What Hungarian-born Opera star sung the number two position in the highest voice range for the Hungarian State Opera (Budapest)?
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Elizabeth (Elly) Rab Elizabeth Rab, also known as Rab Elly (born 3 September 1930 in Budapest) is a Hungarian-born internationally acclaimed former Opera Soprano (singer) and Australian music teacher (singing and piano). She was a member of the Hungarian State Opera (Budapest) from 1948 to 1960 and during that time, she held the number two position as Opera Soprano.
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Soprano A soprano ] is a type of classical female singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types. The soprano's vocal range (using scientific pitch notation) is from approximately middle C (C) = 261 Hz to "high A" (A) =880 Hz in choral music, or to "soprano C" (C, two octaves above middle C) =1046 Hz or higher in operatic music. In four-part chorale style harmony, the soprano takes the highest part, which usually encompasses the melody.
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Péter Máté Péter Máté (4 February 1947 – 9 September 1984) was a Hungarian pop singer, composer, and pianist. He was the composer and performer of nearly 150 songs, achieving cult status in Hungarian pop music.
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Thomas Thomaschke Thomas Thomaschke (born 2 August 1943) is a German bass singer in opera and concert. He has appeared in parts such as Hunding in Wagner's "Die Walküre" and Sarastro in Mozart's "Die Zauberflöte" in major opera houses in Europe and international festivals. He has also performed and recorded oratorios and cantatas.
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Maria Zhorella Fedorova Maria L. Zhorella Fedorova (known as Maria Zhorella), November 8, 1915 – April 21, 2017,was a leading lyric soprano at the Vienna State Opera, in the 1940s; also a political activist, vigorously opposing Nazism in Europe during World War II; and then, for three decades, a singing teacher in New York City.
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Marie Wilt Marie Wilt (also Maria Vilda and Marie Liebenthaler) (30 January 1833 – 24 September 1891) was an Austrian dramatic coloratura soprano. Possessing a wide vocal range with a significant amount of power and flexibility, Wilt sang a wide repertoire that encompassed the operas of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the German operas of Richard Wagner, the grand operas of Giuseppe Verdi, and the bel canto operas of Bellini, Rossini, and Donizetti. She sang for many years at the Vienna Hofoper (now Vienna State Opera) and for a number of seasons at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in London. She notably portrayed the role of Sulamith in the world premiere of Karl Goldmark's "Die Königin von Saba" in 1875. Also a regular performer of the concert repertoire, Wilt often appeared in performances of works by Beethoven, Haydn, and Mendelssohn.
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Margit Neubauer Margit Neubauer (born 1951) is an Austrian operatic mezzo-soprano who was for decades a member of the Frankfurt Opera. She appeared at international festivals such as the Salzburg Festival. Her repertory ranges from Baroque opera to premieres of new works.
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Milka Ternina Milka Ternina (née Katarina Milka Trnina, pronounced ] ; December 19, 1863 – May 18, 1941) was a Croatian dramatic soprano who enjoyed a high reputation in major American and European opera houses. Praised by audiences and music critics alike for the electrifying force of her acting and the excellence of her singing in both German and Italian works, her career was curtailed at its peak in 1906 by a medical condition which paralyzed a nerve in her face.
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Ferenc Jancsin Ferenc Jancsin (born April 2, 1912 in Budapest) was a Hungarian classical violinist and music pedagogue, the concertmaster of the Hungarian State Opera.
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Topi Lehtipuu Topi Lehtipuu (born 24 March 1971 in Brisbane, Australia) is a Finnish operatic tenor. He has sung a variety of roles from different periods, including the title role in Benjamin Britten's "Albert Herring" at the Finnish National Opera, several roles in Mozart operas, including Belmonte in "Die Entführung aus dem Serail" and Tamino in "Die Zauberflöte", both at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, and Ferrando in "Così fan tutte" at the 2006 Glyndebourne Festival. He has also appeared in Handel's "Ariodante" (Paris Opera) and as Hylas in Berlioz' "Les Troyens" (conducted by John Eliot Gardiner). He has worked with other well-known conductors, such as William Christie, Michel Corboz, René Jacobs, Simon Rattle, and Christophe Rousset. Since 2010 Lehtipuu has been the artistic director of Turku Music Festival.
