Palerdi András
voice - bass
Place of Birth
Budapest
Date of Birth
András Palerdi was born in Budapest. That is where he began his studies, at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music, which he continued in the United States at the University of Southern Mississippi, followed by the Music Academy of Vienna where he graduated. Immediately after having finished his academic studies he was awarded the Herbert von Karajan Scholarship at the Wiener Staatsoper, where within a year-long period appearing in more than a dozen different opera productions he was on stage together with Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Agnes Baltsa and Istvan Gati, just to mention a few. From the season afterwards he began his national and international carrier as a free-lance singer and received invitations for several major roles in and outside Hungary. At the same time he extended his professional training by taking private lessons from Vera Scammon, Professor Emeritus of Indiana University.
Invitations for guest appearances have taken him to many European countries as well as to the United States. His credits include the distinguished opera houses of Budapest and Szeged, where he sang Sparafucile (Il Trovatore, Verdi), Ferrando (Rigoletto, Verdi), Timur (Turandot, Puccini), Colline (La Boheme, Puccini), and the title role in Boito's Mefistofele. Continuously being re-invited by the Opera Colorado, in various opera seasons he sang Sarastro (The Magic Flute, Mozart) Frere Laurent and Duke of Verona (Romeo and Juliet, Gounod), and Bonzo (Madame Butterfly, Puccini). As concert soloist he has appeared in Carnegie Hall, New York singing the bass solo part in Mozart's Requiem and Bach's Magnificat. In Milan, Italy he performed in Rossini's Stabat Mater under the baton of Maestro Gandolfi.
In 2001 and 2002 Adras Palerdi won several prizes at singing competitions in Italy, Hungary and in the United States. He was awarded the Public's Prize at the Maria Caniglia International Voice Competition in Sulmona, Italy, the special prize for the Best Interpreter of Boito's Mefistofele at the Iris Adami Corradetti voice competition and was the first prize winner at the MMTA in 1992, USA; at the Metropolitan Opera Council's Colorado Wyoming district voice competition in 2000, in Budapest at the International Voice Competition in 2000 and in 2002 at the Giuseppe di Stefano competition in Sicily, where he personally met the Maestro and received an invitation to return for the role of Geronte di Ravoir (Manon Lescaut, Puccini). He won the Hungarian State Opera's "Miklós Bencze Commemorative Plaque".
His recent engagements in his home land included singing the bass solo part in Verdi's Requiem in live broadcast and at the Budapest Spring Festival he was Gurnemanz in Wagner's Parsifal in which role he is also to appear in 2003.
His major roles have been Sarastro (Mozart), Sparafucile, Ferrando (Verdi), Timur (Puccini), Colline (Puccini), Gurnemanz (Wagner) and Mephisto (Boito). He sings oratorios frequently as well.
Invitations for guest appearances have taken him to many European countries as well as to the United States. His credits include the distinguished opera houses of Budapest and Szeged, where he sang Sparafucile (Il Trovatore, Verdi), Ferrando (Rigoletto, Verdi), Timur (Turandot, Puccini), Colline (La Boheme, Puccini), and the title role in Boito's Mefistofele. Continuously being re-invited by the Opera Colorado, in various opera seasons he sang Sarastro (The Magic Flute, Mozart) Frere Laurent and Duke of Verona (Romeo and Juliet, Gounod), and Bonzo (Madame Butterfly, Puccini). As concert soloist he has appeared in Carnegie Hall, New York singing the bass solo part in Mozart's Requiem and Bach's Magnificat. In Milan, Italy he performed in Rossini's Stabat Mater under the baton of Maestro Gandolfi.
In 2001 and 2002 Adras Palerdi won several prizes at singing competitions in Italy, Hungary and in the United States. He was awarded the Public's Prize at the Maria Caniglia International Voice Competition in Sulmona, Italy, the special prize for the Best Interpreter of Boito's Mefistofele at the Iris Adami Corradetti voice competition and was the first prize winner at the MMTA in 1992, USA; at the Metropolitan Opera Council's Colorado Wyoming district voice competition in 2000, in Budapest at the International Voice Competition in 2000 and in 2002 at the Giuseppe di Stefano competition in Sicily, where he personally met the Maestro and received an invitation to return for the role of Geronte di Ravoir (Manon Lescaut, Puccini). He won the Hungarian State Opera's "Miklós Bencze Commemorative Plaque".
His recent engagements in his home land included singing the bass solo part in Verdi's Requiem in live broadcast and at the Budapest Spring Festival he was Gurnemanz in Wagner's Parsifal in which role he is also to appear in 2003.
His major roles have been Sarastro (Mozart), Sparafucile, Ferrando (Verdi), Timur (Puccini), Colline (Puccini), Gurnemanz (Wagner) and Mephisto (Boito). He sings oratorios frequently as well.