Szántó Andrea
voice - mezzosoprano
The Mezzosoprano was born in Hungary and studied in the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest. In 1992 and 1993, she won a scolarship to take part in the singer's masterclasses (Christoph Eschenbach) and concerts in the Pasific Music Festival in Sapporo.
In 1993 she won the Ist prize in the first International Baroque Singing Competition and the special prize from Hungarian Radio and Television. She sang several oratorios and concert performances with conductors Tamas Vasary, Kobayashi Ken-Ichiro and Herbert Boek. In 1996, she made her first CD-recording Galuppi:Il Cafe di Campagna with conductor Fabio Pirona (Hungaroton:HCD-31658-59). In 1997, on completion of her studies, she was engaged by the Hungarian State Opera House in Budapest.
In 1998, she became a soloist at the Theatre Bielefeld in Germany, where she made her debut as Olga (Onegin) and such roles as Carmen, Nicklaus (Hoffmann), Haensel and Maddalena (Rigoletto).
Since 2000, she belongs to the Nationaltheatre Mannheim, where she sang with great success the part of Judith in Bartok's Bluebeard's Castle with conductor Adam Fischer and the following parts: Charlotte (Werther), Romeo (I Capuleti e i Montecchi), Nicklaus, Haensel, Oktavian (Rosenkavalier), Hermia (A Midsummer Night's Dream), Susuki (Butterfly), Annio and Sesto (La clemenza di Tito), Prinz Orlofsky (Fledermaus), Marina( Boris Godunov) and the title role of Carmen.
In 2003, Andrea Szanto made her debut in the Hungarian State Opera House as Sesto and in the Bregenzer Festspiele as Zeffka in Janaček's The Diary of the One who Vanished (CD live-recording VMS 144 ORF Janaček: Tagebuch eines Verschollenen/Poulenc: La Voix humaine).
She sang in 2004 Judith (Duke Bluebeard's Castle) in the Scottish Opera's new production and performed the part in Japan with the Nagoya Symphony Orchestra. Guest engagement followed at the Opera Hannover in the role of Romeo (I Capuleti e i Montechi).
She sang with great succes Preziosilla (La Forza del Destino) at the opening Premiere of the 2005/06 Season in Mannheim, upcoming major roles are: Cherubino (La nozze di Figaro), Hansel, Orlofsky and the Mezzo-soprano solo in Verdi`s Messa di Requiem.
Further highlights of the season will be the guest engagement at Scottish Opera for the title role of Carmen in May/June 2006 and Judith (Bluebeard's Castle) in the Budapest Spring Festival in March 2006.
In 1993 she won the Ist prize in the first International Baroque Singing Competition and the special prize from Hungarian Radio and Television. She sang several oratorios and concert performances with conductors Tamas Vasary, Kobayashi Ken-Ichiro and Herbert Boek. In 1996, she made her first CD-recording Galuppi:Il Cafe di Campagna with conductor Fabio Pirona (Hungaroton:HCD-31658-59). In 1997, on completion of her studies, she was engaged by the Hungarian State Opera House in Budapest.
In 1998, she became a soloist at the Theatre Bielefeld in Germany, where she made her debut as Olga (Onegin) and such roles as Carmen, Nicklaus (Hoffmann), Haensel and Maddalena (Rigoletto).
Since 2000, she belongs to the Nationaltheatre Mannheim, where she sang with great success the part of Judith in Bartok's Bluebeard's Castle with conductor Adam Fischer and the following parts: Charlotte (Werther), Romeo (I Capuleti e i Montecchi), Nicklaus, Haensel, Oktavian (Rosenkavalier), Hermia (A Midsummer Night's Dream), Susuki (Butterfly), Annio and Sesto (La clemenza di Tito), Prinz Orlofsky (Fledermaus), Marina( Boris Godunov) and the title role of Carmen.
In 2003, Andrea Szanto made her debut in the Hungarian State Opera House as Sesto and in the Bregenzer Festspiele as Zeffka in Janaček's The Diary of the One who Vanished (CD live-recording VMS 144 ORF Janaček: Tagebuch eines Verschollenen/Poulenc: La Voix humaine).
She sang in 2004 Judith (Duke Bluebeard's Castle) in the Scottish Opera's new production and performed the part in Japan with the Nagoya Symphony Orchestra. Guest engagement followed at the Opera Hannover in the role of Romeo (I Capuleti e i Montechi).
She sang with great succes Preziosilla (La Forza del Destino) at the opening Premiere of the 2005/06 Season in Mannheim, upcoming major roles are: Cherubino (La nozze di Figaro), Hansel, Orlofsky and the Mezzo-soprano solo in Verdi`s Messa di Requiem.
Further highlights of the season will be the guest engagement at Scottish Opera for the title role of Carmen in May/June 2006 and Judith (Bluebeard's Castle) in the Budapest Spring Festival in March 2006.
| Year | Title | Publisher | Code | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 |
Galuppi, Baldassare: A vidéki kávéház
(Galuppi, Baldassare: Il Caffé di Campagna) |
Hungaroton | HCD 31658-59 | 2 CDs |
| 1997 | Hungaroton Classic - 1998 | Hungaroton | HCD 31774 | Sampler CD |
| 2005 | Janáček, Leoš: Tagebuch eines Verschollenen / Poulenc: La Voix humaine | ORF | VMS 144 | |
| 2014 | Baldassare Galuppi: Operas and Sacral Works | Hungaroton | HCD 41012 | 8 CDs |
| 2024 | Budapest Scoring Orchestra: Italian Opera | Hungaroton | HCD 32897 |