi rapido (Alstolfo)

    • Il Giustino - Vedrò con mio diletto (Anastasio)

    • Il Giustino – Sento in seno (Anastasio)

    • Il Giustino - Su l'altar di questo Nume (Giustino)

  • Johann Adolf Hasse

    • Il Ruggiero - Ah! Si, Da questo... Di quello ch'io provo (Ruggiero)

    • La clemenza di Tito - Vo disperato a morte (Sesto)

    • Marc'Antonio e Cleopatra – Morte col fiero aspetto (Cleopatra)

  • Nicolo Porpora

    • Polifemo - Alto giove (Aci)

    • Semiramide riconosciuta - Vorrei spiegar l'affanno (Merteo)

    • Arianna e Teseo – Mira in cielo (Alceste)

  • Leonardo Vinci

    • Artaserse - Fra cento affanni e cento (Arbace)

    • Alessandro nelle Indie - Vil trofeo d'un'alma imbelle (Alessandro)

  • Geminiano. Giacomelli

    • La merope - Sposa non mi conosci (Petitido)

  • Riccardo Broschi

    • Artaserse – Son qual nave ch'agitata (Arbace)

  • Ignaz Holzbauer

    • Alessandro nelle Indie - Destrier che all'armi usato (Poro)

    • Alessandro Nelle Indie - Dov'è s'affretti (Poro)

  • Jan Antonín Koželuh

    • Alessandro nelle Indie - Destrier che all'armi usato (Poro)

    • Alessandro nelle Indie - Dov'è s'affretti (poro)

  • Wolgang Amadeus Mozart

    • Mitridate, rè di Ponto - Soffre il cor con pace (Sifare)

    • Mitridate, rè di Ponto - Se il rigor d’ingrata sorte (Sifare)

    • Il rè pastore - Aer Tranquillo e di seren (Aminto)

    • Ascanio in Alba - Cara, lontano ancora (Ascanio)

    • Concert aria - Basta, vincesti KV. 486a

    • Concert aria - Ch'io mi scordi di te... non temer, amato bene KV. 505

    • Concert aria - Misera! Dove son!... Ah! Non son io che parlo! KV. 369

    • Concert aria - „A questo seno deh vieni... Or che il cielo“, KV 374

  • Gioacchino Rossini

    • Semiramide - Ah! Quel giorno ognor rammento (Arbace)

    • Tancredi - O patria… Di tanti palpiti (Tancredi)

    • Aureliano in Palmira - Dolci silvestri orrori... Perché mai le luci aprimmo (Arsace)

    • Aureliano in Palmira - Eccomi, ingiusti Numi... chi sa dirmi o mia speranza (Arsace)

  • Vincenzo Bellini

    • I Capuleti e i Monteccchi - Se Romeo t'uccise un figlio (Romeo)

Sacred Music, Oratorios & Lieder
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    • Selva morale e spirituale – Laudate Dominum in sanctis eius

  • Giovanni Felice Sances

    • Stabat Mater

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    • Gloria, RV 589 (soprano solo)

    • Nisi Dominus

    • Juditha triumphans, RV 644 – Armatae face et anguibus (Vagaus)

  • Georg Friedrich Händel

    • Alexander’s Feast (soprano solo)

  • Johann Adolf Hasse

    • Sanctus Petrus et Sancta Maria Magdalena (Sanctus Petrus)

  • Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

    • Stabat Mater (Soprano solo)

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    • Exsultate, jubilate, KV 165

    • Missa in c-Moll, KV 427 – (soprano solo)

    • Requiem, KV 626 (Soprano solo)

  • Vincenzo Bellini

    • Composizioni da Camera

  • Vítězslav Novák

    • Pohádka srdce

    • Písně melancholické

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