Stefánia Moldován

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Stefánia Moldován (born August 24, 1931 in Șieu-Odorhei , Romania ; † April 12, 2012 in Budapest , Hungary ) was a Romanian-Hungarian opera singer ( soprano ).

Life

Moldován was born in Transylvania , Romania ; her father was of Armenian origin. In 1944 her family moved to Hungary.

Moldován studied singing from 1948 to 1953 at the Franz Liszt Music Academy in Budapest as a student of Jenö Sipos. Her singing career began as a choir player. She made her stage debut as an opera singer in 1954 at the Szeged Opera House as Mimì in La Bohème . From 1954 to 1961 she was a permanent member of the ensemble at the Szeged Opera House. In 1961 she was engaged at the Budapest National Opera, of which she remained a permanent member of the ensemble for over 25 years until she retired.

Moldován mainly sang the youthful-dramatic soprano part ; Her repertoire focused on women in the operas of Giuseppe Verdi and Giacomo Puccini . Her stage roles included Leonora in Il trovatore , Amelia in Un ballo in maschera , Desdemona in Otello (alongside József Simándy ), the title roles in Manon Lescaut and Tosca and Minnie in La fanciulla del West . Moldován also sang parts of German opera, in Hungarian: Leonore in Fidelio , Agathe in Der Freischütz and Senta in Der Fliegende Holländer . Other roles were Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni and Melinda in the opera Bánk bán by Ferenc Erkel .

In October 1964 she took part in the world premiere of Sándor Szokolay's opera Blood Wedding at the Budapest State Opera .

Moldován has made guest appearances at the Bolshoi Theater , in Leningrad , Prague , Warsaw , Brno and, in German-speaking countries, at the Berlin State Opera and the Komische Oper Berlin .

Moldován last lived in Budapest in a retirement and nursing home for artists.

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  1. ↑ a b c Meghalt Moldován Stefánia operaénekes obituary, hvg.hu , from April 12, 2012
  2. ↑ a b c Elhunyt Molován Stefánia ( Memento of the original from November 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Biography from Opéra-Vilag , accessed April 20, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.opera-vilag.hu
personal data
SURNAME Moldován, Stefánia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Romanian-Hungarian opera singer (soprano)
DATE OF BIRTH August 24, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Șieu-Odorhei , Romania
DATE OF DEATH April 12, 2012
Place of death Budapest , Hungary