Jolana Fogašová studied opera singing for four years at the State Conservatory in Bratislava, followed by studies at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava under the guidance of Prof. Viktória Stracenská. During her studies, she participated in interpretation masterclasses in Siena, Italy, led by C. Bergonzi. Early in her career, she was awarded a scholarship from the Friends of the Vienna State Opera Club and became a finalist in the Luciano Pavarotti International Voice Competition. In 1992, she began her international artistic career and also debuted as a soloist with the Slovak National Theatre (SND), where she remains an active soloist to this day. She continued refining her vocal technique in Munich with Prof. Josef Loibl.

She has performed operas and concerts alongside world-renowned artists such as José Carreras, Peter Dvorský, Piotr Beczała, Oleg Kulko, Dennis O’Neill, Giovanni Casolla, Angela Denoke, Michele Crider, Gabriela Fontana, Sandrine Piau, Elena Prokina, Desirée Rancatore, Olga Romanko, Thomas Allen, Luca Salsi, Mark Steven Doss, Andreas Scheibner, among others.

In 2009, she earned her doctorate from the Academy of Performing Arts, where she has been teaching voice since 2018. As a vocal coach, she leads masterclasses focused on vocal technique and interpretation. In recent seasons at the Slovak National Theatre, she has performed leading roles such as Tosca, Ľutomíra, Abigaille, Elisabetta di Valois, Lady Macbeth, Santuzza, Amneris, The Foreign Princess, Salome, Katrena, Elsa von Brabant, Lucrezia Contarini, Manon Lescaut, The Duchess, and many others.

Since 2024, she has been serving as the Head of the Opera Studio at the Slovak National Theatre.

She has collaborated with renowned conductors such as:
Z. Mehta, F. Luisi, P. Boulez, L. Hager, J. Latham-Koenig, J. Svetlanov, N. Bareza, Zhang Guoyong, M. Letonja, E. Villaume, O. Kazushi, E. de Waart, J. Mercier, J. Kovács, J. Bělohlávek, J. Hrůša, M. Venzago, S. A. Reck, J. Fiore, I. Fischer, O. Lenárd, R. Štúr, S. Lano, A. Eschwé, L. Langrée, T. Netopil, G. Neuhold, J. Valčuha, R. Jindra, J. Kyzlink, G. Korsten, H. Wolf, V. Galli, A. Molino, T. Brauner, G. Albrecht, P. Inkinen, D. Giménez, M. Michailidis, F. Haider, O. Dohnányi, P. Valentovič, G. Auer, B. Gregor, M. Vach, I. Bulla, Z. Bílek, V. Málek, H. Griffiths, J. Mallwitz, M. Andreae, J. Alexa, J. Zbavitel, Z. Müller, O. Olos, P. Selecký, D. Štefánek, J. Habart, R. Hein, Lu Jia, M. Haselböck, J. Arnold, A. Soloviev, P. Rizzo, F. Mastrangelo, I. Anguelov, E. Erdinc, M. de Rose, B. Steiner, K. Lienbacher, I. Dohovič, H. Soudant, P. Altrichter, M. Bufalini, R. Šervenikas, M. Horváth, I. Martin, E. Theis, L. Borowitz, M. Swierczewski, P. Sunkvist, P. Oberfrank, G. Hajaschi, Tomomi Nishimoto, A. Sangiorgi, G. Croci, and many others.

She has worked with acclaimed stage directors such as:
H. De Ana, L. Ronconi, P. L. Pizzi, G. De Bosio, W. Friedkin, F. Zambello, A. McDonald, N. Joel, S. Medcalf, P. Curran, Ch. Roubaud, D. Abaddo, Ch. Loy, M. Schweigkofler, H. J. Ruckhäberle, O. Prohič, M. Temme, A. Žagars, T. Reinhard, M. Gasparón, I. Popovsky, D. de Brea, S. Piontek, K. Link, Ž. Oreškovič, and others.

On Slovak stages, she has collaborated with:
M. Chudovský, B. Kriška, M. Fischer, R. Polák, J. Bednárik, M. Huba, P. Smolík, Z. Gilhuus, M. Čičvák, M. Bendík, V. Věžník, J. Heřman, J. Nekvasil, M. Otava, M. Tarant, D. Beneš, M. and Š. Cabani, T. Pilař, Z. Fischer, and more.

Her operatic repertoire focuses on the soprano spinto d’agilità category, with roles including:
Tosca, Lady Macbeth, Eglantine (Euryanthe), Manon Lescaut, Gioconda, Lucrezia Contarini (I due Foscari), Abigaille (Nabucco), Salome, Elisabetta di Valois (Don Carlo), La Wally, Joan of Arc (The Maid of Orleans), Ľutomíra (Svätopluk), Katrena (Krútňava), Elsa von Brabant (Lohengrin), Elisabetta (Maria Stuarda), Judith (Bluebeard’s Castle), Santuzza (Cavalleria Rusticana), Venus (Tannhäuser), Amneris (Aida), Marina Mnishek (Boris Godunov), Lucrezia Borgia, The Foreign Princess and Ježibaba (Rusalka), Milada (Dalibor), Vlasta (Šárka), The Vixen, Forester’s Wife, Owl (The Cunning Little Vixen), among others.

She has collaborated with many prestigious orchestras, including:
Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Symphoniker, Münchner Philharmoniker, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Suisse Romande, Orchestra Sinfonica dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, MDR Sinfonieorchester, Slovak Philharmonic, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Košice State Philharmonic, Czech Philharmonic, Prague Symphony Orchestra, Prague Chamber Philharmonic, Matáv Hungarian Symphony Orchestra, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Portuguese Symphony Orchestra, Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Orchestre National Bordeaux-Aquitaine, Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hessische Rundfunk Orchestra, Noord Nederlands Radio Orchestra, Bamberger Symphoniker, Devlet Senfoni Orkestrasi, Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National d’Île-de-France, Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, Orchestra del Teatro Verdi Trieste, Orchestre de la Monnaie, Orchestre de Picardie, Hungarian National Philharmonic, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Grazer Philharmoniker, Radio Filharmonisch Orkest Holland, and others.

She has performed as a guest artist in the following countries:
Argentina (Buenos Aires), Belgium (Brussels, Bruges), Czech Republic (Prague, Brno, Ostrava, Český Krumlov), China (Beijing, Xi’an), Denmark (Copenhagen), France (Paris, Lille, Bordeaux, Strasbourg, Montpellier), Greece (Athens), Netherlands (Amsterdam, The Hague, Leeuwarden, Drachten, Groningen), Croatia (Split), Italy (Rome, Milan, Naples, Bologna, Florence, Trieste, Cagliari, Catania, Brescia, Arona), Japan (Tokyo), Lithuania (Vilnius), Latvia (Riga), Hungary (Budapest, Miskolc, Sopron), Germany (Berlin, Düsseldorf, Munich, Dresden, Cologne, Leipzig, Frankfurt, Bamberg, Halle, Regensburg, Fürth), Portugal (Lisbon), Austria (Vienna, Bregenz, Salzburg, Linz, Graz, Krems, Lilienfeld), Russia (Moscow), Slovakia (Bratislava, Banská Bystrica, Košice, Nitra, Nové Zámky, Martin, Žilina, Považská Bystrica, Ružomberok, Piešťany, Púchov, etc.), Spain (Cuenca), Switzerland (Bern, Geneva, Zurich, Lausanne, Basel).