World-famous Hungarian soprano Erika Miklósa celebrates 30th jubilee online
World-famous opera singer Miklósa Erika made her Hungarian State Opera debut at the age of 19. This Saturday she celebrates her 30th jubilee with a special online gala.
“If a person manages to become an opera singer, then that’s a great accomplishment in and of itself, considering how taxing it is, both physically and mentally, to sing opera. I started out as an athlete, and that’s when I learned how to bring the best and most out of everything I did. I had to sacrifice a great deal in order to reach the top international level. […] No other career would have given me a more interesting or colourful life,” says coloratura soprano Erika Miklósa, who has enchanted audiences as the Queen of the Night, Konstanze, Gilda, Adele, Violetta, Lucia di Lammermoor and in her countless other opera and operetta roles both in Hungary and internationally everywhere from Brussels and Malmö to New York.
A winner of both the Kossuth Prize and the Ferenc Liszt Award, the singer made her Hungarian State Opera debut at the age of 19, as Papagena.
To celebrate 30 years of her membership in our company, the Opera is planning a jubilee gala in which Miklósa will sing excerpts from her most important roles in operas like Die Zauberflöte, Carmen, Lucia di Lammermoor and Don Pasquale alongside such partners as Rita Rácz, Bernadett Wiedemann, Atala Schöck, Boldizsár László, István Horváth and István Kovács.
Click HERE for more details and tickets.
PROGRAMME
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Konstanze’s aria from Act 2 – “Martern aller Arten” » ERIKA MIKLÓSA
Quartet from Act 2 – “Ach, Belmonte, ach, mein Leben” » ERIKA MIKLÓSA, RITA RÁCZ, PÉTER BALCZÓ, JÁNOS SZEREKOVÁN - Léo Delibes: Lakmé
Lakmé and Mallika’s “Flower Duet” » ERIKA MIKLÓSA, ATALA SCHÖCK - George Bizet: Carmen
Carmen, Frasquita and Mercedes’s trio from Act 2 – “Les tringles des sistres tintaient” / „Chanson Boheme” » ERIKA MIKLÓSA, ILDIKÓ KOMLÓSI, BERNADETT WIEDEMANN - Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale
Norina and Malatesta’s duet from Act 1 – “Pronta io son” » ERIKA MIKLÓSA, ZSOLT HAJA - Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto
Quartet from Act 3 – “Un di se ben rammentomi…” / „Bella figlia dell’amore” » ERIKA MIKLÓSA, ERIKA GÁL, BOLDIZSÁR LÁSZLÓ, MICHELE KÁLMÁNDY - Johann Strauss Jr: Die Fledermaus
Rosalinda, Adele and Eisenstein’s trio from Act 1 – “So I must remain alone” » ERIKA MIKLÓSA, LILLA HORTI, TIBOR SZAPPANOS - Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Sextet from Act 2 – “Chi mi frena in tal momento?” » ERIKA MIKLÓSA, ÁGNES ANNA KUN, ISTVÁN HORVÁTH, ZOLTÁN MEGYESI, CSABA SZEGEDI, ISTVÁN KOVÁCS - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte
Papageno and Papagena’s duet » ERIKA MIKLÓSA, CSABA SÁNDOR
