Szilvia Vörös

The Hungarian mezzo-soprano Szilvia Vörös, born into a family of musicians, studied at Ferenc Liszt Academy in Budapest from Éva Marton. She won several important singing competitions, among (2014 – Budapest, Éva Marton International Singing Competion, 2017 – Portofino, Concorso Lirico Internazionale di Portofino 2018.
She has been a soloist of the Hungarian State Opera for four seasons where she was able to develop at that time a broad repertoire and her performances as Suzuki (Madama Butterfly), Fenena (Nabucco), Waltraute (Die Walküre), Bersi (Andrea Chenier), Romeo (I Capuleti e i Montecchi), Isabella (L’italiana in Algeri) won her critical acclaim.
She also performed in Péter Eötvös’ chamber opera Out at S.E.A. She appeared with this project in Milan, Brussels, Kraków and Paris. Regularly invited for recital and Lieder Szilvia has an important concert repertoire by composers ranging from Bach and Pergolesi via Mozart, Rossini and Liszt, to Arvo Pärt.
As participant of the Young Singers’ Project in 2016, Szilvia Vörös sang Albine in Thaïs by Massenet at the 2016 Salzburg Festival with Placido Domingo and in Manon Lescaut by Puccini alongside Anna Netrebko.
In the season 2018/2019 she has joined the ensemble of Vienna State Opera where she made her debut as Anna in Les Troyens with Joyce DiDonato, in Rusalka, Fenena in Nabucco, Flowermaid in Parsifal as well Hippolyta (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Ottavia (L’incoronazione di Poppea), Mercedes (Carmen), Smeton (Anna Bolena), Waltraute (Goettermaemmerung) Messaggera-Proserpina (Orfeo Monteverdi).
In 2019 made her debut in Brussels La Monnaie as Laura in La Gioconda and a year after she sang Judit from Bluebeard’s castle by Bartók with the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, under S. Malkki. That concert was recorded by BIS records and the album was nominated for the Best Opera Recording on Grammy in 2022. In 2023 at the Rome Opera Theater she was a highly acclaimed Judith in Bartok's Bluebeard's Castle, under the direction of M. Mariotti.

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