Orosz Júlia
voice - soprano
Place of Birth
Budapest
Date of Birth
1908
3 March 1908 Budapest – 19 October 1997 Budapest
One of the most multi-faceted personalities in the history of Hungarian opera, she was a soprano equally at hoe in dramatic and lyrical roles.
At the age of 18 she already gave a concert in Paris, and first in Budapest in 1928 in a Budapest Orchestra talent-spotting event. She studied at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music Budapest in the Department of Singing.
She began her career at the City Theatre, and made her début at the Hungarian State Opera House in 1929 in the role of Blonde’s (Die Ausführung aus dem Serail). She was a scholar of the State Opera House, then a freelance singer between 1930-69.
She had quite a range of repertoire: during a forty-year career she sang more than eighty roles. Especially memorable were her performances in Puccini and Mozart, but her scope extended from Wagner to operetta and almost every form of musical theatre.
She gave many concerts in several European countries. Her main roles are: Blonde (Die Ausführung aus dem Serail), Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro), Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Desdemona (Othello), Elza (Lohengrin), Margit (Faust), Mimi (La Bohème), Cio-Cio-San (Madame Butterfly), Tosca, Liu (Turandot) and Nedda (I Pagliacci).
She was elected a perpetual member of the Hungarian State Opera.
Prizes and awards:
Liberty Prize
1953 Artist of Merit
1956 Kossuth Prize
1959 Artist of Excellence
One of the most multi-faceted personalities in the history of Hungarian opera, she was a soprano equally at hoe in dramatic and lyrical roles.
At the age of 18 she already gave a concert in Paris, and first in Budapest in 1928 in a Budapest Orchestra talent-spotting event. She studied at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music Budapest in the Department of Singing.
She began her career at the City Theatre, and made her début at the Hungarian State Opera House in 1929 in the role of Blonde’s (Die Ausführung aus dem Serail). She was a scholar of the State Opera House, then a freelance singer between 1930-69.
She had quite a range of repertoire: during a forty-year career she sang more than eighty roles. Especially memorable were her performances in Puccini and Mozart, but her scope extended from Wagner to operetta and almost every form of musical theatre.
She gave many concerts in several European countries. Her main roles are: Blonde (Die Ausführung aus dem Serail), Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro), Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Desdemona (Othello), Elza (Lohengrin), Margit (Faust), Mimi (La Bohème), Cio-Cio-San (Madame Butterfly), Tosca, Liu (Turandot) and Nedda (I Pagliacci).
She was elected a perpetual member of the Hungarian State Opera.
Prizes and awards:
Liberty Prize
1953 Artist of Merit
1956 Kossuth Prize
1959 Artist of Excellence
| Year | Title | Publisher | Code | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Erkel Ferenc: Bánk bán/ Hunyadi László (részletek) | Hungaroton | HRC 1054 | Echo Collection |
| 2001 |
50 éves a Hungaroton - Énekművészek (1951-2001)
(Fifty Years of Hungaroton - Singers) |
Hungaroton | HCD 32096-98 | 3 CDs |