
Boldizsár László
Opera singer, Chamber Singer of the Hungarian State Opera (2017/2018)
tenor
Born in Keszthely, tenor László Boldizsár grew up in Paks, where he began his life in music at age seven at the local music school. After spending 15 years as the front man for the Cotton Club Singers jazz ensemble that he founded, he then went on to further his career in the genre of opera. He mastered the bel canto technique under two superb teachers, first studying under Olga Sík, and later under Berle Sanford Rosenberg, who herself was one of Carlo Bergoni's last students. In the first four years of his career as an opera singer, he sang principal tenor parts in 14 operas and three operettas. He made his debut with the Hungarian State Opera in 2012, in the role of Pinkerton. Apart from his performances at Budapest's opera house, he has also been a regular guest at the Slovak National Theatre in Bratislava and the National Theatre of Szeged, and has also made several appearances in each Győr, Miskolc, Košice, Prague, Estonia and Cluj-Napoca.
Awards and recognitions:
Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of Hungary (2023)
Chamber Singer of the Hungarian State Opera (2017/18)
György Melis Award (2016)
Friends of the Opera of Szeged Award (2014)
Dömötör Award, Szeged (2011, 2014)
Simándy Prize (2010)
“Opera Singer of the Year” award, Szeged (2010)
Viktor Vaszy Award, Szeged (2010)
“Man of the Year” award from on-line classical music journal www.momus.hu (2009)
Principal roles:
Bizet: Carmen – Don José
Berlioz: La damnation de Faust – Faust
Busoni: Doktor Faust – Mephistopheles
Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur – Maurizio
Donizetti: Anna Bolena – Percy
Goldmark: Die Königin von Saba – Assad
Gounod: Faust – Faust
Leoncavallo: Pagliacci – Canio
Erkel: Bánk bán – Otto
Erkel: Hunyadi László – László Hunyadi
Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana – Turiddu
Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots – Raoul de Nangis
Mozart: The Magic Flute – Tamino
Offenbach: Les contes de Hoffmann – Hoffmann
Liszt: Don Sanche – Don Sanche
Tchaikovsky: Onegin – Lensky
Puccini: La bohème – Rodolfo
Puccini: Tosca – Cavaradossi
Puccini: Turandot – Calaf
Puccini: Manon Lescaut – Des Grieux
Puccini: Il tabarro – Luigi
Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex – Oedipus
Verdi: Un ballo in maschera – Ricardo
Verdi: Il trovatore – Manrico
Verdi: Traviata – Alfred Germont
Verdi: Rigoletto – Duke of Mantua
Verdi: Macbeth – Macbeth
Verdi: Don Carlos – Don Carlos
Verdi: I due Foscari – Jacopo Foscari
Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer – Erik
Zandonai: Francesca da Rimini – Paolo
Offenbach: Die Rheinnixen – Franz Waldung
Wolf-Ferrari: Sly – Christopher Sly
The Gershwins®: Porgy and Bess® – Sporting Life
Performances
September 12. 19:30
classic
opera
14
Butterfly in the Emirates
September 13. 19:30
classic
opera
14
Butterfly in the Emirates
November 30. 18:00
contemporary
opera
14
rehearsal
TOSCA
December 3. 19:00
contemporary
opera
14
TOSCA
December 7. 19:00
contemporary
opera
14
TOSCA
December 10. 11:00
contemporary
opera
14
TOSCA
December 13. 19:00
contemporary
opera
14
TOSCA
December 16. 19:00
contemporary
opera
14
TOSCA
March 30. 19:00
concert
14
EASTER WITH MASCAGNI (Messa di Gloria / Cavalleria rusticana)
April 1. 19:00
concert
14
EASTER WITH MASCAGNI (Messa di Gloria / Cavalleria rusticana)
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 3. 19:00
mixed
opera
8
STEPHEN, THE KING
May 5. 11:00
mixed
opera
8
STEPHEN, THE KING
May 9. 19:00
mixed
opera
8
STEPHEN, THE KING
May 11. 19:00
mixed
opera
8
STEPHEN, THE KING
June 6. 18:00
contemporary
opera
18
rehearsal
AIDA
June 8. 18:00
contemporary
opera
18
AIDA
June 12. 18:00
contemporary
opera
18
AIDA
June 14. 18:00
contemporary
opera
18
AIDA
June 16. 11:00
contemporary
opera
18
AIDA
June 18. 18:00
contemporary
opera
18
AIDA
June 21. 18:00
contemporary
opera
18
AIDA
June 26. 18:00
contemporary
opera
18
AIDA
August 8. 18:00
classic
opera
14
rehearsal
UN BALLO IN MASCHERA
August 10. 19:00
classic
opera
14
UN BALLO IN MASCHERA
August 13. 19:00
classic
opera
14
UN BALLO IN MASCHERA
August 15. 19:00
classic
opera
14
UN BALLO IN MASCHERA
August 17. 19:00
classic
opera
14