
Andrea Szántó
Opera singer, Chamber Singer of the Hungarian State Opera (2022/2023)
mezzo-soprano
Born in Berettyóújfalu, Andrea Szántó launched her musical studies at the Gyula Music School with József Csiky, later becoming a student of Valária Berdál at the Szeged Conservatory. She earned her diploma from the Ferenc Liszt Music Academy in Budapest in the course headed by Éva Andor. Her artistic and vocal development has been aided by Erzsébet Komlóssy and Margit Kaposy, and she is currently working with Dana Mihaylova. She was still a student at the academy when she shared first prize, and won Hungarian Radio and Television's special prize, at the First International Baroque Singing Competition.
After completing her studies, she signed with the Hungarian State Opera. A former member of Theater-Bielefeld, she would go on to become a soloist at the National Theatre Mannheim, where she made her debut in the role of Judit (in Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle) under the baton of Adam Fischer. With a repertoire embracing more than 50 operatic roles and also as a concert singer, she has performed at the Bregenz Festival and the Schwerin Castle Festival, as well as in such cities as Vienna, Graz, Hannover, Frankfurt, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Zagreb, Toulouse, Nagoya, Sapporo and Tokyo. The list of composers she has collaborated with includes Christoph Eschenbach, Tamás Vásáry, Adam Fischer, Kobayashi Ken-Ichiro, János Kovács, Zoltán Kocsis, Friedemann Layer and Howard Williams, and she has also worked with numerous major directors, such as Hans Neuenfels, Christopher Alden, Achim Freyer and Philip Himmelmann.
Principal roles: Eboli (Don Carlos), Preziosilla (La forza del destino), Santuzza (Cavalleria rusticana), Laura (La Gioconda), Elisabetta (Maria Stuarda), Adalgisa (Norma), Judit (Bluebeard's Castle), Kundry (Parsifal), Ortrud (Lohengrin), Venus (Tannhäuser), Charlotte (Werther), the title role in Carmen, Dalila (Samson et Dalila) and Marina (Boris Godunov).
She was appointed Chamber Singer of the Hungarian State Opera for the 2022/23 season. She earned the Zoltán Závodszky Award in 2022.
After completing her studies, she signed with the Hungarian State Opera. A former member of Theater-Bielefeld, she would go on to become a soloist at the National Theatre Mannheim, where she made her debut in the role of Judit (in Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle) under the baton of Adam Fischer. With a repertoire embracing more than 50 operatic roles and also as a concert singer, she has performed at the Bregenz Festival and the Schwerin Castle Festival, as well as in such cities as Vienna, Graz, Hannover, Frankfurt, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Zagreb, Toulouse, Nagoya, Sapporo and Tokyo. The list of composers she has collaborated with includes Christoph Eschenbach, Tamás Vásáry, Adam Fischer, Kobayashi Ken-Ichiro, János Kovács, Zoltán Kocsis, Friedemann Layer and Howard Williams, and she has also worked with numerous major directors, such as Hans Neuenfels, Christopher Alden, Achim Freyer and Philip Himmelmann.
Principal roles: Eboli (Don Carlos), Preziosilla (La forza del destino), Santuzza (Cavalleria rusticana), Laura (La Gioconda), Elisabetta (Maria Stuarda), Adalgisa (Norma), Judit (Bluebeard's Castle), Kundry (Parsifal), Ortrud (Lohengrin), Venus (Tannhäuser), Charlotte (Werther), the title role in Carmen, Dalila (Samson et Dalila) and Marina (Boris Godunov).
She was appointed Chamber Singer of the Hungarian State Opera for the 2022/23 season. She earned the Zoltán Závodszky Award in 2022.
Performances
October 1. 19:30
symphonic orchestra concert
SYMPHONY NO. 8
November 5. 16:00
contemporary
opera
16
rehearsal
DIE WALKÜRE
November 7. 15:00
contemporary
opera
16
rehearsal
GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG
November 10. 17:00
contemporary
opera
16
DIE WALKÜRE
November 12. 16:00
contemporary
opera
16
GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG
November 17. 17:00
contemporary
opera
16
DIE WALKÜRE
November 19. 16:00
contemporary
opera
16
GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG
February 8. 18:00
classic
opera
12
rehearsal
ARABELLA
February 10. 19:00
classic
opera
12
ARABELLA
February 14. 19:00
classic
opera
12
ARABELLA
February 17. 11:00
classic
opera
12
ARABELLA
February 23. 19:00
classic
opera
12
ARABELLA
March 27. 16:00
contemporary
opera
18
rehearsal
PARSIFAL
March 29. 17:00
contemporary
opera
18
PARSIFAL
March 31. 16:00
contemporary
opera
18
PARSIFAL
April 25. 18:00
contemporary
opera
16
rehearsal
BORIS GODUNOV
April 27. 19:00
contemporary
opera
16
premiere
BORIS GODUNOV
April 30. 19:00
contemporary
opera
16
BORIS GODUNOV
May 3. 19:00
contemporary
opera
16
BORIS GODUNOV
May 5. 11:00
contemporary
opera
16
BORIS GODUNOV
May 7. 19:00
contemporary
opera
16
BORIS GODUNOV
May 9. 19:00
contemporary
opera
16
BORIS GODUNOV
May 11. 19:00
contemporary
opera
16
BORIS GODUNOV
May 15. 19:00
contemporary
opera
16
BORIS GODUNOV
May 18. 11:00
contemporary
opera
16
BORIS GODUNOV
May 23. 17:00
contemporary
opera
18
rehearsal
ВОЙНА И МИР (WAR AND PEACE)
May 25. 18:00
contemporary
opera
18
ВОЙНА И МИР (WAR AND PEACE)
May 28. 18:00
contemporary
opera
18
ВОЙНА И МИР (WAR AND PEACE)
May 31. 18:00
contemporary
opera
18
ВОЙНА И МИР (WAR AND PEACE)
June 2. 11:00
contemporary
opera
18
ВОЙНА И МИР (WAR AND PEACE)
June 5. 18:00
contemporary
opera
18
ВОЙНА И МИР (WAR AND PEACE)
June 7. 18:00
contemporary
opera
18
ВОЙНА И МИР (WAR AND PEACE)
June 27. 18:00
classic
opera
12
rehearsal
RIGOLETTO
June 29. 19:00
classic
opera
12
RIGOLETTO
July 3. 19:00
classic
opera
12
RIGOLETTO
July 5. 19:00
classic
opera
12
RIGOLETTO
July 7. 19:00
classic
opera
12
RIGOLETTO
July 10. 19:00
classic
opera
12
RIGOLETTO
July 12. 19:00
classic
opera
12
RIGOLETTO
July 14. 19:00
classic
opera
12