"What is the most difficult thing, if it is not to portray pure simplicity and trueness to life itself?” - Ildikó Komlósi asked herself in an interview. One of the best-known and most acclaimed figures on the international opera scene today, Komlósi began her career at the Opera House in Budapest, but is now equally at home on the stages of New York's Metropolitan Opera, Vienna's Staatsoper, La Scala in Milan, the Verona Arena, London's Covent Garden or the Semperoper in Dresden - only to mentio...n the most significant venues. Her international career began with victory in the Pavarotti Competition, as a result of which she had the chance to sing the mezzo-soprano part in Verdi's Requiem alongside the great tenor. For Komlósi, however, just as important is her childhood experience of seeing a performance of La Bohème at the National Theatre of Szeged in Szarvas, as she has never been able to escape its influence. Her repertoire is vast, ranging from Purcell to Mozart, and from Verdi to Richard Strauss, and today she is all but synonymous on the world's musical stages with the role of Judith in Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle. "Since the age of 23, I have sung it more than 150 times. We grew up together, so that Judith gradually grew from a young girl into a woman,” she says, adding: "I almost prefer to sing it in concert than as theatre.” This evening Komlósi will display the most beautiful pieces from her musical treasure chest.
Presented by: MÁV Symphony Orchestra Foundation
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