
Erika Gál
opera singer, Chamber Singer of the Hungarian State Opera (2014/15)
mezzo-soprano
Erika Gál was born in 1977 in Debrecen, where she also completed her musical studies. She went on to earn her degree in arts, with honours, from the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music’s Debrecen Conservatory in 2001. In 1998 her performance at the Simándy Singing Competition drew the attention of Erzsébet Komlóssy, who has been guiding her professional development ever since. In 2000 she won the scholarship of the Budapest Society of Friends of the Opera, and made her debut at the Erkel Theatre in the same year, in the role of Lola in Mascagni’s Cavelleria rusticana. She has been a contracted member of the Hungarian State Opera since 2000, when she continued her studies at the Opera Studio, where she received the opportunity to attend master classes held by Júlia Hamari, Renata Scotto and Anna Reynolds, among others. Winning the scholarship of the Richard Wagner Society in 2001 allowed her to gain valuable experience in Bayreuth. In 2003 she won the title Voice of the Year, and was the winner of the Mándy Foundation Award in 2004. In 2009 she won the Gusztáv Oláh Commemorative Plaquette, in 2013 the Erszébet Komlóssy Award. She was awarded the title of Chamber Singer of the Hungarian State Opera for the 2014/15 season. She has been a regular collaborator at the Bartók Plus Opera Festival in Miskolc, where she has sung the roles of Polina and Olga in Tchaikovsky’s operas The Queen of Spades and Eugene Onegin, respectively, as well as Giovanna Seymour in Donizetti’s Anna Bolena and Amneris in Aida. At the Wagner in Budapest Opera Festival, she has sung the roles of Flosshilde and Erda (Das Rheingold), Erda (Siegfried) and the First Norn (Götterdämmerung). She has partnered on the stage with such world stars as Andrea Rost, Renato Bruson, Anja Silja, Maria Gavrilova, L'ubica Vargicová, Yuri Simonov and Rico Saccani, and has sung in Finland, Italy, Germany, Austria, Romania, Japan and Thailand. In 2023, he received the Zoltán Závodszky Award.
Principal roles:
Bizet: Carmen – title role
Goldmark: The Queen of Sheba – title role
Kodály: Háry János – Örzse
Mascagni: Cavelleria rusticana – Lola
Mozart: The Magic Flute – Third Lady
Puccini: Madama Butterfly – Suzuki
Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District – Sonyetka
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin – Olga; Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades – Paulina
Verdi: Aida – Amneris; Don Carlos – Eboli; Falstaff – Mrs. Meg Page; La traviata – Flora; Otello – Emilia; Nabucco – Fenena; Rigoletto – Maddalena; Requiem – mezzo-soprano part
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg – Magdalena; Tannhäuser – Venus; Das Rheingold – Flosshilde, Erda; Die Walküre – Grimgerde; Siegfried – Erda; Götterdämmerung – First Norn
Performances
September 12. 19:30
classic
opera
14
Butterfly in the Emirates
September 13. 19:30
classic
opera
14
Butterfly in the Emirates
September 21. 18:00
concert version
opera
rehearsal
MADAMA BUTTERFLY – concert performance
September 23. 19:00
concert version
opera
MADAMA BUTTERFLY – concert performance
September 26. 19:00
concert version
opera
MADAMA BUTTERFLY – concert performance
October 5. 18:00
contemporary
opera
14
rehearsal
NABUCCO
October 7. 19:00
contemporary
opera
14
NABUCCO
October 11. 13:00
contemporary
opera
12
SCHICCHI 2.0 – Lázár Ervin Programme, MVM Piccolo Programme

Youth Programme
October 11. 19:00
contemporary
opera
14
NABUCCO
October 12. 11:00
contemporary
opera
12
SCHICCHI 2.0 – Lázár Ervin Programme, MVM Piccolo Programme

Youth Programme
October 12. 13:00
contemporary
opera
12
SCHICCHI 2.0 – Lázár Ervin Programme, MVM Piccolo Programme

Youth Programme
October 13. 13:00
contemporary
opera
12
SCHICCHI 2.0 – Lázár Ervin Programme, MVM Piccolo Programme