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Teresa Żylis-Gara Teresa Żylis-Gara (born 23 January 1935) is a Polish operatic soprano who had a major international career during the 1950s through the 1990s. Although chiefly known for her portrayals in operas by Mozart, Puccini and Verdi, she sang a broad repertoire that encompassed a wide array of musical periods and languages. In addition to her work on the stage, she has been active as a concert singer and recitalist, and is particularly admired for her interpretations of the works of Bach, Handel and Brahms.
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Albert Reiss Albert Reiss (22 February 1870 – 19 June 1940) was a German operatic tenor who had a prolific career in Europe and the United States during the first third of the twentieth century. He spent much of his career performing at the Metropolitan Opera where he sang in more than 1,000 performances, including several premieres, between 1901–1919. Excelling in the tenor buffo repertoire, Reiss was particularly associated with the roles of David in Wagner's "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg" and Mime in Wagner's "Der Ring des Nibelungen", two roles he sang in numerous houses internationally.
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Éva Szörényi Éva Szörényi (May 26, 1917 – December 1, 2009) was a Kossuth Prize-winning actress of the Hungarian National Theatre. Her acting career started in the early 1930s playing leading roles in over 20 motion pictures, a result of which she quickly became famous and beloved by the Hungarian people. Her voice was also heard frequently on the radio.
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Aatos Tapala Aatos Abel Tapala (born May 5, 1940, Sauvo) is a Finnish actor, opera singer and, for a time, a soloist for the Finnish National Opera from 1965-1972. Throughout the course of his lifetime Tapala has participated in various roles in operas and musicals such as "Tamino" in "Taikahuilu", "Basilio" in "Figaron häät", "Perämies" in "Lentävä hollantilainen", "Aegisthus" in "Elektra", "Maalari" in Lulu, "Šemeikka" in "Juha" and "Tony" in "West Side Story".
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Viktor Selyavin Viktor Alekseyevich Selyavin Russian: Виктор Алексеевич Селявин (1875–1945) was a leading tenor of the Odessa Opera and Ballet Theater. He is often referred to as Odessa's Sobinov, a reference to Leonid Sobinov, one of the best known Russian tenors of the first half of the twentieth century. His repertoire included the tenor roles of most major operas, but he is best known for his interpretation of Lensky in "Eugene Onegin". He also performed in chamber music, being especially fond of Mikhail Glinka's and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's romances.
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Felicia Filip Ana Felicia Filip (] ; born March 20, 1959, Slatina) is a Romanian operatic soprano. She has sung in the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, the Vienna State Opera and the Liceu in Barcelona. She is a judge at the Romanian show "Vreau sa fiu vedeta".
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Giuliano Ciannella Giuliano Ciannella (25 October 1943 – 13 January 2008) was an Italian operatic tenor who had a major international career from the mid-1970s through the late 1990s. He was notably a regular performer at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City from 1979 through 1986, the Lyric Opera of Chicago between 1982 and 1988, and at the Vienna State Opera from 1985 up until the end of his career. Ciannella mostly performed roles from the Italian repertory, particularly excelling in the operas of Giuseppe Verdi and Giacomo Puccini.
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László Polgár (bass) László Polgár (1 January 1947 – 19 September 2010) was a Hungarian operatic bass.
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Sophie Diez Sophie Diez or Dietz ("née" Hartmann) (1 September 1820 – 3 May 1887) was a German soprano who sang leading roles with the Munich Hofoper (now known as the Bavarian State Opera) in a career spanning 40 years. She is most remembered today for having created the role of Magdalena in Wagner's "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg", but she also sang in the world premieres of several other operas by lesser-known German composers.
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Cecilia Bartoli Cecilia Bartoli, (] ; born 4 June 1966) is an Italian coloratura mezzo-soprano opera singer and recitalist. She is best known for her interpretations of the music of Mozart and Rossini, as well as for her performances of lesser-known Baroque and classical music. She is known for having the versatility to sing soprano and mezzo roles.
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Alice Guszalewicz Alice Guszalewicz (September 21, 1879 – October 26, 1940) was a Hungarian dramatic soprano.
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Leo Marian Vodička Leo Marian Vodička (born 8 April 1950) is a Czech operatic tenor who has had an active international career since the early 1970s. He has sung on a number of complete opera recordings and appears in several filmed opera performances.