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.
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
Erika Gál
Performances
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September 12. 19:30
Butterfly in the Emirates
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September 13. 19:30
Butterfly in the Emirates
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September 21. 18:00
MADAMA BUTTERFLY – concert performance
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September 23. 19:00
MADAMA BUTTERFLY – concert performance
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September 26. 19:00
MADAMA BUTTERFLY – concert performance
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October 5. 18:00
NABUCCO
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October 7. 19:00
NABUCCO
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October 11. 13:00
SCHICCHI 2.0 – Lázár Ervin Programme, MVM Piccolo Programme
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October 11. 19:00
NABUCCO
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October 12. 11:00
SCHICCHI 2.0 – Lázár Ervin Programme, MVM Piccolo Programme
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October 12. 13:00
SCHICCHI 2.0 – Lázár Ervin Programme, MVM Piccolo Programme
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October 13. 13:00
SCHICCHI 2.0 – Lázár Ervin Programme, MVM Piccolo Programme
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October 13. 19:00
NABUCCO
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October 15. 19:00
NABUCCO
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October 16. 11:00
SCHICCHI 2.0 – Lázár Ervin Programme, MVM Piccolo Programme
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October 16. 13:00
SCHICCHI 2.0 – Lázár Ervin Programme, MVM Piccolo Programme
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October 17. 13:00
SCHICCHI 2.0 – Lázár Ervin Programme, MVM Piccolo Programme
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October 17. 19:00
NABUCCO
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October 19. 19:00
NABUCCO
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October 21. 19:00
NABUCCO
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November 2. 19:30
GOLDEN AGE: REQUIEM
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November 3. 18:00
DAS RHEINGOLD
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November 4. 19:30
REQUIEM
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November 5. 16:00
DIE WALKÜRE
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November 8. 19:30
REQUIEM
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November 9. 19:00
DAS RHEINGOLD
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November 10. 17:00
DIE WALKÜRE
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November 16. 19:00
DAS RHEINGOLD
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November 17. 17:00
DIE WALKÜRE
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November 18. 16:00
SIEGFRIED
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December 4. 19:00
NABUCCO HIGHLIGHTS AND VERDI OPERA GALA WITH DOMINGO
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December 8. 19:00
NABUCCO HIGHLIGHTS AND VERDI OPERA GALA WITH DOMINGO
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January 25. 18:00
RUSALKA
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January 27. 19:00
RUSALKA
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January 31. 19:00
RUSALKA
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February 2. 19:00
RUSALKA
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February 4. 11:00
RUSALKA
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February 7. 19:00
RUSALKA
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February 9. 19:00
RUSALKA
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February 11. 19:00
RUSALKA
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March 30. 19:00
EASTER WITH MASCAGNI (Messa di Gloria / Cavalleria rusticana)
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April 1. 19:00
EASTER WITH MASCAGNI (Messa di Gloria / Cavalleria rusticana)
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April 4. 18:00
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA / PAGLIACCI
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April 6. 19:00
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA / PAGLIACCI
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April 7. 19:00
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA / PAGLIACCI
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April 9. 19:00
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA / PAGLIACCI
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April 10. 19:00
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA / PAGLIACCI
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April 12. 19:00
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA / PAGLIACCI
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April 13. 19:00
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA / PAGLIACCI
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April 19. 19:00
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA / PAGLIACCI
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April 21. 11:00
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA / PAGLIACCI
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May 17. 20:00
L'INCORONAZIONE DI POPPEA (THE CORONATION OF POPPEA)
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May 19. 17:00
L'INCORONAZIONE DI POPPEA (THE CORONATION OF POPPEA)
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May 22. 10:30
ВОЙНА И МИР (WAR AND PEACE)
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May 25. 18:00
ВОЙНА И МИР (WAR AND PEACE)
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May 28. 18:00
ВОЙНА И МИР (WAR AND PEACE)
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May 31. 18:00
ВОЙНА И МИР (WAR AND PEACE)
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June 2. 11:00
ВОЙНА И МИР (WAR AND PEACE)
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June 5. 18:00
ВОЙНА И МИР (WAR AND PEACE)
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June 7. 18:00
ВОЙНА И МИР (WAR AND PEACE)
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October 10. 10:30
DIDO AND AENEAS – Lázár Ervin Programme, MVM Piccolo Programme
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October 11. 10:30
DIDO AND AENEAS – Lázár Ervin Programme, MVM Piccolo Programme
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October 13. 11:00
DIDO AND AENEAS
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October 15. 10:30
DIDO AND AENEAS – Lázár Ervin Programme, MVM Piccolo Programme
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October 16. 10:30
DIDO AND AENEAS – Lázár Ervin Programme, MVM Piccolo Programme
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October 17. 10:30
DIDO AND AENEAS – Lázár Ervin Programme, MVM Piccolo Programme
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October 18. 10:30
DIDO AND AENEAS – Lázár Ervin Programme, MVM Piccolo Programme
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November 14. 18:00
FALSTAFF
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November 16. 18:30
FALSTAFF
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November 20. 18:30
FALSTAFF
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November 22. 18:30
FALSTAFF
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November 24. 11:00
FALSTAFF
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December 5. 18:30
FALSTAFF
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April 5. 19:00
MARIO AND THE MAGICIAN / BLUEBEARD'S CASTLE
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April 11. 19:00
MARIO AND THE MAGICIAN / BLUEBEARD'S CASTLE
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May 29. 18:00
DON CARLO
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June 1. 11:00
DON CARLO
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June 4. 18:00
DON CARLO
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June 29. 11:00
UN BALLO IN MASCHERA
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July 8. 18:30
UN BALLO IN MASCHERA
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July 10. 18:30
UN BALLO IN MASCHERA
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July 12. 18:30
UN BALLO IN MASCHERA
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July 15. 18:30
UN BALLO IN MASCHERA