Judita Nagyová is a Slovak mezzo-soprano. She is a versatile member of the

Oper Frankfurt The Oper Frankfurt (Frankfurt Opera) is a German opera company based in Frankfurt. Opera in Frankfurt am Main has a long tradition, with many world premieres such as Franz Shrek's ''Der ferne Klang'' in 1912, '' Fennimore und Gerda'' by Frede ...

, who has appeared at European opera houses and festivals. She took part in the world premiere of Arnulf Herrmann's ''

Der Mieter (''The Tenant'') is an opera after the novel ''The Tenant'' (''Le locataire chimérique'') by Roland Topor, with music by Arnulf Herrmann composed in 2012 to 2017. The libretto was written by Händl Klaus. Commissioned by the Oper Frankfurt, the ...

''.

Career

Born in

Galanta Galanta ( hu, Galánta, german: Gallandau) is a town (about 15,000 inhabitants) in the Trnava Region of Slovakia. It is situated 50 km due east of the Slovak capital Bratislava. Etymology The name is derived from a Slavic name ''Golęta'' ( ...

, Nagyová studied at the Conservatory of Bratislava. She was a prize winner at international competitions such as the 2009 International Hans Gabor Belvedere in Vienna, where she achieved the special prize of the

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. She joined the company's studio from 2009 to 2011. She then moved to the Staatsoper Nürnberg, performing as Second Lady in Mozart's ''

Die Zauberflöte ''The Magic Flute'' (German: , ), K. 620, is an opera in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. The work is in the form of a ''Singspiel'', a popular form during the time it was written that includ ...

'', Orlofsky in ''

Die Fledermaus ' (, ''The Flittermouse'' or ''The Bat'', sometimes called ''The Revenge of the Bat'') is an operetta composed by Johann Strauss II to a German libretto by Karl Haffner and Richard Genée, which premiered in 1874. Background The original ...

'' by Johann Strauss, Mercédès in Bizet's ''

Carmen ''Carmen'' () is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the Carmen (novella), novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. The opera was first perfo ...

'', Schwertleite and Floßhilde in Wagner's ''

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'', and Krista in Janáček's '' Die Sache Makropulos'', performing the latter role also at ''

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'' in Venice. In 2012, she portrayed the title role of Handel's Ezio at the International Gluck Opera Festival. In 2014, she moved to the

where she appeared as Hänsel in Humperdinck's '' Hänsel und Gretel'' and as Dryade in ''

Ariadne auf Naxos (''Ariadne on Naxos''), Op. 60, is a 1912 opera by Richard Strauss with a German libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. The opera's unusual combination of elements of low commedia dell'arte with those of high opera seria points up one of the work' ...

'' by Richard Strauss. She performed there also as Martha in Tchaikovsky's ''

Iolanta ''Iolanta'', Op. 69, (russian: Иоланта, links=no ) is a lyric opera in one act by Pyotr Tchaikovsky. It was the last opera he composed. The libretto was written by the composer's brother Modest Tchaikovsky, and is based on the Danish play ...

'', Hannah in Weinberg's '' Die Passagierin'', Anna in ''

Les Troyens ''Les Troyens'' (; in English: ''The Trojans'') is a French grand opera in five acts by Hector Berlioz. The libretto was written by Berlioz himself from Virgil's epic poem the ''Aeneid''; the score was composed between 1856 and 1858. ''Les Tro ...

'' by Berlioz, Geneviève in Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande, Cherubino in Mozart's ''

Le nozze di Figaro ''The Marriage of Figaro'' ( it, Le nozze di Figaro, links=no, ), K. 492, is a ''commedia per musica'' (opera buffa) in four acts composed in 1786 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with an Italian libretto written by Lorenzo Da Ponte. It premie ...

'', Pippo in Rossini's ''

La gazza ladra ''La gazza ladra'' (, ''The Thieving Magpie'') is a ''melodramma'' or opera semiseria in two acts by Gioachino Rossini, with a libretto by Giovanni Gherardini based on ''La pie voleuse'' by Théodore Baudouin d'Aubigny and Louis-Charles Caigni ...

'', the Old Woman in Martinů's ''

Julietta ''Juliette'' is an opera by Bohuslav Martinů, who also wrote the libretto, in French, based on the play ''Juliette, ou La clé des songes'' (''Juliette, or The Key of Dreams)'' by the French author Georges Neveux. A libretto in Czech was later pre ...

'' which was recorded live, and Tisbe in Rossini's ''

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''. She took part in the world premiere of Arnulf Herrmann's ''

'', and performed as the Stable Girl in Humperdinck's ''

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'' in 2021. She first appeared at the

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as Hannah in ''Die Passagierin'' in May 2016. She has appeared at the

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in Amsterdam and the

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. At the

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, she performed as Mercédès. At the Tirol Summer Festival in Erl, she appeared as Ježibaba in ''

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'', and as Erda in Wagner's ''

Das Rheingold ''Das Rheingold'' (; ''The Rhinegold''), WWV 86A, is the first of the four music dramas that constitute Richard Wagner's ''Der Ring des Nibelungen'' (English: ''The Ring of the Nibelung''). It was performed, as a single opera, at the National ...

'', directed by

Brigitte Fassbaender Brigitte Fassbaender (; born 3 July 1939), is a German mezzo-soprano opera singer and a stage director. From 1999 to 2012 she was intendant (managing director) of the Tyrolean State Theatre in Innsbruck, Austria. She holds the title Kammersänge ...

. On 10 March 2022, she was the alto soloist in the finale of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in a charity concert for Ukraine at the

Alte Oper Alte Oper (Old Opera) is a concert hall in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany. It is located in the inner city, Innenstadt, within the banking district Bankenviertel. Today's Alte Oper was built in 1880 as the city's opera house, which was destro ...

Frankfurt, with the

hr-Sinfonieorchester The Frankfurt Radio Symphony (german: hr-Sinfonieorchester) is the radio orchestra of Hessischer Rundfunk, the public broadcasting network of the German state of Hesse. From 1929 to 1950 it was named ''Frankfurter Rundfunk-Symphonie-Orchester''. F ...

conducted by

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References

External links

Judita Nagyová
operabase.com * Adriana Banásová
Judita Nagyová: Najťažšou pre mňa bola opera Pasažierka s námetom z koncentračného tábora
(interview and videos, in Slovak) operaslovakia.sk 8 November 2015 * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nagyová, Judita 21st-century Slovak women opera singers Mezzo-sopranos People from Galanta 1992 births Living people Slovak people of Hungarian descent