Társulat

  • Opera
  • Male soloists
  • Krisztián Cser
Krisztián Cser

Krisztián Cser

opera singer, Chamber Singer of the Hungarian State Opera (2022/2023)
bass

Krisztián Cser was born into a musical family in Szeged. He started by studying piano, but after graduating from secondary school, and in parallel with intensive music studies, he earned a degree in physics from the University of Szeged in 2002 and went on to pursue doctoral research at the Plant Biology Institute at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences' Biological Research Centre in Szeged. Between 2002 and 2006, he studied solo voice at the Szeged university's Faculty of Music, where his voice teacher was István Andrejcsik. In 2008, he graduated from the opera course at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music after studying voice with Éva Marton and stagecraft with Balázs Kovalik. He was still a student when he got his first role at the Hungarian State Opera, in a production of Elektra. He has participated in a number of international master classes, run by Éva Marton, Adrienne Csengery, Júlia Hamari, László Polgár, David Lutz, Alastair Thomson and Ilona Adorján. He made his debut as an oratorio soloist in 1998 in Bach's Saint John Passion, and his repertoire ranges from early Baroque compositions to contemporary music. The renowned conductors from Hungary and abroad he has worked with include Pierre Cao, Helmuth Rilling, Peter Schreier, Muhai Tang, Tibor Bogányi, Zsolt Hamar, Kirill Karabits, Balázs Kocsár, Zoltán Kocsis, Adam Fischer, Iván Fischer, Zoltán Peskó, György Vashegyi and Tamás Vásáry. He regularly performs concerts both inside and outside Hungary. He won the Fourth József Simándy Singing Competition in 2004 and reached the finals at the Monserrat Caballé Singing Competition in 2008, while also picking up a special prize at the 2009 Geneva Singing Competition. He won the Annie Fischer Scholarship in 2007, and on 15 March 2010 received the Hungarian government's “Youth of March” Award. He would later go on to win the Wagner Society's scholarship in 2011. He made his debut as an opera singer in Spoleto in 2008, in the role of Don Magnifico, and later also took part in a tour of Japan in that role. A former holder of the Hungarian State Opera's scholarship (2008-2010), he has been a guest artist there ever since. In 2013, he sang the title role in Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle in his first performance in China, and later on also in Rouen at the Festival Automne en Normandie. In 2014, he again sang Bluebeard in China, as well as in Kiev (with the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine with Kirill Karabits conducting), and also joined the Budapest Festival Orchestra on its international tour presenting Iván Fischer's The Red Heifer under the baton of the composer. In February 2015, he again sang Bluebeard, this time in the Auditorium di Milano, with Gaetano d'Espinosa conducting. In 2016, he sang the role of Sarastro on the Budapest Festival Orchestra's European tour of London (Southbank Centre), Brugge (Concertgebouw), Amsterdam (Concertgebouw) and Berlin (Konzerthaus) performing Mozart's Die Zauberflöte with Iván Fischer again on the podium. Noteworthy among his more important portrayals are those of Bluebeard, Sarastro, Leporello, Figaro, Colline, Caspar, the Grand Inquisitor, Ferrando, Hunding, Fasolt, Hermann, Banco, Fiesco and Don Basilio.

Awards and recognitions:
Chamber Singer of the Hungarian State Opera (2022/2023)
György Melis Award (2021)
Gold Cross of Merit (2020)
Gusztáv Oláh Commemorative Plaque (2016)
Hungarian Silver Cross of Merit (2014)
Mihály Székely Commemorative Plaque (2013)
Wagner Society's scholarship (2011)
'Youth of March' Award (2010)
Annie Fischer Scholarship (2007)
Albert Szent-Györgyi Scholarship (2005)
Philharmonia Róbert Kovács Scholarship (2003)

