During the 2025/26 season, Plachetka returns to the Metropolitan Opera for his debut as Escamillo in Carmen and to sing Leporello in Don Giovanni, and debuts the role of Wotan in Das Rheingold for the Prague National Theatre. In concert, Plachetka appears with the Wiener Symphoniker for their Advent Concert conducted by Petr Popelka and records the title role of Saul with Arcangelo conducted by Jonathan Cohen.
Last season, Plachetka sang Alfio in Cavalleria Rusticana and Tonio in Pagliacci at the Wiener Staatsoper, Il conte in Le nozze di Figaro for the Metropolitan Opera, Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro for Palm Beach Opera and Forrester in The Cunning Little Vixen for the National Theatre Brno, and made his role debut as Jaroslav Prus in The Makropulos Affair for the Staatsoper Berlin. In concert, Plachetka sang Mahler 8 with the Czech Philharmonic conducted by Semyon Bychkov and Handel’s L'Allegro with Arcangelo conducted by Jonathan Cohen at the London Handel Festival.
For the Wiener Staatsoper, Plachetka’s many roles have also included his house debut as Schaunard in La bohéme, Figaro and Il conte in Le nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, Guglielmo in Cosi fan tutte, Publio in La clemenza di Tito, Dulcamara in L`elisir d`amore, Riccardo Forth in I Puritanti, Dottor Malatesta in Don Pasquale, Alidoro in La Cenerentola, Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Mustafa in Italiana in Algeri and Paolo Albiani in Simon Boccanegra. For the Metropolitan Opera he has sung Leporello, Guglielmo, Masetto in Don Giovanni, Figaro and Il conte in Le nozze di Figaro, Garibaldo in Rodelinda, Belcore in L'elisir d'amore, Balstrode in Peter Grimes and Marcello in La boheme.
Highlights elsewhere include: Il conte and Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro with the Houston Grand Opera; Alidoro at the Paris Opera; Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia and Papageno in Die Zauberflöte at the Lyric Opera of Chicago; and appearances at the Salzburg Festival in productions of Benvenuto Cellini, Rusalka, Le nozze di Figaro, Die Zauberflöte and Don Giovanni. He is also a regular guest at the National Theatre and State Opera of Prague, where he made his debut in 2005 as Mícha in Smetana's The Bartered Bride and has since returned to sing Don Giovanni, Basilio in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Figaro, Papageno, Nardo in La finta giardiniera, Argante in Rinaldo and Guglielmo.
In concert, Plachetka has worked with many eminent conductors including Valery Gergiev, Daniel Harding, Jakub Hrůša, Louis Langrée, Marc Minkowski, John Nelson, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Robin Ticciati and Franz Welser-Möst. He sang Mozart’s Requiem for the Bayerische Rundfunk (Mariss Jansons), Teatro all Scala Milan (Thomas Guggeis) and Salzburg Mozartwoche, Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic (Michael Tilson Thomas), Mahler’s Symphony No.8 with the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra (Semyon Bychkov), Bach’s Mass in B minor with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (Riccardo Muti) and Spectre’s Bride at the Wiener Konzerthaus. He has also performed with Baroque orchestras such as the Camerata Antique Seoul, Collegium Marianum, Ensemble Baroque and Solamente Naturali, and made many recital appearances in Vienna, Prague, Graz and London.
Plachetka’s discography includes Handel’s Oratorio Arias with the Czech Ensemble Baroque, Antonin Dvořák Songs with Gary Matthewman, Adam Plachetka LIVE with the Filharmonie Bohuslava Martinů and Robert Jindra, and two live recordings on the Deutsche Grammophon label: La Clemenza di Tito and Cosi fan tutte with Yannick Nézét-Séguin for the Baden-Baden Festival.
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