
Csaba Szegedi
Opera singer, Chamber Singer of the Hungarian State Opera (2018/2019)
baritone
Csaba Szegedi was born in the town of Sajószentpéter in 1981. He then went on to graduate from Budapest's Béla Bartók High School of Music, after studying voice under Mária Fekete, and then earn a diploma in voice and voice pedagogy from the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music, where his teacher was Sándor Sólyom-Nagy. He then continued his studies at the academy's opera department under the guidance of conductors Ádám Medveczky and Péter Oberfrank and director Balázs Kovalik. At his
2008 thesis performance, he sang the roles of Dr Miracle and Dappertutto in Les contes d'Hoffmann. In that same year, as a scholarship winner, he signed with the Hungarian State Opera, where in his first season he made his debut in two principal roles: Figaro in La barbiere di Siviglia (director: Balázs Kovalik after András Békés) and as Creonte in Haydn's L'anima del filosofo, a production by Sándor Zsótér conducted by Adam Fischer. The following season, he would also get the chance to portray Papageno in Die Zauberflöte – again under Fischer's baton, with László Marton directing. Since 2010, Csaba Szegedi has been one of the Opera's most-engaged lyric baritones, with a repertoire that includes roles such as Prince Yeletsky (The Queen of Spades), Biberach (Bánk bán – original version), Guglielmo (Così fan tutte), Marcello (La bohème), Paolo (Simon Boccanegra) and Malatesta (Don Pasquale). In the spring of 2013, he debuted in the title roles of Onegin and Don Giovanni, and later also received the title role in Kodály's Háry János. He then went on to portray Bagó in John the Valiant and Harlequin in Richard Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos, Escamillo in Carmen, Belcore in L'elisir d'amore and Thoas in Róbert Alföldi's production of Iphigénia en Tauride.
He also took the Klagenfurt stage in the roles of Alfio and Tonio in Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci. His debut was greeted with great acclaim, and more engagements were swift to follow. He returned to Klagenfurt to sing the role of Count Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro, and also sang the role of Fieramosca in Berlioz's Benvenuto Cellini in Bonn. He sang the Count of Toulouse in Verdi's Jérusalem, sang Rossini's Figaro in Dresden and made his Salzburg Easter Festival debut as Montano in Otello, with Christian Thielemann conducting. He has also taken the Budapest stage as Busoni's Doktor Faust, Sharpless in Madama Butterfly, Mercutio in Roméo et Juliette and Enrico Ashton in Lucia di Lammermoor. He made his debut as Iago in Otello in Klagenfurt in February 2017.
In recognition of his outstanding work, he was awarded the Hungarian Bronze Cross of Merit, civil division, in 2017. He was awarded the title of Chamber Singer of the Hungarian State Opera for the 2018/19 season and György Melis Award in 2019.
2008 thesis performance, he sang the roles of Dr Miracle and Dappertutto in Les contes d'Hoffmann. In that same year, as a scholarship winner, he signed with the Hungarian State Opera, where in his first season he made his debut in two principal roles: Figaro in La barbiere di Siviglia (director: Balázs Kovalik after András Békés) and as Creonte in Haydn's L'anima del filosofo, a production by Sándor Zsótér conducted by Adam Fischer. The following season, he would also get the chance to portray Papageno in Die Zauberflöte – again under Fischer's baton, with László Marton directing. Since 2010, Csaba Szegedi has been one of the Opera's most-engaged lyric baritones, with a repertoire that includes roles such as Prince Yeletsky (The Queen of Spades), Biberach (Bánk bán – original version), Guglielmo (Così fan tutte), Marcello (La bohème), Paolo (Simon Boccanegra) and Malatesta (Don Pasquale). In the spring of 2013, he debuted in the title roles of Onegin and Don Giovanni, and later also received the title role in Kodály's Háry János. He then went on to portray Bagó in John the Valiant and Harlequin in Richard Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos, Escamillo in Carmen, Belcore in L'elisir d'amore and Thoas in Róbert Alföldi's production of Iphigénia en Tauride.
He also took the Klagenfurt stage in the roles of Alfio and Tonio in Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci. His debut was greeted with great acclaim, and more engagements were swift to follow. He returned to Klagenfurt to sing the role of Count Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro, and also sang the role of Fieramosca in Berlioz's Benvenuto Cellini in Bonn. He sang the Count of Toulouse in Verdi's Jérusalem, sang Rossini's Figaro in Dresden and made his Salzburg Easter Festival debut as Montano in Otello, with Christian Thielemann conducting. He has also taken the Budapest stage as Busoni's Doktor Faust, Sharpless in Madama Butterfly, Mercutio in Roméo et Juliette and Enrico Ashton in Lucia di Lammermoor. He made his debut as Iago in Otello in Klagenfurt in February 2017.
