Csilla Boross is a Hungarian operatic soprano who has had an active international career since her professional debut in 2003. She is particularly well known for her portrayal of Abigaille in Giuseppe Verdi's Nabucco. In 2009 she was the recipient of the Thalia Award and in 2016 she was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit.[1]
Career
editBorn in Budapest, Boross was educated at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music.[2] She made her professional debut in 2003 at the Hungarian State Opera as Konstanze in Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail. She was a resident artist at that opera house from 2003 to 2008, and since the 2008–2009 season she has been a resident artist at the National Theatre Brno, Janáček Theatre.[2] In her early career, she performed roles from the lighter coloratura soprano repertoire, including Cleopatra in Handel's Giulio Cesare, Gilda in Verdi's Rigoletto, and Violetta in Verdi's La traviata.[2] Later in her career she added roles from heavier more dramatic repertoire, including Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Cio-Cio-San in Madama Butterfly, Tatiana in Eugene Onegin, Venus in Tannhäuser, and the title roles in Adriana Lecouvreur, Aida, Jenůfa, Káťa Kabanová, and Tosca.[2]
In 2010 Boross made her United States debut at the Palm Beach Opera as Abigaille in Giuseppe Verdi's Nabucco;[3][4] a role she has performed with numerous companies, including a performance at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma under the baton of Riccardo Muti that was filmed for national broadcast on television in Italy in 2011.[5][6][7] She has also performed the role of Abigaille at the Washington National Opera (2012),[8] Opera Philadelphia (2013),[9] Grand Théâtre de Genève (2014),[10] Pittsburgh Opera (2015),[11] the Baths of Caracalla (2017, again with the Rome Opera),[12] the Teatro Regio Torino (2020),[13] and the Opéra de Marseille (2023).[14]
In 2013 Boross performed the role of Amelia in Verdi's Un ballo in maschera with Opera Australia.[15] In 2014 she portrayed Lady Macbeth in Verdi's Macbeth at the Palm Beach Opera,[16] and the title role in Bellini's Norma at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo.[17] In 2015 she was the soprano soloist in Verdi's Requiem at Victoria Hall (Geneva) with conductor Edo de Waart leading the musical forces.[18] In 2022 she performed the title role in Amilcare Ponchielli's La Gioconda at the Chorégies d'Orange;[19][20] a work she had previously sang for the opera's first staging in the Czech Republic at the National Theatre Brno in 2017.[21]
References
edit- ^ "2017 grand opera production: Aida by Verdi". GD Today. February 28, 2017.
- ^ a b c d Katerina Vlasáková (September 12, 2011). "Sólistka opery NDB Csilla Boross se představí pražskému publiku". ibrno.cv.
- ^ Rex Hearn (December 13, 2010). "Splendid second cast shines in PB Opera's 'Nabucco'". Palm Beach Art's Paper.
- ^ Jan Sjostrom. "Palm Beach Opera to stage Verdi's 'Nabucco' at Kravis". Palm Beach Daily News.
- ^ George Loomis (March 22, 2011). "In Italy, Even Verdi Has His Say". The New York Times.
- ^ Bruce Scott (May 6, 2011). "Career Building: Verdi's 'Nabucco'". NPR.
- ^ "Hungarian Soprano Finds Success Abroad ?: Interview with Csilla Boross". Kultura. December 7, 2011.
- ^ Anne Midgette (April 29, 2012). "Opera review: 'Nabucco' at the Washington National Opera". The Washington Post.
- ^ David Patrick Stearns (October 1, 2013). "This 'Nabucco' evokes two eras". The Philadelphia Inquirer.
- ^ Martina Diaz (March 2014). "Musique: Agenda genevoism". Scènes Magazine. p. 57.
- ^ Elizabeth Bloom (October 8, 2015). "Opera preview: Verdi's 'Nabucco' receives first Pittsburgh Staging Since 1973". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
- ^ Emma Granier (August 3, 2017). "Splendeur et émotions aux Thermes de Caracalla pour Nabucco". Bachtrack.
- ^ ""Nabucco", un nuovo allestimento per il capolavoro verdiano al Regio". Torino Today. February 2, 2020.
- ^ Patrick De Maria (February 4, 2023). "Nabucco, un grand moment d'Opéra à Marseille". La Marseillaise.
- ^ Michael Shmith (April 15, 2013). "Verdi: Un Ballo In Maschera". The Age.
- ^ Greg Stepanich (January 31, 2014). "PBO's 'Macbeth,' first cast: Chioldi, Boross impressive; Panikkar a discovery". Palm Beach Art's Paper.
- ^ "La soprano hongaresa Csilla Boross substituirà Webroek al Festival de Peralada". Diari de Girona. July 16, 2014.
- ^ Sylvie Bonier (February 25, 2015). "Le Requiem de Verdi entre ciel et terre". Le Temps.
- ^ Francisco Salazar (July 28, 2022). "Csilla Boross Replaces Saioa Hernández in 'La Gioconda' at Les Choregies d'Orange Festival". Opera Wire.
- ^ "Musique, Chorégies : Csilla Boross est la Gioconda". Le Dauphiné libéré. August 5, 2022.
- ^ "Česká premiéra a zájezd do Hongkongu. Janáčkovu operu čeká nabitý měsíc". EuroZprávy.cz. January 30, 2017.
External links
editMedia related to Csilla Boross at Wikimedia Commons