Beáta Vymlátilová, Petra Benová, Łukasz Wilga – soloists
21st March 2026 r. / at 6:00 PM
Parish of St. App. Philip and Jacob in Żory
Beáta Vymlátilová is a coloratura soprano from Kroměříž and a current second- year student of Historical Singing at the Department of Historical Interpretation at the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno, in the class of Irena Troupová, M.A. She graduated from the Archbishop’s Grammar School in Kroměříž, and in 2024, she completed her studies at the Conservatory of the Evangelical Academy in Olomouc and her bachelor’s degree in art studies at the Faculty of Philosophy of Palacký University.
She has successfully competed in numerous vocal competitions. Her most notable achievements include first place and the title of laureate at the Pro Bohemia Ostrava International Competition, reaching the finals of the prestigious Mikuláš Schneider-Trnavský International Competition in Trnava, and first place at the Prague Pěvec Competition.
Her recent significant performances include a concert performance of Act I of G. Verdi’s La Traviata in the role of Violetta Valéry with the ČVUT Orchestra under the direction of a young conductor Markus Flodin, and a concert in collaboration with the Czech Virtuosi ensemble under the direction of Petr Šumník.
In January and April 2025, she had the opportunity to appear as a soloist with the WBB Orchestra in Bydgoszcz, Wrocław, and Brno, performing J.S. Bach’s solo cantata Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten, BWV 202. Under the baton of maestro Federico Sardelli, she sang the role of Maria in A. Scarlatti’s oratorio La Santissima Annunziata in Bologna, as part of the Scarlatti BIP program, organized to mark the 300th anniversary of A. Scarlatti’s death.
She particularly values her participation in the prestigious Baroque Vocal Academy 2025 program, organized by the Mainz University of Music. During this three-week, intensive program devoted to the music of J. S. Bach and A. Scarlatti, culminating in a semi-staged performance of Handel’s opera Ariodante (in the role of Ginevra), she collaborated with conductors Gotthold Schwarz, Alessandro de Marchi, and Paul Goodwin. She continually expands her skills by participating in numerous master classes thanks to which she has performed with Kateřina Kněžíková, Dagmar Šašková, Andreas Scholl, Maestro Antonio Carangel, Jiřina and Zuzana Markový, Franz Hawlata, Maestro Paolo De Napoli, Maestro Gianluca Belfiori, Daniela Fally, retired soloist of the Vienna State Opera, Elisabeth Scholl, Hann Müller-Brachmann, Debora York, Marcel Boon, and Chantal Santon Jeffery. Besides early and bel canto music, she also works with contemporary music. In September, she had the honor of performing J. Zorn’s Chimeras with the Brno Contemporary Orchestra, which specializes in contemporary music.
Petra Beňová – mezzo-soprano. She comes from Volica in the Medzilaborce district of Slovakia. She initially received her vocal training at the Košice Conservatory and then graduated from the Leoš Janáček Conservatory in Ostrava under the supervision of Marianna Pillárová. She is currently a singing student in the class of Professor Elżbieta Grodzka-Łopuszyńska at the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice.
Even during her studies, she gained valuable stage experience, performing operatic roles such as the Foreign Princess in A. Dvořák’s Rusalka and the Second Lady in H. Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas. In 2022–2023, she honed her skills in master classes led by Roman Janál, soloist at the National Theatre in Prague.
In 2024, she made her debut at the Silesian Opera in Bytom as La Badessa in G. Puccini’s Suor Angelica, under the direction of renowned director Michał Znaniecki and conductor Jerzy Dybała.
The year 2025 brought her a number of significant artistic achievements. As a soloist, she performed with the Academic Baroque Orchestra, singing the alto part in J.S. Bach’s Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan BWV 99, conducted by Marek Pilch. That same year, she achieved significant success at the international singing competition Pražský pěvec, winning second prize in a fierce competition among young vocalists.
This season, she is preparing the role of the Second Lady in W.A. Mozart’s The Magic Flute, which will mark her debut at the Silesian Theatre in Opava.
Łukasz Wilga was born on February 6, 1992 in Bytom. He graduated from the Fryderyk Chopin Primary and Secondary School of Music in Bytom, where he studied piano under the supervision of Agnieszka Kulikow-Świtała. In 2011, he began his studies at the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice, majoring in instrumental studies, in the piano class of Prof. Wojciech Świtała. In 2014, he obtained his bachelor’s degree, and in 2016, his master’s degree with distinction.
In 2019, he completed his doctoral studies at the Academy of Music in Katowice, where he studied piano under the supervision of Prof. Wojciech Świtała, and in 2022, he received his doctorate. Since 2016, he has been teaching at the Faculty of Vocal and Acting at the Academy of Music in Katowice, specializing in piano and tutoring. In 2021, he began postgraduate studies in the class of Prof. Zbigniew Raubo.
Throughout his musical education, he participated in numerous national and international competitions, winning awards and distinctions. He honed his skills in piano workshops under the guidance of distinguished pianists such as Andrzej Jasiński, Jerzy Sterczyński, Philippe Giusiano, Anna Malikova, Wojciech Kocyan. He has performed with the Silesian Philharmonic Orchestra under conductors such as Mirosław Jacek Błaszczyk and Massimiliano Caldi, as well as with academic orchestras led by Szymon Bywalec, Michał Klauza, and Krzesimir Dębski.