
Csaba Szegedi
Opera singer, Chamber Singer of the Hungarian State Opera (2018/2019, 2023/2024)
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 and the 2023/24 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 and the 2023/24 season and György Melis Award in 2019.
Performances
September 21. 18:00
concert version
opera
rehearsal
MADAMA BUTTERFLY – concert performance
September 23. 19:00
concert version
opera
MADAMA BUTTERFLY – concert performance
September 26. 19:00
concert version
opera
MADAMA BUTTERFLY – concert performance
November 7. 15:00
contemporary
opera
16
rehearsal
GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG
November 12. 16:00
contemporary
opera
16
GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG
November 19. 16:00
contemporary
opera
16
GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG
December 21. 18:00
classic
opera
12
rehearsal
LA BOHÈME

December 23. 19:00
classic
opera
12
LA BOHÈME
Standing room tickets can be purchased two hours before performance.

December 27. 19:00
classic
opera
12
LA BOHÈME
Standing room tickets can be purchased two hours before performance.
Dynamic prices

December 29. 19:00
classic
opera
12
LA BOHÈME
Standing room tickets can be purchased two hours before performance.
Dynamic prices

January 4. 19:00
classic
opera
12
LA BOHÈME
Standing room tickets can be purchased two hours before performance.

January 7. 17:00
classic
opera
12
LA BOHÈME
Standing room tickets can be purchased two hours before performance.
January 10. 19:00
classic
opera
12
LA BOHÈME
January 14. 19:00
classic
opera
12
LA BOHÈME
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 22. 18:00
mixed
opera
12
rehearsal
CARMINA BURANA
February 23. 19:00
classic
opera
12
ARABELLA
February 24. 11:00
mixed
opera
12
CARMINA BURANA
February 25. 11:00
mixed
opera
12
CARMINA BURANA
March 1. 19:00
mixed
opera
12
CARMINA BURANA
Dynamic prices
March 3. 11:00
mixed
opera
12
CARMINA BURANA
March 9. 11:00
mixed
opera
12
CARMINA BURANA
April 4. 18:00
mixed
opera
14
rehearsal
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA / PAGLIACCI
April 6. 19:00
mixed
opera
14
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA / PAGLIACCI
April 7. 19:00
mixed
opera
14
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA / PAGLIACCI
April 9. 19:00
mixed
opera
14
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA / PAGLIACCI
April 10. 19:00
mixed
opera
14
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA / PAGLIACCI
April 12. 19:00
mixed
opera
14
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA / PAGLIACCI
April 13. 19:00
mixed
opera
14
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA / PAGLIACCI
April 16. 19:00
mixed
opera
12
CARMINA BURANA
April 17. 19:00
mixed
opera
12
CARMINA BURANA
April 19. 19:00
mixed
opera
14
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA / PAGLIACCI
April 21. 11:00
mixed
opera
14
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA / PAGLIACCI
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