Máté Kamarás

Máté Kamarás (born September 21, 1976 in Miskolc / Hungary ) is a Hungarian musical - actor and singer, made famous by the role of "Death" in the musical " Elisabeth " at the Theater an der Wien .

Vita

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Kamarás got his first role in February 1994, at the age of 17, at the Herman Ottó -Gymnasium (Miskolc) in "René".

A year later he also played “Jean Valjean” in “ Les Misérables ” there. In the same year (1995) he was able to get the role of "Pilate" in " Jesus Christ Superstar " with the help of the famous Hungarian singing teacher Mária Toldi . In the autumn of 1995 Kamarás played a member of the Russian delegation in " Chess " which was performed in the Rock Theater in Budapest .

In 1996, in spring, he played “Nick” from the musical “Fame”, which took place in the Thália Theater , also in Budapest. In the summer of the same year, Máté performed on various open-air stages, where he performed "Péter" on Bakáts Square in "Utazás" (in English "Journey") and "Elke" in "Elke" in the castle of Diósgyõr (Miskolc) Barbárok ”(in English“ barbarians ”) played. Until he received a scholarship at the Elmhurst Musical School in London in the spring of 1997 , Kamarás attended the Academy of Acting in his hometown from autumn 1996. In the same year Kamarás took on an ensemble role in " Dance of the Vampires " in Vienna , where he soon took on the role of the gay count's son "Herbert".

In the following summer of 1998 Kamarás was among other things in Rockin 'Musical Show, a selection of musicals, on an open-air stage in Zell am See , in "Rock it!" In the period from January 1998 to spring 1999 Kamarás played "Death" for the first time in "Elisabeth", located in the Budapest Operetta Theater and performed at the Szegedi Szabadtéri Játékok (is defined as an annual summer event on an open-air stage in Szeged ) as "Csaba" in "Attila, Isten kardja" (to German Attila, the saber of God).

Many changing roles followed in 2000. From February 4th he took over the role of the American “Freddie” in the musical “Chess”, which was being performed in Norway at the time. From April on, Kamarás played “Death” in the Hungarian version of “Elisabeth”, which was played in the Miskolc National Theater. At the beginning of August he portrayed “Tony” from “West Side Story” in Szeged, while from September 9th to November 28th he played a role as “Amadeus Mozart” in Falco Cybershow. During this time, the time of “ Taxi Orange ”, he recorded several songs with his Austrian band “Ohrrausch”, including the title song for the reality show . They received a gold plate for awards.

Furthermore, Kamarás was seen on June 9, 2001 as "Nick" in the musical "Fame" on the open-air stage on Margaret Island. From 2003 to the Dernière on December 4, 2005, Kamarás played “Death” in “ Elisabeth ” at the Theater an der Wien . In spring 2007 he toured Japan with ensemble and orchestra as “Tod” in “Elisabeth” for the Vereinigte Bühnen Wien. In Hungary he played “Death” again in 2007 in the musical “Elisabeth”, and also “Herbert” and, as a second cast, “Count von Krolock” in “Dance of the Vampires”.

He also takes part in “Elisabeth” in Budapest and plays the role of “Pharaoh” in “Joseph” in Vienna, in May 2010 he was on stage as Jack the Ripper in the musical “Lulu” in the Tyrolean State Theater and later played Kamarás "Ethan Girard" in the Amstetten tour production of the musical "The Full Monty - All or not".

In 2012 he was the first European to play a leading role in a purely Japanese production. Since then he can be seen in various Japanese cities as "Death".

In 2015, Máté Kamarás partially replaced Mark Seibert as death in Germany and Austria, as he was playing the role of Prince Archbishop in the musical Mozart! in Vienna and could no longer keep all appointments as death in the Elisabeth performance. Máté Kamarás' premiere return to the German stage took place on May 30, 2015 in Munich.

Engagements (musical)

1994

• First role at the Herman Ottó -Gymnasium (Miskolc) in "René".

1995

• "Jean Valjean" in " Les Misérables " at the Herman Ottó -Gymnasium (Miskolc)
• "Pilate" in " Jesus Christ Superstar "
• Member of the Russian delegation in " Chess " at the Rock Theater in Budapest

1996

• “Nick” in “Fame” at the Thália Theater , Budapest

1997

• “Herbert” and ensemble role in “ Tanz der Vampire ” in Vienna

1998

• Appearance in "Rockin 'Musical Show", a selection of musicals, on an open-air stage in Zell am See

1998/1999

• "Death" in "Elisabeth" in the Capital Operetta Theater (Budapest).

1999

• Appearance at "Szegedi Szabadtéri Játékok"

2000

• "Freddie" in the musical "Chess"
• "Death" in "Elisabeth" in the Miskolcer National Theater
• "Tony" in "West Side Story" in Szeged
• "Amadeus Mozart" in Falco Cybershow followed.

2001

• "Nick" in "Fame" on the open-air stage on Margaret Island

2003-2005

• “Death” in “Elisabeth” in the Theater an der Wien.

2007

• “Der Tod”, Japan tour of the United Theaters Vienna
• "Death" "Elisabeth" in Budapest
• “Herbert” and second cast “Graf von Krolock” in “Dance of the Vampires” in Budapest

2010

• "Jack the Ripper" in the musical "Lulu" in the Tyrolean State Theater
• "Ethan Girard" in "The Full Monty - All or not" in the Amstetter tour production, a. a. at the Deutsches Theater in Munich

2012

• "Death", in "Elisabeth", Japan
• “Der Tod”, Japan tour of the United Theaters Vienna

2013

• "Death", in "Elisabeth", Japan
• Performance "Made in Japan" a. a. together with Maya Hakvoort, Wiener Neustadt

2015

• “Death”, in “Elisabeth”, tour through Germany and Austria

Further engagements

Until the beginning of 2006 he was also the lead singer of the rock band X PACT . According to official information, the separation from X_PACT took place with mutual consent. Directly afterwards a new band was founded with the name "Máté!". A CD was planned for 2007.

In addition to various appearances, the Hungarian joined the Austrian sports journalists' soccer team at the end of April 2006, where he suffered a thigh strain a little later.

In November 2007 he toured Japan again with his band “Máté!” To give concerts there. From 2008 to 2010 Kamarás gave concerts in Japan again and again.

In March 2009 Kamarás released his first own CD "unreleased" and the same year the first DVD "Live in Vienna" was released (recorded in Vienna Metropol). In January of the following year the singer received an award from his hometown Miskolc and began also a joint music project with Marcus Loeber (“We thought we were rockstars”).