Biography
The Hungarian basso cantante, István Kovács was born in 1972. He graduated as a physician and taught at the Medical School of his home town, Pécs, then he went to study singing with László Polgár in Zürich, and Sherman Lowe in Venice. From 1997 to 1999 he received several prizes in Graz: ”Schubert and the Music of the XX. Century”; in Barcelona: Francesco Vinas International Competition; in Munich: ARD Competition and in Salzburg: Mozart Competition. From the season 1999/2000 he has been a professional singer. In the following years he was contracted to the Teatro Regio in Torino where he sang among others Haly /L’ italiana in Algeri/, Raimondo / Lucia di Lammermoor/; to Budapest for Don Giovanni, Sparafucile and Nanni /Haydn’s L’Infedeltá delusa/; to Strasbourg for Publio /La clemenza di
Performance credits
Upcoming performances Today Onwards
Past performances 1999 — Yesterday
Matthäus Passion, BWV 244 (St. Matthew Passion), Bach, J. S.
Hungarian State OperaBass
View cast and crewPikovaya Dama (The Queen of Spades), Tchaikovsky, P. I.
Hungarian State OperaSurin
View cast and crewZuglói Filharmónia - Szent István Király Szimfonikus Zenekar és Oratóriumkórus, Mahler
Müpa BudapestPater Profundus (Bass)
View cast and crewDie Zauberflöte (reduction) (The Magic Flute(reduction)), Mozart
Hungarian State OperaSarastro
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Messiás – koncertszerű előadás, HändelMozart
Hungarian State OperaBass + 1 roles
View program, cast and crewFeatured past performances
Matthäus Passion, BWV 244 (St. Matthew Passion), Bach, J. S.
Hungarian State OperaBass
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Pikovaya Dama (The Queen of Spades), Tchaikovsky, P. I.
Hungarian State OperaSurin
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Zuglói Filharmónia - Szent István Király Szimfonikus Zenekar és Oratóriumkórus, Mahler
Müpa BudapestPater Profundus (Bass)
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Die Zauberflöte (reduction) (The Magic Flute(reduction)), Mozart
Hungarian State OperaSarastro
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Messiás – koncertszerű előadás, HändelMozart
Hungarian State OperaBass + 1 roles
View program, cast and crewUpcoming performances
20War and Peace, op. 91, Prokofiev
Hungarian State OperaCount Ilya Rostov
View cast and crewPelléas et Mélisande (Pelléas and Mélisande), Debussy
Hungarian State OperaGolaud
View cast and crewParázsfuvolácska – The Magic Flute For Children, Mozart
Hungarian State OperaSarastro
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Budapest, Hungary
Biography
The Hungarian basso cantante, István Kovács was born in 1972. He graduated as a physician and taught at the Medical School of his home town, Pécs, then he went to study singing with László Polgár in Zürich, and Sherman Lowe in Venice. From 1997 to 1999 he received several prizes in Graz: ”Schubert and the Music of the XX. Century”; in Barcelona: Francesco Vinas International Competition; in Munich: ARD Competition and in Salzburg: Mozart Competition. From the season 1999/2000 he has been a professional singer. In the following years he was contracted to the Teatro Regio in Torino where he sang among others Haly /L’ italiana in Algeri/, Raimondo / Lucia di Lammermoor/; to Budapest for Don Giovanni, Sparafucile and Nanni /Haydn’s L’Infedeltá delusa/; to Strasbourg for Publio /La clemenza di
