Keszei Borbála
voice - soprano
Place of Birth
Date of Birth
She began her studies at Leo Weiner Conservatory in Budapest under the guidance of Júlia Bikfalvy, Bernadett Wiedemann, Júlia Hamari and Ilona Tokody. In 1995 she got a scholarship to Bologna, where she learnt the Italian music style by Professoressa Elena Ronchi.
She debuted in Debrecen in 1996 and spent 4 years at the National Theatre in Szeged, than in 200 she debuted at the Hungarian State Opera-House as Gilda in Verdi’s Rigoletto. Between 2001 and 2003 she sang several title roles in the Hungarian capital, the audience could see her as Gilda, Juliet (Gounod: Romeo and Juliet) Susanna (Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro), Adina (Donizetti: L’elisir d’amore) and Melinda (Erkel: Bánk Bán).
Since 2003 she has been the member of the Wiener Staatsoper her roles include Nannetta (Verdi: Falstaff), Oscar (Verdi: Un ballo in Maschera), Sophie (Massenet: Werther), Eudoxie (Halevy: La Juive), Olga (Giordano: Fedora), Liza (Donizetti: Sonnambula), Inez (Donizetti: La Favorita), Papagena (Mozart: Die Zauberflöte), Barbarina (Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro).
Bori Keszei appeared in the role of Norina in the frame of the Bartók+ … International Opera Festival in Miskolc (where the audience could see her in 2003, the Mozart year).
She debuted in Debrecen in 1996 and spent 4 years at the National Theatre in Szeged, than in 200 she debuted at the Hungarian State Opera-House as Gilda in Verdi’s Rigoletto. Between 2001 and 2003 she sang several title roles in the Hungarian capital, the audience could see her as Gilda, Juliet (Gounod: Romeo and Juliet) Susanna (Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro), Adina (Donizetti: L’elisir d’amore) and Melinda (Erkel: Bánk Bán).
Since 2003 she has been the member of the Wiener Staatsoper her roles include Nannetta (Verdi: Falstaff), Oscar (Verdi: Un ballo in Maschera), Sophie (Massenet: Werther), Eudoxie (Halevy: La Juive), Olga (Giordano: Fedora), Liza (Donizetti: Sonnambula), Inez (Donizetti: La Favorita), Papagena (Mozart: Die Zauberflöte), Barbarina (Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro).
Bori Keszei appeared in the role of Norina in the frame of the Bartók+ … International Opera Festival in Miskolc (where the audience could see her in 2003, the Mozart year).