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Hungary: Csaba Szegedi

Csaba Szegedi from Hungary

Last updated: 11 June 2009

Baritone
Born 1981

麻豆社 Cardiff Singer of the World and Song Prize competitor

Csaba Szegedi was born in the small village of Perkupa in Hungary, into a family of miners, and started his musical studies at the B茅la Bart贸k Conservatoire in Budapest in 2001.

From 2003 he attended the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, studying opera singing with S谩ndor S贸lyom-Nagy, Bal谩zs Kovalik, P茅ter Oberfrank and the conductor 脕d谩m Medveczky and winning the S谩ndor K贸nya scholarship twice.

His first stage appearance was the title role in Kod谩ly's H谩ry J谩nos. He sings regularly at festivals, including the Miskolc Opera Festival, the Budapest Spring Festival and the Budapest Fringe Festival, where he won the most promising voice prize.

In 2008 he won second prize at the J贸zsef Sim谩ndy International Singer Contest, and played the roles of Dappertutto and Dr Miracle in Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann. He made his Hungarian State Opera debut in February 2009 as Figaro (The Barber of Seville).

Also this year, he plays Kreon in Haydn's Orpheus and Euridice with Andrea Rost and conducted by 脕d谩m Fischer and performs in Carmina Burana with Erika Mikl贸sa in Budapest. Future engagements include Papageno (The Magic Flute).

Besides his musical career he is interested in wine, travelling and salsa dancing.

麻豆社 Cardiff Singer of the World 2009: concert three repertoire

  • Largo al factotum (Il barbiere di Siviglia) - Rossini
  • Perfidi - Pieta, rispetto amore (Macbeth) - Verdi
  • Deh, vieni alla finestra (Don Giovanni) - Mozart
  • O Carlo, ascolta ... Io morr貌 (Don Carlo) - Verdi

麻豆社 Cardiff Singer of the World Song Prize 2009: recital two repertoire

  • Toborz贸 - H谩ry J谩nos (Op 15 No 22) - Kod谩ly
  • In der Fremde - Liederkreis (Op 39 No 1) - Schumann
  • She never told her love - Haydn
  • F谩j a sz铆vem - Kod谩ly
  • Zueignung (Op 10 No 1) - Richard Strauss

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