Youth Programme
October 13. 19:00
contemporary
opera
14
NABUCCO
October 15. 19:00
contemporary
opera
14
NABUCCO
October 16. 11:00
contemporary
opera
12
SCHICCHI 2.0 – Lázár Ervin Programme, MVM Piccolo Programme

Youth Programme
October 16. 13:00
contemporary
opera
12
SCHICCHI 2.0 – Lázár Ervin Programme, MVM Piccolo Programme

Youth Programme
October 17. 13:00
contemporary
opera
12
SCHICCHI 2.0 – Lázár Ervin Programme, MVM Piccolo Programme

Youth Programme
October 17. 19:00
contemporary
opera
14
NABUCCO
October 19. 19:00
contemporary
opera
14
NABUCCO
October 21. 19:00
contemporary
opera
14
NABUCCO
November 2. 19:30
classic
concert
10
GOLDEN AGE: REQUIEM
November 3. 18:00
contemporary
opera
16
rehearsal
DAS RHEINGOLD
November 4. 19:30
classic
concert
10
REQUIEM
November 5. 16:00
contemporary
opera
16
rehearsal
DIE WALKÜRE
November 8. 19:30
classic
concert
10
REQUIEM
November 9. 19:00
contemporary
opera
16
DAS RHEINGOLD
November 10. 17:00
contemporary
opera
16
DIE WALKÜRE
November 16. 19:00
contemporary
opera
16
DAS RHEINGOLD
November 17. 17:00
contemporary
opera
16
DIE WALKÜRE
November 18. 16:00
contemporary
opera
16
SIEGFRIED
December 4. 19:00
concert version
opera
NABUCCO HIGHLIGHTS AND VERDI OPERA GALA WITH DOMINGO
December 8. 19:00
concert version
opera
NABUCCO HIGHLIGHTS AND VERDI OPERA GALA WITH DOMINGO
Dynamic prices
January 25. 18:00
mixed
opera
12
rehearsal
RUSALKA
January 27. 19:00
mixed
opera
12
premiere
RUSALKA
January 31. 19:00
mixed
opera
12
RUSALKA
February 2. 19:00
mixed
opera
12
RUSALKA
February 4. 11:00
mixed
opera
12
RUSALKA
February 7. 19:00
mixed
opera
12
RUSALKA
February 9. 19:00
mixed
opera
12
RUSALKA
February 11. 19:00
mixed
opera
12
RUSALKA
April 4. 18:00
mixed
opera
14
rehearsal
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA / PAGLIACCI
April 6. 19:00
mixed
opera
14
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA / PAGLIACCI
April 7. 19:00
mixed
opera
14
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA / PAGLIACCI
April 9. 19:00
mixed
opera
14
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA / PAGLIACCI
April 10. 19:00
mixed
opera
14
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA / PAGLIACCI
April 12. 19:00
mixed
opera
14
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA / PAGLIACCI
April 13. 19:00
mixed
opera
14
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA / PAGLIACCI
April 19. 19:00
mixed
opera
14
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA / PAGLIACCI
April 21. 11:00
mixed
opera
14
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA / PAGLIACCI
May 17. 20:00
contemporary
opera
18
L'INCORONAZIONE DI POPPEA (THE CORONATION OF POPPEA)
May 19. 17:00
contemporary
opera
18
L'INCORONAZIONE DI POPPEA (THE CORONATION OF POPPEA)
May 23. 17:00
contemporary
opera
18
rehearsal
ВОЙНА И МИР (WAR AND PEACE)
May 25. 18:00
contemporary
opera
18
ВОЙНА И МИР (WAR AND PEACE)
May 28. 18:00
contemporary
opera
18
ВОЙНА И МИР (WAR AND PEACE)
May 31. 18:00
contemporary
opera
18
ВОЙНА И МИР (WAR AND PEACE)
June 2. 11:00
contemporary
opera
18
ВОЙНА И МИР (WAR AND PEACE)
June 5. 18:00
contemporary
opera
18
ВОЙНА И МИР (WAR AND PEACE)
June 7. 18:00
contemporary
opera
18