Kinga Dobay

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Kinga Dobay (* 1975 in Târgu Mureș , Socialist Republic of Romania ) is a German-Hungarian opera singer ( mezzo-soprano ). She is the granddaughter of the Hungarian soccer player Ștefan Dobay .

Life

Her musical career began with studying the violin. As a result, Kinga Dobay studied musical and then opera singing at the Leipzig University of Music . She completed master classes a. a. with Julia Hamari , Teresa Berganza and Grace Bumbry . This was followed by postgraduate studies at the Maastricht Conservatory with Mya Besselink .

In 2003 the mezzo-soprano made her operatic debut as Carmen in the opera of the same name under the direction of Yakov Kreizberg . Engagements led Kinga Dobay to the opera stages a. a. New National Theater Tokyo, State Opera Prague, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Bregenz Festival, Opera Ireland Dublin, State Theater Karlsruhe, Leipzig Opera, Münster, Dresden, Bonn, Halle, Ulm and others. a. m. In addition to her star role as Carmen, she is also at home in baroque music. Handel's title roles in Serse , Ariodante , Rinaldo , Imeneo are part of her repertoire, as well as Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia , Angelina in La Cenerentola , Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni , Elle in La voix humaine by Francis Poulenc, and Maddalena in Rigoletto , the Fenena in Nabucco , the Orsola in Il Campiello by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, the composer in Ariadne on Naxos and the Hansel in Hansel and Gretel . In the 2015/2016 season she made her debut at the Staatstheater Cottbus as Bramandante in Handel's Alcina.

The all-round artist is also a celebrated musical singer. Her musical roles include, for example, Anita in West Side Story , which she embodied in 2004 at the Bregenz Festival , Aldonza in Der Mann von La Mancha or Lola Blau in Tonight: Lola Blau by Georg Kreisler. From 2000 to 2002 she gave over 400 performances in Revue Berlin and Jingle Bells in the Friedrichstadtpalast . The artist has been a lecturer for opera, operetta and musicals at the Lyric Opera Studio in Weimar since 2013.

Awards / prizes

  • 1999: First prize winner at the national singing competition in Berlin
  • 2000: 1st musical award and audience award at the international singing competition "Debut in Meran"
  • 2002: Orpheus Prize at the International Singing Competition for Italian and French Opera in Passau
  • 2005: Zarzuela Prize at Plácido Domingos Operalia in Madrid
  • 2005: Winner of the Shizuoka singing competition in Hamamatsu (Japan)
  • 2005: 2nd Operetta Prize and Orpheus Prize at the Hans Gabor Belvedere International Singing Competition in Vienna
  • 2006: 2nd Opera Prize at the Concurso Internacional de Canto "Villa de Colmenar Viejo"
  • 2006: 2nd Opera Prize and Audience Prize at the IVC s'Hertogenbosch International Singing Competition

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personal data
SURNAME Dobay, Kinga
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Hungarian opera singer (mezzo-soprano)
DATE OF BIRTH 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Târgu Mureș , Socialist Republic of Romania