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Erika Gál

Erika Gál

opera singer, Chamber Singer of the Hungarian State Opera (2014/15)
mezzo-soprano

Erika Gál was born in 1977 in Debrecen, where she also completed her musical studies. She went on to earn her degree in arts, with honours, from the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music’s Debrecen Conservatory in 2001. In 1998 her performance at the Simándy Singing Competition drew the attention of Erzsébet Komlóssy, who has been guiding her professional development ever since. In 2000 she won the scholarship of the Budapest Society of Friends of the Opera, and made her debut at the Erkel Theatre in the same year, in the role of Lola in Mascagni’s Cavelleria rusticana. She has been a contracted member of the Hungarian State Opera since 2000, when she continued her studies at the Opera Studio, where she received the opportunity to attend master classes held by Júlia Hamari, Renata Scotto and Anna Reynolds, among others. Winning the scholarship of the Richard Wagner Society in 2001 allowed her to gain valuable experience in Bayreuth. In 2003 she won the title Voice of the Year, and was the winner of the Mándy Foundation Award in 2004. In 2009 she won the Gusztáv Oláh Commemorative Plaquette, in 2013 the Erszébet Komlóssy Award. She was awarded the title of Chamber Singer of the Hungarian State Opera for the 2014/15 season. She has been a regular collaborator at the Bartók Plus Opera Festival in Miskolc, where she has sung the roles of Polina and Olga in Tchaikovsky’s operas The Queen of Spades and Eugene Onegin, respectively, as well as Giovanna Seymour in Donizetti’s Anna Bolena and Amneris in Aida. At the Wagner in Budapest Opera Festival, she has sung the roles of Flosshilde and Erda (Das Rheingold), Erda (Siegfried) and the First Norn (Götterdämmerung). She has partnered on the stage with such world stars as Andrea Rost, Renato Bruson, Anja Silja, Maria Gavrilova, L'ubica Vargicová, Yuri Simonov and Rico Saccani, and has sung in Finland, Italy, Germany, Austria, Romania, Japan and Thailand. In 2023, he received the Zoltán Závodszky Award.

Principal roles:
Bizet: Carmen  title role
Goldmark: The Queen of Sheba  title role
Kodály: Háry János  Örzse
Mascagni: Cavelleria rusticana  Lola
Mozart: The Magic Flute  Third Lady
Puccini: Madama Butterfly  Suzuki
Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District  Sonyetka
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin  Olga; Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades  Paulina
Verdi: Aida  Amneris; Don Carlos  Eboli; Falstaff  Mrs. Meg Page; La traviata  Flora; Otello  Emilia; Nabucco  Fenena; Rigoletto  Maddalena; Requiem  mezzo-soprano part
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg  Magdalena; Tannhäuser  Venus; Das Rheingold  Flosshilde, Erda; Die Walküre  Grimgerde; Siegfried  Erda; Götterdämmerung  First Norn

Performances

October 5. 18:00
contemporary opera 14 rehearsal
Giuseppe Verdi

NABUCCO

Hungarian State Opera
October 7. 19:00
contemporary opera 14
Giuseppe Verdi

NABUCCO

Hungarian State Opera
October 11. 19:00
contemporary opera 14
Giuseppe Verdi

NABUCCO

Hungarian State Opera
17. Kováts Kolos season ticket
October 13. 19:00
contemporary opera 14
Giuseppe Verdi

NABUCCO

Hungarian State Opera
16. Kincses Veronika season ticket
October 15. 19:00
contemporary opera 14
Giuseppe Verdi

NABUCCO

Hungarian State Opera
10. Kovács János season ticket
October 17. 19:00
contemporary opera 14
Giuseppe Verdi

NABUCCO

Hungarian State Opera
October 19. 19:00
contemporary opera 14
Giuseppe Verdi

NABUCCO

Hungarian State Opera
07. Lukács Gyöngyi season ticket
October 21. 19:00
contemporary opera 14
Giuseppe Verdi

NABUCCO

Hungarian State Opera
03. Kelen Péter season ticket
November 3. 18:00
contemporary opera 16 rehearsal
Richard Wagner

DAS RHEINGOLD

Hungarian State Opera
November 4. 19:30
classic concert 10
Giuseppe Verdi

REQUIEM

Hungarian State Opera
24. Barlay Zsuzsa season ticket
November 5. 16:00
contemporary opera 16 rehearsal
Richard Wagner

DIE WALKÜRE

Hungarian State Opera
November 8. 19:30
classic concert 10
Giuseppe Verdi

REQUIEM

Hungarian State Opera
13. Szinetár Miklós season ticket
November 9. 19:00
contemporary opera 16
Richard Wagner

DAS RHEINGOLD

Hungarian State Opera
19. Eiffel Premier season ticket
November 10. 17:00
contemporary opera 16
Richard Wagner

DIE WALKÜRE

Hungarian State Opera
19. Eiffel Premier season ticket
November 16. 19:00
contemporary opera 16
Richard Wagner

DAS RHEINGOLD

Hungarian State Opera
November 17. 17:00
contemporary opera 16
Richard Wagner

DIE WALKÜRE

Hungarian State Opera
November 18. 16:00
contemporary opera 16
Richard Wagner

SIEGFRIED

Hungarian State Opera
January 25. 18:00
mixed opera 12 rehearsal
Antonín Dvořák

RUSALKA

Hungarian State Opera
January 27. 19:00
mixed opera 12 premiere
Antonín Dvořák

RUSALKA

Hungarian State Opera
01. Premier season ticket
January 31. 19:00
mixed opera 12
Antonín Dvořák

RUSALKA

Hungarian State Opera
12. Róka István season ticket
February 2. 19:00
mixed opera 12
Antonín Dvořák

RUSALKA

Hungarian State Opera
02. Molnár András season ticket
February 4. 11:00
mixed opera 12
Antonín Dvořák

RUSALKA

Hungarian State Opera
08. Tokody Ilona season ticket
February 7. 19:00
mixed opera 12
Antonín Dvořák

RUSALKA

Hungarian State Opera
15. Szakály György season ticket
February 9. 19:00
mixed opera 12
Antonín Dvořák

RUSALKA

Hungarian State Opera
17. Kováts Kolos season ticket
February 11. 19:00
mixed opera 12
Antonín Dvořák

RUSALKA

Hungarian State Opera
11. Pitti Katalin season ticket