Komlóssy Erzsébet
voice - mezzosoprano, voice - alto
Place of Birth
Salgótarján
Date of Birth
1933
9 July 1933 Salgótarján - 22 April 2014
Opera singer (alt, mezzo-soprano), outstanding personality of the ‘60s and ‘70s – she performed a number of memorable dramatic roles.
She learned in the Béla Bartók Secondary School for Music as pupil of Géza László (1950-1955), and debuted 1955 in Szeged, in the role of the Housewife (Zoltán Kodály: Transylvanian Spinning Room).
She was private singer of the National Theater of Szeged (1955-1958) and of the Hungarian State Opera House (1958-1988). From 1988 she’s been singing master there. She had many guest performances abroad and achieved great success in major dramatic mezzo-soprano roles. She performed in Berlin, London, Rome, and in many other places. In Rome she sang Verdi’s Masquerade with such famous partners as Montserrat Caballé, Flaviano Labó, Mario Sereni and Bruno Bartoletti – this performance was recorded.
Requested by István Kertész, she sang the role of Örzse at the first international-quality recording of Kodály’s János Háry. She contributed the world premiere of Sándor Szokolay’s operas: Blood wedding and Hamlet. She frequently performed as oratorio singer and made a number of recordings.
Her major roles are: Azucena (Verdi: Il trovatore), Ulrica (Verdi: Masquerade), Amneris (Verdi: Aida), Orpheus (Gluck: Orpheus and Eurydice), Carmen (Bizet: Carmen), Delilah (Saint-Saëns: Samson and Delilah), Marfa (Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina), Gertrudis (Erkel: Bánk bán), Örzse (Kodály: János Háry), Housewife (Kodály: Transylvanian Spinning Room), Mother (Szokolay: Blood wedding), Gertrude (Szokolay: Hamlet).
She received the Liszt Prize (1964), the Mihály Székely Memorial Plaque (1967), the Kossuth Prize (1973), the title Merited Artist (1982), the Middle Cross of Merit of Order of the Hungarian Republic (1994) and the Master Artist Prize of the Hungarian State Opera House (2003). Erzsébet Komlóssy has been member of the Hungarian State Opera House since 1991 and also eternal member of the Society of Immortals since 2007.
Opera singer (alt, mezzo-soprano), outstanding personality of the ‘60s and ‘70s – she performed a number of memorable dramatic roles.
She learned in the Béla Bartók Secondary School for Music as pupil of Géza László (1950-1955), and debuted 1955 in Szeged, in the role of the Housewife (Zoltán Kodály: Transylvanian Spinning Room).
She was private singer of the National Theater of Szeged (1955-1958) and of the Hungarian State Opera House (1958-1988). From 1988 she’s been singing master there. She had many guest performances abroad and achieved great success in major dramatic mezzo-soprano roles. She performed in Berlin, London, Rome, and in many other places. In Rome she sang Verdi’s Masquerade with such famous partners as Montserrat Caballé, Flaviano Labó, Mario Sereni and Bruno Bartoletti – this performance was recorded.
Requested by István Kertész, she sang the role of Örzse at the first international-quality recording of Kodály’s János Háry. She contributed the world premiere of Sándor Szokolay’s operas: Blood wedding and Hamlet. She frequently performed as oratorio singer and made a number of recordings.
Her major roles are: Azucena (Verdi: Il trovatore), Ulrica (Verdi: Masquerade), Amneris (Verdi: Aida), Orpheus (Gluck: Orpheus and Eurydice), Carmen (Bizet: Carmen), Delilah (Saint-Saëns: Samson and Delilah), Marfa (Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina), Gertrudis (Erkel: Bánk bán), Örzse (Kodály: János Háry), Housewife (Kodály: Transylvanian Spinning Room), Mother (Szokolay: Blood wedding), Gertrude (Szokolay: Hamlet).
She received the Liszt Prize (1964), the Mihály Székely Memorial Plaque (1967), the Kossuth Prize (1973), the title Merited Artist (1982), the Middle Cross of Merit of Order of the Hungarian Republic (1994) and the Master Artist Prize of the Hungarian State Opera House (2003). Erzsébet Komlóssy has been member of the Hungarian State Opera House since 1991 and also eternal member of the Society of Immortals since 2007.
| Year | Title | Publisher | Code | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 |
Szokolay Sándor: Vérnász
(Szokolay, Sándor: Blood Wedding) |
Hungaroton | HCD 11262-63 | 2 CDs |
| 1994 | Erkel Ferenc: Bánk bán | Hungaroton | HCD 11376-77 | |
| 1994 | Kodály Zoltán: Háry János; Variations on a Hungarian Folksong | Decca | 443 488-2 | 2 CDs |
| 1996 | Kodály Zoltán: Spinning Room | Hungaroton | HCD 12839-40 | |
| 2000 | Bizet, Georges: Carmen (részletek) | Hungaroton | HCD 32026 | Great Hungarian Voices Series |
| 2001 |
50 éves a Hungaroton - Énekművészek (1951-2001)
(Fifty Years of Hungaroton - Singers) |
Hungaroton | HCD 32096-98 | 3 CDs |
| 2001 | Puccini, Giacomo: Manon Lescaut | Hungaroton | HCD 12648-49 | 2 CDs |
| 2019 | The Masters Collection: János Ferencsik | Hungaroton | HCD 32820–22 | 3 CDs |