Slovakian mezzosoprano Jana Kurucovà started her artistic activity on stage within the Young Artists Program  of the Bayerische Staatsoper Munich, then was a part of the Ensemble in Heidelberg where she did her first important debuts as ‘Rosina’/IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA and ‘Sesto’/LA CLEMENZA DI TITO. From 2009 to 2018 she was part of the Ensemble of the Deutsche Oper Berlin where she had opportunity to expand her repertory and debut in many major roles, before joining the Ensemble of the Staatsoper Hamburg in 2019.  

As a guest she has performed at the Semperoper Dresden, Bayerische Staatsoper Munich, Klangfestival Dortmund, Musikfest Bremen, in Stuttgart, Graz, Sevilla, Olso, Prague,  Bejing, Tokyo  and continues to perform as a guest at the Deutsche Oper Berlin every season;  Besides opera, she has a wide concert repertory which ranges from Berg to Mendelssohn, from Dvorak to Mahler.

Her wide repertory includes Mozart roles like ‘Dorabella’/COSI FAN TUTTE, ‘Donna Elvira’/DON GIOVANNI, Belcanto roles like ‘Elisabetta’/MARIA STUARDA’, ‘Maffio Orsini’/LUCREZIA BORGIA, Verdi roles like ‘Maddalena’/RIGOLETTO,   ‘Preziosilla’/FORZA DEL DESTINO, others like ‘Rosina’ in IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA,  ‘Haensel’ in HAENSEL UND GRETEL,  ‘The Foreign Princess’ in RUSALKA, ‘Kristina’ in THE MACROPOULOUS CASE, Orlowsky’/DIE FLEDERMAUS, the title role in ‘CARMEN’, Nicklausse and Muse in ‘LES CONTES D’HOFFMANN.  

In the past few seasons she also did her highly successful theatre debuts at the Opera in Zurich (Romeo in ‘I CAPULETI E I MONTECCHI),  at the Theater an der Wien (as the ‘Fox’ in ‘THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN) as well as at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie in Liège (‘Foreign Princess’/ RUSALKA), and a great new role debut, ‘Giovanna Seymour’/ANNA BOLENA at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, as well as debuting the role ‘Virgin Roza’ in Smetanas delightful opera TAJEMSTVI (The Secret) in Prague.

During season 2024/25 another role debut is on schedule: ‘Varvara’/KAT’A KABANOVA at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie, furthermore she is on stage in Bratislava with RUSALKA and with a new production of THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN  and for the same title in Prague as well as for a revival of TAJEMSTVI, and among other roles at the Staatsoper Hamburg with HAENSEL UND GRETEL,  RIGOLETTO (Maddalena), and ‘Dorabella’ in COSI FAN TUTTE.