Zuzana Marková

Zuzana Marková (born 1988) is a Czech coloratura soprano who appears in leading roles internationally, with a focus on Italian belcanto roles, such as Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor and Bellini's Elvira.

Training Born in Prague,

She has performed leading roles in Italian belcanto opera, including the title role of Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor in Genoa and Venice. In 2014, she stepped into the role of Lucia at the last moment in Frédéric Bélier-Garcia's production at the Opéra de Marseille when Eglise Gutiérrez became ill.

She has appeared in the title role Violetta of Verdi's La traviata at the Teatro Comunale, Florence, the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, and the Teatro Massimo in Palermo. She performed the role of Elena in Nino Rota's Il cappello di paglia di Firenze at the Naples Teatro di San Carlo. In 2024, she performed the double role of the Princess and Gertraud in Zemlinsky's Der Traumgörge at the Oper Frankfurt, directed by Tilmann Köhler and conducted by Markus Poschner, with AJ Glueckert in the title role, Magdalena Hinterdobler as Grete and Liviu Holender as Hans.