Věra Soukupová (born 12 April 1932) is a Czech mezzo-soprano. Born in

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, Soukupová studied singing at the

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and privately with

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and A. Mustanová-Linková. She won several competitions, including the international singing competition in Prague (1954), the international singing competition in Toulouse (1958), the competition at the

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(1960), and the international singing competition in Rio de Janeiro (1963). She began her performance career as a concert singer in 1955 and in 1957 made her stage debut at the

Divadlo Josefa Kajetána Tyla Josef Kajetán Tyl Theatre ( cs, Divadlo Josefa Kajetána Tyla) is a main theatre in Plzeň, Czech Republic. The theatre was built between 1899 and 1902 in the neo-renaissance style with some art nouveau elements to the design of Antonin Balsane ...

in Plzeň. In 1960 Soukupová became a principal artist at the National Theatre in Prague which has remained her principal home.

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