
Géza Gábor
opera singer
bass
Géza Gábor was born in Székesfehérvár in 1972. After starting off by studying piano, he gained admission to the solo voice course at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music in 1991, where he graduated with honours in 1996 after studying under programme heads Zsolt Bende and Dénes Gulyás. He continued his studies in the opera department, earning his degree in 1998 under the guidance of Ádám Medveczky and Balázs Kovalik. After receiving his diploma, he found work in numerous minor roles at the Hungarian State Opera. In 1999, he signed with the National Theatre of Szeged, where he spent an extremely productive ten years. In 2009, he returned to the Opera House in the role of Baron Ochs (in Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier), and has been one of its most frequently engaged permanent guest artists ever since. With quite a wide repertoire ranging from the Baroque to contemporary composers, and from seria to buffa, he has appeared in numerous festivals both in Hungary and abroad. In 2007, he received great acclaim for his performance as Fasolt in the Wagner Days in Budapest Opera Festival at Müpa Budapest. He also enjoys singing in musicals, including the roles of Caiaphas (in Jesus Christ Superstar) and Molokov (Chess). In addition to his dramatic works, his repertoire of oratorios is quite broad, and he has sung most of the works that are most frequently performed in Hungary. During his Szeged years, he was twice awarded both the Dömötör Award and the Award of the Friends of the Opera. In 1997, the Association of Hungarian Composers awarded him the Artisjus Award for the popularisation of contemporary music.
His principal roles include Bluebeard (Bluebeard's Castle), Osmin (Die Entführung aus dem Serail), Bartolo and Basilio (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Leporello and the Commendatore (Don Giovanni), the Inquisitor (Don Carlos), Procida (I vespri siciliani), Sparafucile (Rigoletto), Colline (La bohème), Angelotti (Tosca), Pistola (Falstaff) Rocco (Fidelio), Timur (Turandot), Fasolt and Fafner (Das Rheingold), Hunding (Die Walküre), Stefano (Adès: The Tempest), King Baldemar (Tallér: Leander and Linseed).
Performances
August 24. 19:00
concert version
opera
CARMEN Tour
August 30. 20:00
concert version
opera
CARMEN Tour
September 12. 19:00
concert version
opera
CARMEN Tour
September 21. 20:00
mixed
opera
14
premiere
Fantasio / Fortunio
September 23. 19:00
mixed
opera
14
Fantasio / Fortunio
October 2. 18:00
contemporary
opera
12
Carmen
October 2. 20:00
mixed
opera
14
Fantasio / Fortunio
October 5. 18:00
contemporary
opera
12
Carmen
November 29. 19:00
concert version
opera
12
premiere
Samson and Delilah
December 16. 19:00
concert version
opera
14
Fidelio
December 18. 19:00
concert version
opera
14
Fidelio
January 23. 19:00
mixed
stream
12
premiere
Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio) – ONLINE premier
January 29. 20:00
mixed
opera
12
Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio)
January 31. 19:00
mixed
opera
12
Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio)
February 2. 20:00
mixed
opera
12
Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio)
February 5. 20:00
mixed
opera
12
Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio)
February 7. 19:00
mixed
opera
12
Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio)
February 13. 11:00
mixed
opera
12
Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio)
February 14. 19:00
mixed
opera
12
Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio)
February 20. 20:00
mixed
stream
16
premiere
Don Carlo – ONLINE premier
February 21. 18:00
mixed
opera
16
Don Carlo

February 26. 18:00
mixed
opera
16
Don Carlo

February 28. 11:00
mixed
opera
16
Don Carlo

March 4. 18:00
mixed
opera
16
Don Carlo

March 14. 18:00
mixed
opera
16
Don Carlo

March 20. 19:00
contemporary
stream
12
Les contes d’Hoffmann
March 20. 20:00
contemporary
stream
12
premiere
Les contes d’Hoffmann – ONLINE premiere

March 21. 11:00
contemporary
stream
12
Les contes d’Hoffmann
March 26. 19:00
contemporary
stream
12
Les contes d’Hoffmann
March 28. 11:00
contemporary
stream
12
Les contes d’Hoffmann
May 15. 20:00
classic
opera
12
Rigoletto – ONLINE stream
May 20. 19:00
contemporary
stream
12
Les contes d’Hoffmann
May 23. 19:00
contemporary
stream
12