Patricia Burda Janečková (18 June 1998 – 1 October 2023) was a Slovak
coloratura soprano. At the age of 12, she was the winner of the Czech–Slovak television show ' in November 2010 and gained international recognition through the broadcasting of
CNN television shortly after winning.
Early life
Janečková was born in
Münchberg to Slovak parents Martin Janeček, double bassist and Zuzana Janečková who used to play the violin.
Shortly after, her family moved to
Ostrava
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in the Czech Republic.
She started singing at the age of four.
After graduating from primary school, she began studying voice at the .
Professional career
Janečková first performed publicly at the
Antonín Dvořák Theatre, accompanied by the
Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra.
Subsequent to this, she went on to win the ''Talentmania'' competition in 2010, at age 12, having received over 1 million votes.
In 2014, she won the international singing competition at the ''Concorso Internazionale di Musica Sacra'' in Rome.
Janečková was noted for her passionate and emotive performances, and is known for receiving a standing ovation while performing
Ennio Morricone's theme song from ''
Once Upon a Time in the West'' at the
Rudolfinum in Prague. She continued to perform in public while studying privately with Czech soprano .
In 2017, she performed the role of Galatea in Handel's ''
Acis and Galatea'' with
Collegium Marianum as part of the
Janáček Music Festival.
Janečková released her self-titled début album in 2011, at age 13.
She went on to collaborate with Czech oboist
Vilém Veverka on a Christmas album in 2022.
Personal life
Janečková married actor Vlastimil Burda in June 2023.
Cancer diagnosis and death
On 10 February 2022, Janečková announced on her Instagram page that she had been diagnosed with
breast cancer
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and would take a career hiatus for an undetermined length of time. A fundraising concert was hosted in January 2023 by to support her treatment, featuring the well-known artists
Čechomor, Martina and , and Tomáš Krpec.
Janečková returned to the stage on 15 December 2022, performing the role of Esmeralda in the comic opera The Bartered Bride. Despite early signs of a successful treatment, Janečková died from the illness on 1 October 2023. She was 25. She is buried in Ondrejský Cemetery in
Bratislava
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.
Discography
* ''Patricia Janečková'' (Bellevoice Produktion, 2011)
* ''Christmas Album'' – with Vilém Veverka (
Supraphon, 2022)
References
External links
*
"About Patricia Janečková" GoOut.net
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1998 births
2023 deaths
21st-century Slovak women singers
Classical singers
Deaths from breast cancer
Deaths from cancer in the Czech Republic
Opera crossover singers
People from Hof (district)
Slovak sopranos