Jolana Fogasova

Jolana Fogašová is a Slovak opera singer with the voice type of soprano and mezzo-soprano.

She studied voice at Bratislava's conservatory (1986-90) and the Academy of Performing Arts under the tutelage of Viktória Stracenská (1990-94). Between 2002 and 2006 she studied there for a doctorate. She also attended voice master classes given by Carlo Bergonzi in Sienna, received a scholarship from the Club of Wiener Competition. Since 1993 she has been a permanent guest of the Slovak National Theatre Opera, and also collaborated with Wiener Symphoniker, Müncher Philharmoniker, Orchestre Philharmonic de Radio France, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg etc. Now she's also a permanent guest of the Czech National Theatre. Her extensive operatic repertoire includes, for example, the roles of Dorabella (Mozart: Cosí fan tutte), Donna Elvira (Mozart: Don Giovanni), Amneris (Verdi: Aida), Carmen, among others.

In cooperation with the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Rastislav Stur, she recorded a CD of arias (2000) and a CD entitled Lullabies, and with the conductor Gérard Korsten Weber's opera Euryanthe (2003).