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Zsófia Kálnay

Zsófia Kálnay

opera singer
mezzo-soprano

Born in Budapest in 1986, Zsófia Kálnay played violin from the ages of seven to ten and later took up singing at age 18. Her first teachers were Erzsébet Szilágyi, Éva Vámossy and Emese F. Kármán. In 2013 she obtained her diploma in classical singing as a student of Mária Temesi, Adrienne Csengery, Péter Oberfrank and Attila Toronykőy at the University of Szeged's faculty of music. She has been a soloist with the National Theatre of Szeged since 2011 and with the Hungarian State Opera since 2014. In 2013, she took first place in the József Simándy singing competition in the BA category, along with being awarded five prestigious special prizes by the jury (winning chances to sing in Verdi's Requiem with the Szeged Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Tamás Pál, in a production of Rossini's La Cenerentola directed by Attila Toronykőy and in Richard Strauss's Die Schweigsame Frau, with Kocsis Zoltán as well as the special prizes from Duna TV and Debrecen's Csokonai Theatre). In 2014, the National Theatre of Szeged recognised her performance in La Cenerentola by naming her the young singer of the season, and in 2015, as a student in the opera department, she received the University of Szeged's József Sófi Scholarship for her professional achievements during her studies.
Her principal roles in Szeged include Cenerentola, Nicklausse/Muse (in Tales of Hoffmann), and Maddalena and Bersi (in Giordano's Andrea Chénier), and at the Hungarian State Opera are Rosina (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Dorabella (Così fan tutte), Cherubino (Il Nozze di Figaro), Anita (West Side Story), Rossweisse (Die Walküre) and Lola (Cavelleria rusticana), Djamileh.
She is a regular collaborator at the Wagner in Budapest Opera Festival conducted by Adam Fischer, where she performs the roles of Rossweisse and Flosshilde in the Ring.

Performances

November 5. 19:00
contemporary opera 14
Philip Glass / Jean Cocteau

LES ENFANTS TERRIBLES

Eiffel Art Studios – Miklós Bánffy Stage
33. Misura Zsuzsa season ticket
November 13. 11:00
contemporary opera 14
Philip Glass / Jean Cocteau

LES ENFANTS TERRIBLES

Eiffel Art Studios – Miklós Bánffy Stage
26. Mészöly Katalin season ticket
November 19. 19:00
contemporary opera 14
Philip Glass / Jean Cocteau

LES ENFANTS TERRIBLES

Eiffel Art Studios – Miklós Bánffy Stage
20. Rozsos István season ticket
March 10. 18:00
contemporary opera 8 premiere
Pongrác Kacsóh

JOHN THE VALIANT

Hungarian State Opera
11. Pitti Katalin season ticket
March 12. 11:00
contemporary opera 8
Pongrác Kacsóh

JOHN THE VALIANT

Hungarian State Opera
14. Berczelly István season ticket
April 15. 11:00
contemporary opera 16
Gioachino Rossini – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Darius Milhaud

FIGARO3

Eiffel Art Studios – Miklós Bánffy Stage
April 16. 19:00
contemporary opera 16
Gioachino Rossini – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Darius Milhaud

FIGARO3

Eiffel Art Studios – Miklós Bánffy Stage
38. Kalmár Magda season ticket
April 21. 19:00
contemporary opera 16
Gioachino Rossini – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Darius Milhaud

FIGARO3

Eiffel Art Studios – Miklós Bánffy Stage
23. Uzoni Mária season ticket
April 22. 19:00
contemporary opera 16
Gioachino Rossini – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Darius Milhaud

FIGARO3

Eiffel Art Studios – Miklós Bánffy Stage
20. Rozsos István season ticket
April 22. 19:00
mixed opera 8
Levente Szörényi – János Bródy

STEPHEN, THE KING

Hungarian State Opera
April 23. 19:00
contemporary opera 16
Gioachino Rossini – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Darius Milhaud

FIGARO3

Eiffel Art Studios – Miklós Bánffy Stage
22. Kaszás Ildikó season ticket
April 27. 18:00
contemporary opera 18 rehearsal
Richard Strauss

ELEKTRA

Hungarian State Opera
April 28. 19:00
mixed opera 8
Levente Szörényi – János Bródy

STEPHEN, THE KING

Hungarian State Opera
13. Szinetár Miklós season ticket
April 29. 19:00
contemporary opera 18
Richard Strauss

ELEKTRA

Hungarian State Opera
10. Kovács János season ticket
May 3. 19:00
contemporary opera 18
Richard Strauss

ELEKTRA

Hungarian State Opera
May 3. 19:00
mixed opera 8
Levente Szörényi – János Bródy

STEPHEN, THE KING

Hungarian State Opera
May 5. 19:00
mixed opera 8
Levente Szörényi – János Bródy

STEPHEN, THE KING

Hungarian State Opera
May 7. 19:00
contemporary opera 18
Richard Strauss

ELEKTRA

Hungarian State Opera
May 14. 11:00
contemporary opera 18
Richard Strauss

ELEKTRA

Hungarian State Opera
May 20. 19:00
contemporary opera 18
Richard Strauss

ELEKTRA

Hungarian State Opera
03. Kelen Péter season ticket