Bachtrack logo

A promising class of twelve: the grand final of the 6th Éva Marton Competition

Éva Marton with the five prizewinners
© Liszt Academy | László Mudra
Éva Marton with the prizewinners and competition jurors
© Liszt Academy | László Mudra
Loading, please wait...
See full listing
“Hongni Wu – the only mezzo here – impressed with a bronze-like, fruity timbre”
Reviewed at Liszt Academy: Grand Hall, Budapest on 7 September 2024
Leoncavallo, Pagliacci: Si può? Si può? (Prologue)
Bellini, La sonnambula: Ah! non credea mirarti
Bellini, La sonnambula: Ah! non giunge
Donizetti, Linda di Chamounix: Ah! Tardai troppo… O luce di quest'anima
Tchaikovsky, The Queen of Spades (Pique Dame): Ya vas lyublyu (Yeletsky's aria)
Verdi, Macbeth: Come dal ciel precipita
Giordano, Andrea Chénier: Nemico della Patria
Offenbach, Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Elle a fui, la tourterelle
Gounod, Faust: Quel trouble inconnu… Salut! Demeure chaste et pure
Rossini, Il barbiere di Siviglia: La calunnia e un venticello
Rossini, L'italiana in Algeri: Cruda sorte
Verdi, La traviata: È strano... Ah, fors' è lui
Verdi, La traviata: Sempre libera
Puccini, La bohème: Quando m'en vo
Puccini, Gianni Schicchi: Ah! Vittoria, Vittoria!.....Si corre dal notaio
Rimsky-Korsakov, The Tsar's Bride: Marfa's aria
Mozart, Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K620: O zittre nicht, mein lieber Sohn
Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K492: Hai già vinta la causa!
Ponchielli, La Gioconda: Si, morir ella de!...Ombre di mia prosapia
Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin: Kogda bï zhizn domashnim krugom (Onegin's aria)
Stravinsky, The Rake's Progress: No word from Tom... I go to him
Puccini, Turandot: Nessun dorma
Wagner, Tannhäuser: O du, mein holder Abendstern (Song to the evening star)
Handel, Serse (Xerxes), HWV 40: Crude furie
Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor: Il dolce suono
Donizetti, L'elisir d'amore: Prendi per me sei libero
Hungarian State Opera Orchestra
Péter Halász, Conductor
Mihai Damian, Baritone
Zoe Hippius, Soprano
Hyerim Kim, Soprano
Kim Jungrae Noah, Baritone
Seokjun Kim, Bass
Dinmukhamed Koshkinbayev, Baritone
Elizaveta Kulagina, Soprano
Jihoon Park, Tenor
Pete Thanapat, Baritone
Hongni Wu, Mezzo-soprano
Yeo Yeeun, Soprano
Alexandra Zotova, Soprano
All that glitters is not gold in Budapest's new Lohengrin
**111
A thrilling, opulent La Bayadère at Hungarian National Ballet
*****
Visually splendid, dramatically parched La Gioconda in Budapest
***11
Stumbling towards the chopping block: Maria Stuarda in Budapest
**111
Hungarian National Ballet: a tremendously witty Merry Widow
****1
Fine voices, staid production: Rigoletto at Hungarian State Opera
***11
More reviews...
Related articles
Loading image...
The art of memory: classical music for mourning
Loading image...
Traces and scratches: the magical world of composers’ handwriting
Loading image...
Years of pilgrimage: Lord Byron’s musical afterlives
Loading image...
From Salzburg, with love: Hans Graf bids farewell to Singapore with Mozart and Salieri
Orsolya Gyárfás