Barbora Horáková was born in Prague and studied as a singer at the conservatoires in Basle and Geneva. As a member of the Swiss International Studio she was awarded several competition prizes before deciding to switch to opera directing, studying at the Bayerische Theaterakademie. Her close collaboration with director Calixto Bieito began with Parra’s and Klaus’s opera Wilde (Schwetzingen Festival) and she subsequently collaborated on a series of major Bieito productions, which she transferred from Munich, Oslo, Basle, ENO and Zurich to Nuremberg, Venice, Bilbao, Leipzig and Madrid, including From the House of the Dead, War Requiem, Tannhäuser and Die Soldaten.

Currently for ENO: Luisa Miller