Yvona Škvárová

Yvonna Škvárová is a Czech mezzo-soprano, soloist of the National Theatre.

Yvona Škvárová accepted her first engagement at the J.K. Tyl Theater in Pilsen. She presented herself at the National Theater in 1987 and got an engagement there the following year. After the division of the Prague opera houses, she became a member of the Prague State Opera, where she was one of the ensemble's leading soloists. Since 1999, she has been a member of the National Theater again. She has performed in Dublin and Nancy, and her art has been appreciated by audiences in Taiwan and Japan. Since 1999, she has been a member of the National Theater again. For the role of Marylin Klinghoffer in John Adams's opera The Death of Klinghoffer, she won the Thalia Award in 2003. She is also a sought-after performer of oratorio and cantata work.