Pannon Philharmonic

Peter Mikuláš studied at the Bratislava Conservatoire of Music and Drama under Professor Viktoria Stracenska. While still a student he joined the chamber ensemble Musica Aeterna and on graduation in 1978 became soloist of the Slovak National Theatre Opera House in Bratislava and still is a member of this company. He was prizewinner in Carlsbad, th 1982 Tchaikowsky Compeition in Moscow and the 1874 Mirjam Helin Competition in Helsinki.

Peter Mikuláš has a wide operatic repertoire including Kecal in Bartered Bride, Dulcamara in L´Elisir d´Amore, Gremin in Eugene Onegin, Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor, Fiesco in Simone Boccanegra, Don Alfonso in Cosi fan tutte, Sarastro in Die Zauberflote, Lodovico in Otello, Lindork, Coppelius, Dr.Miracle and Dapertutto in Les Contes d´Hoffmann, Mephisto in Faust, Don Pasquale, Banquo in Macbeth, Philipp in Don Carlos, Don Quijotte, Zaccaria in Nabucco, Bluebeard, Falstaff and Golaud in Péleas et Mélisande.

Equally active on the concert platform, Peter Mikuláš sings regularly with the Slovak and Czech Philharmonic Orchestras, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestre de Paris and the Concertgebouw Orchestra. He takes part in major international festivals and has sung in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, UK, Japan and USA. He made his London Promenade Concert debut in 1991 in Dvorak´s Spectre´s Bride, returning to sing the Glagolitic Mass and Dvorak´s Requiem. Other concert engagements include Oedipus Rex and Verdi Requiem with the Orchestra de Paris in France and Italy, Missa Solemnis with Sir Georg Solti and La Damnation de Faust with Semyon Bychkov, both with Orch.de Paris again.

Followed by the Glagolitic Mass with Vienna Philharmony Orchestra, the Epic of Gilgamesh with BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall in London, Belshazzar´s Feast with the Dallas Symphony , Dvorak´s Stabat Mater with the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra in Amsterdam the Dvorak Biblical Songs at the Edinburgh Festival, Suk´s Epilog with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Dr. Kolenaty in The Makropulos Case at the Metropolitan Opera, New York.

Born: Slovakia

The Slovak bass, Peter Mikuláš, completed his training as a singer at the National Music Conservatory of Bratislava. There he was a pupil of the teacher Viktoria Stracvenská. In 1977 he won the Dvorák Competition Karlovy Vary (Karlsbad). He was also a Winner with singing competitions in Moscow (1982) and Helsinki (1984).

In 1978 Peter Mikuláš made his debut at the Slovak National Theatre Bratislava and belonged to the prominent singers of this house. He sang there roles like Kezal in Verkauften Braut by Smetana, Dulcamara in Elisir d'amore, Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor, Fiesco in Simon Boccanegra by Verdi, Alfonso in Così fan tutte, Leporello in Don Giovanni, Sarastro in Zauberflöte, Wassermann (water man) in Rusalka by Dvorák and Gremin in Tchaikovsky’s Eugen Onegin. For his performance in the opera Svaetopluk by E. Suchonv he was honoured with the big prize of the Slovak Theatre Artists.

In addition, since 1980 Peter Mikuláš made guest appearances at the National Theatre of Prague, several times at the Berliner Staatsoper, and many more successful appearances on international level. Thus he sang in Berlin and Vienna, in Salzburg and Leipzig, in Lisbon and Madrid, in Liverpool and Tokyo and in the Italian music centres, among other things. In 1990 he appeared at the Edinburgh Festival as Mephisto in Faust by Charles Gounod, in 1994 at the Opera of Rome as Wassermann man in Rusalka by Dvorák.

The emphasis of his repertoire is on Leporello in Don Giovanni, Sarastro in Zauberflöte, Gremin in Eugen Onegin, Daland in Fliegenden Holländer, as well as bel-canto roles of Rossini and Donizetti. He participated in the Spring Festival of Prague and the Carinthi Summer Festival.

As a concert singer Peter Mikuláš appeared primarily with the symphony orchestras of Czech and Slovakia in Prague and/or in Bratislava, whereby within the concert range he also mastered an extensive repertoire.

Recordings: Orfeo (Alfonso in Così fan tutte, Lhotsky in Osvud by Janácek), Supraphon (Mass in D major by Zelenka, complete recording of the opera Dimitrij by A. Dvorák), Naxos (Così fan tutte), Discover (Stabat Mater by Dvorák, Verdi’s Requiem), ECM/Polygram (Mass in D major by von A. Dvorák), Koch/Schwann (Mass in E flat major by J.N. Hummel).