Csilla Boross

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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]

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Career

Born 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]

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  3. ↑ Rex Hearn (December 13, 2010). "Splendid second cast shines in PB Opera's 'Nabucco'". Palm Beach Art's Paper.
  4. ↑ Jan Sjostrom. "Palm Beach Opera to stage Verdi's 'Nabucco' at Kravis". Palm Beach Daily News .
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  9. ↑ David Patrick Stearns (October 1, 2013). "This 'Nabucco' evokes two eras". The Philadelphia Inquirer .
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  11. ↑ Elizabeth Bloom (October 8, 2015). "Opera preview: Verdi's 'Nabucco' receives first Pittsburgh Staging Since 1973". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette .
  12. ↑ Emma Granier (August 3, 2017). "Splendeur et émotions aux Thermes de Caracalla pour Nabucco". Bachtrack .
  13. ↑ ""Nabucco", un nuovo allestimento per il capolavoro verdiano al Regio". Torino Today . February 2, 2020.
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  15. ↑ Michael Shmith (April 15, 2013). "Verdi: Un Ballo In Maschera". The Age .
  16. ↑ Greg Stepanich (January 31, 2014). "PBO's 'Macbeth,' first cast: Chioldi, Boross impressive; Panikkar a discovery". Palm Beach Art's Paper.
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