Sándor Sólyom-Nagy died



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Sándor Sólyom-Nagy, a Hungarian opera singer, Kossuth and Liszt Award winner, eternal member and master artist of the Hungarian State Opera, has died at the age of 80, the Ministry of Human Resources reported.

The Siklós-born artist graduated from the Academy of Music in 1966 as a student of Oszkár Maleczky and Éva Kutrucz. After graduating as an opera singer and art teacher, she became a soloist at the Opera House, where she made her debut as Scarpia in Puccini’s opera Tosca, but in minor roles audiences have been able to see her as a college student since 1964. He Song theater was mainly successful in the baritone roles of romantic and veristic opera literature (Wagner, Donizetti, Verdi, Puccini, Leoncavallo and Erkel), but played by Monteverdi, Mozart and 20th century composers: R. Strauss, Gershwin , Kodály, Szokolay, Balassa. in his works he was also a renowned singer of oratorios and songs. After singing more than 80 roles, she said goodbye to the stage in 2009.

Sándor Sólyom-Nagy will give an interview to Origó in 2018Photo: Sándor Csudai – Origo

His name is well known abroad, He often appeared in Munich, Graz, Vienna, France, Belgium, Spain, Italy. From 1981 he was a regular contributor to the Bayreuth Holiday Games for over two decades, attending nearly 250 performances at the Wagner Shrine. The popular singer has appeared in opera films such as Csaba Káel Bánk bánja, Fidelió by Miklós Szinetár or Peasant Honor by András Békés. Her art is preserved on various radios and on more than 30 recordings, including Liszt’s Oratory on the Legend of Christ and Saint Elizabeth, Queen Goldmark Saba’s World’s First Album, or Mahler’s Song Cycle of a Bachelor wandering. The artist has been a professor at the Liszt Ferenc University of Music since 1986, where a generation of opera singers honed their knowledge under his guidance. His work was recognized with the Ferenc Liszt Award in 1972, the Meritorious Artist Award in 1977, the Outstanding Artist Award in 1988, and the Kossuth Award in 1998. In 2007, Opera was selected as one of its eternal members and master artists.

Sándor Sólyom-Nagy is considered dead by the Ministry of Human Resources and the Hungarian State Opera.



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