- Éva Marton
Éva Marton (born
June 18 ,1943 ,Budapest ) is a Hungarian dramaticsoprano , particularly known for her operatic portrayals ofPuccini 'sTurandot andTosca , andWagner ian roles.Vocal training and early years
Marton studied voice at the
Franz Liszt Academy inBudapest . She made her professional debut as Kate Pinkerton inPuccini ’sMadama Butterfly atHungary ’sMargareten Island summer festival. At the Hungarian State Opera, she made her debut as Queen of Shemaka inRimsky-Korsakov 'sLe Coq d'Or in 1968. [J. Warrack and E. West, The Oxford Dictionary of Opera (1992).]In 1972, she was invited by
Christoph von Dohnanyi to make her debut as the Countess inLe Nozze di Figaro at theFrankfurt Opera. That same year, she sang Matilde inRossini 'sGuglielmo Tell inFlorence , conducted byRiccardo Muti . She also returned to Budapest to sing Odabella inVerdi ’sAttila . In 1973, Marton made her debut at theVienna State Opera in Puccini’sTosca . In 1977, she sang at the Hamburg State Opera, in the role of the Empress inDie Frau ohne Schatten , and made her San Francisco Opera debut in the title role of Verdi’sAida . In 1978, Marton made her debut atLa Scala in Milan as Leonora in Verdi’sIl Trovatore . She debuted at theLyric Opera of Chicago in 1979 as Maddalena inUmberto Giordano 'sAndrea Chenier . [ [http://www.evamarton.com Marton Éva hivatalos honlapja ] ]In 1981, she performed at the Munich Opera Festival in the title role of
Die ägyptische Helena byRichard Strauss ,Wolfgang Sawallisch conducting. She sang the role of Leonore inBeethoven ’sFidelio in 1982 and 1983, both performances conducted byLorin Maazel . [ [http://www.evamarton.com Marton Éva hivatalos honlapja ] ]Wagnerian roles
In 1976, she made her
Metropolitan Opera debut in New York in the role of Eva inWagner ’sDie Meistersinger von Nürnberg . At the Bayreuth Festival she sang both Elisabeth and Venus inTannhäuser in 1977-1978. In 1982, Marton performed the role of Elisabeth in Tannhäuser at the Metropolitan Opera. Of that performance, theNew York Times wrote:The arrival on the scene of a fully matured Wagnerian singer is always good news, however long we must wait between dispatches from the front. The news today is that Eva Marton has arrived. The Hungarian artist, portraying Elisabeth for the first time with the Metropolitan Opera in Monday night's "Tannhauser," showed that she has the vocal and temperamental qualities to become the opera world's next important dramatic soprano. She may, in fact, already be there. The timbre is right, the sheer staying power is impressive and the instincts are those of a born actress. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9502E0D81039F932A35751C1A964948260 Donal Henahan, MET OPERA: EVA MARTON] , "
The New York Times ", December 1, 1982.]Marton later became a frequent interpreter of the role of
Brünnhilde in Wagner'sDer Ring des Nibelungen . She performed in the completeZubin Mehta -led Ring cycle at theLyric Opera of Chicago in 1996. In 1998, she appeared in a new production of "Lohengrin" at the Hamburg State Opera, portraying Ortrud. [ [http://www.evamarton.com Marton Éva hivatalos honlapja ] ]Turandot
Marton first sang the title role of Puccini’s last opera
Turandot at the Vienna State Opera in 1983. It became a role with which she was closely identified. Since 1983, she has performed the role over a hundred times including at theMetropolitan Opera ,La Scala , Arena diVerona ,San Francisco Opera ,Lyric Opera of Chicago , Washington Opera, Barcelona, Houston Grand Opera. She has also portrayed Turandot in six television and video productions, including a Vienna State Opera production directed byHarold Prince , a Metropolitan Opera production created byFranco Zeffirelli production and a production designed byDavid Hockney filmed at the San Francisco Opera. She has recorded the role twice, conducted byLorin Maazel and laterRoberto Abbado . [ [http://www.evamarton.com Marton Éva hivatalos honlapja ] ]Recent years
Marton’s new roles in this millennium include
Isolde in Wagner’sTristan und Isolde at Hamburg State Opera in 2000, and Kundry in Wagner’sParsifal in Barcelona and Lisbon in 2001. In 2006 and 2007, she performed in a concert version of Giordano’s "Fedora" at theMiskolc Opera Festival , in "Elektra" byRichard Strauss at theDeutsche Oper am Rhein inDüsseldorf , and inJenufa in Hamburg, in the role of the Kostelnicka. [ [http://www.evamarton.com/en_calendar.asp Eva Marton - Calendar ] ] She retired from the operatic stage after performing the role of Klytemnestra in "Elektra" in Barcelona (Spain) in Feb/March 2008.References
External links
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