In recognition of his outstanding work, he was awarded the Hungarian Bronze Cross of Merit, civil division, in 2017. He was awarded the title of Chamber Singer of the Hungarian State Opera for the 2018/19 season and György Melis Award in 2019.
Performances
October 15. 19:00
mixed
opera
12
CARMINA BURANA
October 16. 19:00
mixed
opera
12
CARMINA BURANA
October 17. 19:00
mixed
opera
12
CARMINA BURANA
October 22. 19:00
mixed
opera
12
CARMINA BURANA
October 24. 11:00
mixed
opera
12
CARMINA BURANA
November 14. 11:00
mixed
opera
8
STEPHEN, THE KING
November 17. 19:00
mixed
opera
8
STEPHEN, THE KING
November 19. 19:00
mixed
opera
8
STEPHEN, THE KING
November 20. 19:00
mixed
opera
8
STEPHEN, THE KING
December 16. 19:00
classic
opera
12
LA BOHÈME
December 19. 19:00
classic
opera
12
LA BOHÈME
December 21. 19:00
classic
opera
12
LA BOHÈME
December 23. 19:00
classic
opera
12
LA BOHÈME
December 25. 19:00
classic
opera
12
LA BOHÈME
January 22. 19:00
classic
opera
16
MANON LESCAUT
January 28. 19:00
classic
opera
16
MANON LESCAUT
January 30. 11:00
classic
opera
16
MANON LESCAUT
February 4. 19:00
classic
opera
16
MANON LESCAUT
February 6. 19:00
classic
opera
16
MANON LESCAUT
February 19. 19:00
contemporary
opera
16
premiere
HOCHZEIT IM FASCHING (LOVE ADRIFT)
February 26. 11:00
contemporary
opera
16
HOCHZEIT IM FASCHING (LOVE ADRIFT)
February 27. 19:00
contemporary
opera
16
HOCHZEIT IM FASCHING (LOVE ADRIFT)
March 5. 11:00
contemporary
opera
16
HOCHZEIT IM FASCHING (LOVE ADRIFT)
March 6. 19:00
contemporary
opera
16
HOCHZEIT IM FASCHING (LOVE ADRIFT)
April 22. 18:00
mixed
opera
14
rehearsal
SIMON BOCCANEGRA
April 24. 19:00
mixed
opera
14
SIMON BOCCANEGRA
April 27. 19:00
mixed
opera
14
SIMON BOCCANEGRA
April 29. 18:00
contemporary
opera
18
rehearsal
PORGY AND BESS®
April 30. 11:00
mixed
opera
14
SIMON BOCCANEGRA
May 1. 18:00
contemporary
opera
18
PORGY AND BESS®
May 4. 18:00
contemporary
opera
18
PORGY AND BESS®
May 5. 19:00
mixed
opera
14
SIMON BOCCANEGRA
May 6. 18:00
contemporary
opera
18
PORGY AND BESS®
May 7. 19:00
concert
BLUEBEARD'S CASTLE / PORGY AND BESS
May 8. 11:00
mixed
opera
14
SIMON BOCCANEGRA
May 8. 18:00
contemporary
opera
18
PORGY AND BESS®
May 11. 19:00
mixed
opera
14
SIMON BOCCANEGRA
May 12. 18:00
contemporary
opera
18
PORGY AND BESS®
May 13. 19:00
contemporary
opera
16
FIGARO3
May 14. 11:00
contemporary
opera
18
PORGY AND BESS®
May 14. 19:00
concert
BLUEBEARD'S CASTLE / PORGY AND BESS
May 15. 19:00
contemporary
opera
16
FIGARO3
May 22. 19:00
contemporary
opera
16
FIGARO3
May 27. 19:00
contemporary
opera
16
FIGARO3
May 28. 19:00
contemporary
opera
16
FIGARO3
May 29. 19:00
contemporary
opera
16
FIGARO3
June 3. 18:00
mixed
opera
18
rehearsal
DON CARLO
June 5. 18:00
mixed
opera
18
premiere
DON CARLO
June 8. 18:00
mixed
opera
18
DON CARLO
June 11. 11:00
mixed
opera
18
DON CARLO
June 16. 18:00
mixed
opera
18
DON CARLO
June 18. 18:00
mixed
opera
18