Martin Bárta

His cultivated large range velvety-sounded voice and impressive dramatic appearance are the reasons why baritone Martin Bárta belongs among the most popular singers in the Czech Republic and abroad.

In his almost twenty-year career his repertoire has contained most of the Czech and world opera key baritone roles - Rigolleto, Scarpia in Tosca, and Escamillio in Carmen being his most favourite ones.
Martin Bárta performs regularly not only at the National Theatre, Prague State Opera and other Czech and foreign opera houses, but also at many important festivals.

He is also well-known for church and song repertoire. He cooperates with famous conductors, such as Leopold Hager, Pierre Boulez, Jiří Kout, Jiří Bělohlávek, Ondrej Lenárd, and others.