Daniel Hůlka is a Czech actor

Actor

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 and baritone

Baritone

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 who is known for his performances in musical

Musical theatre

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s, film

Film

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s, and opera

Opera

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s. He has been awarded five Zlatý slavík

Zlatý slavík

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 by Mladý svět

Mladý Svet

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magazine and won an Anděl Award (the Czech equivalent to the Grammy Award

Grammy Award

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s) for best singer in 1997. He has released several recordings on the EMI

EMI

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 label.

Biography

Born in Prague

Prague

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, Hůlka studied at the master class of czech tenor Zdenek Jankovsky at the Prague Conservatory

Prague Conservatory

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 and then shortly at HAMU in the class of Magdalena Hajossyova

Magdaléna Hajóssyová

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 before embarking on an opera career in the early 1990s. He first drew wide acclaim portraying the title role in Karel Svoboda

Karel Svoboda

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's 1995 musical Dracula

Dracula (Czech musical)

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. He has since appeared in numerous musical productions in Prague, portraying such roles as Javert in Claude-Michel Schönberg

Claude-Michel Schönberg

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's Les Misérables

Les Misérables (musical)

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and the title role in Frank Wildhorn

Frank Wildhorn

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's Jekyll & Hyde

Jekyll & Hyde (musical)

Jekyll & Hyde is a musical based on the novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. The original stage conception was by Steve Cuden and Frank Wildhorn. The music is by Wildhorn and the lyrics and book are by Leslie Bricusse.The musical ran on Broadway for 1,543...

among others.

As an opera singer, Hůlka has performed leading roles at the Estates Theatre

Estates Theatre

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, the Hudební divadlo Karlín where he also sang under the direction internationally acclaimed conductor Alexander Frey

Alexander Frey

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, the J. K. Tyl Theatre

J. K. Tyl Theatre

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, the Liberec Theatre, the Městské divadlo Ústí nad Labem, and the Prague National Theatre. Among the roles he has portrayed on stage are Escamilio in Georges Bizet

Georges Bizet

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's Carmen

Carmen

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, Kalina in Bedřich Smetana

Bedrich Smetana

Bedřich Smetana was a Czech composer who pioneered the development of a musical style which became closely identified with his country's aspirations to independent statehood. He is thus widely regarded in his homeland as the father of Czech music...

's The Secret

The Secret (opera)

The Secret is a comic opera in three acts by Bedřich Smetana. The libretto was written by Eliška Krásnohorská. The premiere took place September 18, 1878 at the Nové České Divadlo in Prague.-Background:...

, Silvio in Ruggero Leoncavallo

Ruggero Leoncavallo

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's Pagliacci

Pagliacci

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, and the title roles in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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's Don Giovanni

Don Giovanni

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and Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro

The Marriage of Figaro

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.

In 1999 Hůlka made his first film appearance in the feature film Z pekla štěstí. He appeared in the film's sequel, Z pekla štěstí 2, in 2001.

External links

• Official Website of Daniel Hůlka