The Slovak bass Gustáv Beláček graduated at the Bratislava Academy of Music and Drama with Eva Blahová, at the Mozart Academy in Prague and at the International Bach Academy in Stuttgart. He has been a prizewinner at the Rocca delle Macie International Opera Competition in Siena, at the International Dvořák Competition and at the Belvedere Singing Competition in Vienna. He is a soloist at the Slovak National Opera in Bratislava, performing rôles including the Water Gnome, Gremin, Ramfis, Pimen, Raimondo, Walter, Leporello, Figaro, Dulcamara and Bluebeard. Gustáv Beláček has appeared at opera houses throughout Europe, including the Grand Théâtre de Genève, the Théâtre de la Monnaie, the Théâtre du Rhin Strasbourg, the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf, the Oper in Graz, the National Theatre in Prague, the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, the Teatro Comunale in Firenze and with the Canadian Opera Company in Toronto. He is a regular soloist with the Slovak and Czech Philharmonic Orchestras and has performed with a number of leading orchestras in Europe and America. Gustáv Beláček has recorded for Opus, Supraphon, Naxos, Slovart, the BBC, Czech Radio and LPO productions. In 2008 he was honoured with the Premio Gabardi in Milan.