Competitions:
Geneva International Singing Competition – special prize (2009)
Montserrat Caballé International Singing Competition – finalist (2008)
Budapest International Oratorio Competition – second prize (2007)
Erkel Arts Festivlal Aria and Song Competition – special prize (2004)
First Esztergom International Oratorio-Singing Competition – special prize (2004)
Fourth József Simándy Singing Competition – first prize (2004)
First Mária Gyurkovics Singing Competition – finalist (2003)

Performances

January 8. 19:00
semi-staged opera 14
Ludwig van Beethoven

Fidelio

Eiffel Art Studios – Locomotive Hall
March 20. 19:00
contemporary opera 18
Henry Purcell

THE FAIRY QUEEN

Eiffel Art Studios – Miklós Bánffy Stage
March 25. 20:00
contemporary opera 18
Henry Purcell

THE FAIRY QUEEN

Eiffel Art Studios – Miklós Bánffy Stage
March 27. 11:00
contemporary opera 18
Henry Purcell

THE FAIRY QUEEN

Eiffel Art Studios – Miklós Bánffy Stage
April 22. 18:00
mixed opera 14 rehearsal
Giuseppe Verdi

SIMON BOCCANEGRA

Hungarian State Opera
May 13. 19:00
contemporary opera 16
Gioachino Rossini – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Darius Milhaud

FIGARO3

Eiffel Art Studios – Miklós Bánffy Stage
May 15. 19:00
contemporary opera 16
Gioachino Rossini – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Darius Milhaud

FIGARO3

Eiffel Art Studios – Miklós Bánffy Stage
May 22. 19:00
contemporary opera 16
Gioachino Rossini – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Darius Milhaud

FIGARO3

Eiffel Art Studios – Miklós Bánffy Stage
May 27. 19:00
contemporary opera 16
Gioachino Rossini – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Darius Milhaud

FIGARO3

Eiffel Art Studios – Miklós Bánffy Stage
May 28. 19:00
contemporary opera 16
Gioachino Rossini – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Darius Milhaud

FIGARO3

Eiffel Art Studios – Miklós Bánffy Stage
May 29. 19:00
contemporary opera 16
Gioachino Rossini – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Darius Milhaud

FIGARO3

Eiffel Art Studios – Miklós Bánffy Stage
November 17. 16:00
contemporary opera 16 rehearsal
Richard Wagner

SIEGFRIED

Hungarian State Opera
November 19. 16:00
contemporary opera 16
Richard Wagner

SIEGFRIED

Hungarian State Opera
02. Molnár András season ticket
Calendar Tickets
March 2. 18:00
mixed opera 12 rehearsal
Ferenc Erkel

HUNYADI LÁSZLÓ

Hungarian State Opera
April 15. 11:00
contemporary opera 16
Gioachino Rossini – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Darius Milhaud

FIGARO3

Eiffel Art Studios – Miklós Bánffy Stage
Cancelled
April 16. 19:00
contemporary opera 16
Gioachino Rossini – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Darius Milhaud

FIGARO3

Eiffel Art Studios – Miklós Bánffy Stage
38. Kalmár Magda season ticket
Cancelled
April 21. 19:00
contemporary opera 16
Gioachino Rossini – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Darius Milhaud

FIGARO3

Eiffel Art Studios – Miklós Bánffy Stage
23. Uzoni Mária season ticket
Cancelled
April 22. 19:00
contemporary opera 16
Gioachino Rossini – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Darius Milhaud

FIGARO3

Eiffel Art Studios – Miklós Bánffy Stage
20. Rozsos István season ticket
Cancelled
April 23. 19:00
contemporary opera 16
Gioachino Rossini – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Darius Milhaud

FIGARO3

Eiffel Art Studios – Miklós Bánffy Stage
22. Kaszás Ildikó season ticket
Cancelled
June 15. 18:00
contemporary opera 18 rehearsal
Richard Strauss

ARIADNE AUF NAXOS

Hungarian State Opera
June 29. 18:00
mixed opera 18 rehearsal
Giuseppe Verdi

DON CARLO

Hungarian State Opera