
Zoltán Bátki Fazekas
opera singer
baritone
Zoltán Bátki Fazekas graduated from the opera department of the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music in 1997 as a student of Valéria Berdál, Márta Ónody and Kálmán Gyimesi. From 1991 to 2007 he was a member of the National Theatre of Szeged. He appeared at the Csokonai Theatre of Debrecen for eight seasons, and has made guest appearances at the national theatres of Pécs, Győr and Miskolc. He has been singing at the Hungarian State Opera since 1998. His major foreign engagements were in the Netherlands, Germany, Austria and Poland, and he has also appeared in the USA. In addition to his career as an opera singer, he is also a poet, songwriter and solo voice teacher.
Roles sung at the Hungarian State Opera:
Erkel: Bánk bán – Petúr
Kacsóh: John the Valiant – Bagó
Kodály: Háry János – Napoleon
Ránki: King Pomade's New Clothes – Roberto Garda
Vajda: Mario and the Musician – Roman gentleman
Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro – Figaro
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte – Papageno
Mozart: Così fan tutte – Guglielmo
Rossini: La Cenerentola – Dandini
Donizetti: Il campanello – Enrico
Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore – Belcore
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor – Enrico Ashton
Puccini: La bohème – Schaunard
Puccini: Turandot – Ping
Bizet: Carmen – Dancaire
J. Strauss: Die Fledermaus – Dr. Falke
Zemlinsky: Der Zwerg – Don Estoban
Menotti: The Telephone – Ben
Roles sung at the Hungarian State Opera:
Erkel: Bánk bán – Petúr
Kacsóh: John the Valiant – Bagó
Kodály: Háry János – Napoleon
Ránki: King Pomade's New Clothes – Roberto Garda
Vajda: Mario and the Musician – Roman gentleman
Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro – Figaro
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte – Papageno
Mozart: Così fan tutte – Guglielmo
Rossini: La Cenerentola – Dandini
Donizetti: Il campanello – Enrico
Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore – Belcore
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor – Enrico Ashton
Puccini: La bohème – Schaunard
Puccini: Turandot – Ping
Bizet: Carmen – Dancaire
J. Strauss: Die Fledermaus – Dr. Falke
Zemlinsky: Der Zwerg – Don Estoban
Menotti: The Telephone – Ben
Performances
September 10. 16:00
contemporary
opera
12
The Telephone / Der Schauspieldirektor (The Impresario)
September 17. 16:00
contemporary
opera
12
The Telephone / Der Schauspieldirektor (The Impresario)
September 24. 16:00
contemporary
opera
12
The Telephone / Der Schauspieldirektor (The Impresario)
September 29. 18:00
classic
opera
14
rehearsal
BÁNK BÁN (The Viceroy Bánk) – MVM OperAdventure

October 2. 13:00
classic
opera
14
BÁNK BÁN (THE VICEROY BÁNK)
October 5. 19:00
classic
opera
14
BÁNK BÁN (THE VICEROY BÁNK)
October 20. 19:00
classic
opera
14
BÁNK BÁN (THE VICEROY BÁNK)
October 22. 19:00
classic
opera
14
BÁNK BÁN (THE VICEROY BÁNK)
October 26. 19:00
classic
opera
14
BÁNK BÁN (THE VICEROY BÁNK)
October 29. 09:30
youth programme
5
An Eyeful of the Eiffel with Háry János!
October 30. 11:00
classic
opera
14
BÁNK BÁN (THE VICEROY BÁNK)
November 26. 09:30
youth programme
5
An Eyeful of the Eiffel with Háry János!
December 7. 11:00
contemporary
opera
12
SCHICCHI 2.0 – MVM OperAdventure

December 10. 11:00
contemporary
opera
12
premiere
SCHICCHI 2.0
December 13. 11:00
contemporary
opera
12
SCHICCHI 2.0 – MVM OperAdventure

December 14. 13:00
contemporary
opera
12
SCHICCHI 2.0 – MVM OperAdventure

December 17. 09:30
youth programme
5
An Eyeful of the Eiffel with Háry János!
December 29. 18:00
classic
operetta
12
rehearsal
DIE FLEDERMAUS (THE BAT)
December 31. 21:00
classic
operetta
12
DIE FLEDERMAUS (THE BAT)
January 4. 19:00
classic
operetta
12
DIE FLEDERMAUS (THE BAT)
January 8. 19:00
classic
operetta
12
DIE FLEDERMAUS (THE BAT)
January 11. 19:00
classic
operetta
12
DIE FLEDERMAUS (THE BAT)
January 13. 19:00
classic
operetta
12
DIE FLEDERMAUS (THE BAT)
January 15. 11:00
classic
operetta
12
DIE FLEDERMAUS (THE BAT)
January 28. 09:30
youth programme
5
An Eyeful of the Eiffel with Háry János!
February 25. 09:30
youth programme
5
An Eyeful of the Eiffel with Háry János!
March 25. 09:30
youth programme
5
An Eyeful of the Eiffel with Háry János!
April 20. 18:00
mixed
opera
8
rehearsal
STEPHEN, THE KING – MVM OperAdventure

April 22. 09:30
youth programme
5
An Eyeful of the Eiffel with Háry János!
April 22. 19:00
mixed
opera
8
STEPHEN, THE KING
April 26. 19:00
mixed
opera
8
STEPHEN, THE KING
April 28. 19:00
mixed
opera
8
STEPHEN, THE KING
April 30. 19:00
mixed
opera
8
STEPHEN, THE KING
May 3. 19:00
mixed
opera
8
STEPHEN, THE KING
May 5. 19:00
mixed
opera
8
STEPHEN, THE KING
May 7. 11:00
mixed
opera
8
STEPHEN, THE KING
May 27. 09:30
youth programme
5
An Eyeful of the Eiffel with Háry János!
May 31. 19:00
mixed
opera
8