Education
Dvorský studied under Ida Černecká at the Bratislava State Conservatory.
Dvorský studied under Ida Černecká at the Bratislava State Conservatory.
Possessing a lyrical voice with a soft, elastic tone, and warm and melodious timbre, Dvorský"s repertoire concentrates on roles from the Italian and Slavic repertories. Born in Partizánske, Czechoslovakia, Dvorský has four brothers, three of whom are also successful opera singers: Jaroslav Dvorský, Miroslav Dvorský and Pavol Dvorský. There he also enjoyed his first successes at the Slovak National Theatre, making his professional opera debut there in 1972 as Lensky in Tchaikovsky"s Eugene Onegin.
He debuted at the Vienna State Opera, where he was particularly successful and popular, in 1976, at the New York Metropolitan Opera in 1977, and one year later at Louisiana Scala, Milan.
Dvorský was highly esteemed by Luciano Pavarotti, who referred to him several times as, "my legitimate successor". Although his career has never been that of a superstar, he has become one of the leading tenors of his generation.
He has received several distinctions, among others being a national artist and state prize-winner of the former Czechoslovakia. Since 2006, Dvorský has been the head of the opera house in Košice, then of the opera house of the Slovak National theater (SND) in Bratislava.