Krisztián Cser (pronounced ristiaːn t͡ʃɛr (born 9 December 1977) is a Hungarian operatic and concert singer (

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) and physicist, the soloist of the Hungarian State Opera.

Biography

Krisztián Cser was born in 1977, in Szeged, Hungary. He grew up in a family of musicians. His grandmother Tímea Cser was a soprano, grandfather Gusztáv Cser was a composer-conductor, father Miklós Cser was a conductor. His mothe
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is a painter. He has 5 siblings. One of his brothers, Ádám Cser is a musician too, he is a composer-conductor. He grew up in Szeged, Hungary, where he began his musical studies by playing the piano in his early childhood. After leaving high school, he graduated in physics at the University of Szeged in 2002 ( Hungary) and began to work as a PhD student at the Institute of Biophysics of the Szeged Biological Research Centre. But his artistic roots proved strong, science was replaced by music in his life. He studied classical singing at the University of Szeged, where his vocal trainer was István Andrejcsik, then he attended the Department of Vocal and Opera Studies at the

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, where the famous operatic singer

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was his professor and studied stage movement and acting with Balázs Kovalik. Krisztian Cser opera singer 2020 photo Zsofi Raffay 02

Krisztián Cser succeeded in several Hungarian and international singing competitions, either he got into the finals, got a special prize, or even won. He came out as an oratorio soloist in J. S. Bach's Saint John Passion in 1998. His repertoire includes a wide range of musical styles from early

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. In opera roles he appeared first in 2008, since when he has been a member of the Hungarian State Opera. His first lead role at the Hungarian State Opera was Pomádé in Ránki's King Pomádé's New Clothes. He has sung under the baton of renowned Hungarian and foreign conductors such as Pierre Cao,

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, Helmuth Rilling,

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, Gábor Hollerung,

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, Zoltán Kocsis,

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, Iván Fischer, Zoltán Peskó, György Vashegyi,

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and

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. During the years, his title-role singing in

Béla Bartók Béla Viktor János Bartók (; ; 25 March 1881 – 26 September 1945) was a Hungarian composer, pianist, and ethnomusicologist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century; he and Franz Liszt are regarded as H ...

's Bluebeard's Castle became emblematic, he sings it in many Hungarian and international performances successfully with the contribution of renowned conductors. In some of the countries during his tour around the world, the audience could listen to and watch this opera for the first time in his performance. Above all, on the CD published in 2018 for the centenary of the Bluebeard's Castle premiere, Krisztián Cser sings Bluebeard. Besides Bartók's opera, he has played other remarkable roles on opera stages. He frequently sings the bass roles of

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's operas as Figaro, Leporello and Sarastro, and authentically plays the protagonists in Verdi and Wagner's operas, such as The Grand Inquisitor and Philip II in Don Carlos or Wotan in

The Rhinegold ''Das Rheingold'' (; ''The Rhinegold''), Wagner-Werk-Verzeichnis, 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 ...

. His other leading roles have included Colline in

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's La bohème and Don Basilio in

Rossini Gioachino Antonio Rossini (29 February 1792 – 13 November 1868) was an Italian composer who gained fame for his 39 operas, although he also wrote many songs, some chamber music and piano pieces, and some sacred music. He set new standards f ...

's The Barber of Seville. His ever-expanding repertoire includes more than 60 operas and nearly 80 roles. He regularly performs on Hungarian opera and concert stages. He gave recitals also at the

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in London, at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg and many more famous concert hall. He has debut as Wotan in Wagner's

in 2018, and as Don Pizarro in Beethoven's Fidelio at the

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. In 2019 he sang the role of Bluebeard with the Budapest Festival Orchestra conducted by Iván Fischer, at

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in New York City. He also sang the role of Wotan in the fall of 2019 in Mexico City, where the 150th anniversary of the staging of Wagner's

was celebrated.

Career

*1998: first professional appearance as an oratorio soloist , J. S. Bach:

St John Passion The ''Passio secundum Joannem'' or ''St John Passion'' (german: Johannes-Passion, link=no), BWV 245, is a Passion or oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach, the older of the surviving Passions by Bach. It was written during his first year as direc ...

*2002: graduate as physicist at the University of Szeged *2006: graduate at the College of Music in Szeged *2008: graduate at the

of Music in Budapest *2008: debut as Don Magnifico ,

: La Cenerentola , Italy ( Spoleto) *2008: the first lead at the Hungarian State Opera: Pomádé , Ránki: King Pomádé's New Clothes *2010-: guest artist of the Hungarian State Opera *2014: Bluebeard ,

: Bluebeard's Castle ,

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

, Ukraine ( Kyiv) *2014: debut as Figaro ,

The Marriage of 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 ...

, Hungary (Budapest) *2014: Kossuth , Iván Fischer: The Red Heifer, *2014: tour in Germany with the Budapest Festival Orchestra *2015: Bluebeard ,

: Bluebeard's Castle, Italy (Milan) *2016: Sarastro ,

: The Magic Flute ,

, United Kingdom ( London) , Konzerthaus Berlin, Germany, Concertgebouw - Netherlands ( Amsterdam) ,

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, Belgium *2017: Bluebeard ,

: Bluebeard's Castle ,

, United Kingdom ( London) , Concert Hall, Poland (

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) ,

, Belgium *2018: debut as

Wotan (''The Ring of the Nibelung''), WWV 86, is a cycle of four German-language epic music dramas composed by Richard Wagner. The works are based loosely on characters from Germanic heroic legend, namely Norse legendary sagas and the ''Nibelun ...

, Wagner:

, Germany (

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) *2019: debut as Alvise Badoero / Ponchielli: La Gioconda, Hungary (Budapest) *2019: tour with the Budapest Festival Orchestra , Bluebeard ,

: Bluebeard's Castle , Elbphilharmonie, Germany ( Hamburg) , Philharmonie de Paris, Paris-Grande salle Pierre Boulez, France ( Paris) ,

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, Luxemburg ( Luxembourg) ,

, United States of America ( New York City) *2019: debut as Don Pizarro , Beethoven: Fidelio, Germany (

) *2019:

, Wagner:

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, Mexico, ( Mexico City) *2020: debut as Philip II , Verdi: Don Carlos , National Theatre of Miskolc, Hungary ( Miskolc)

Awards and scholarship

* Róbert Kovács Philharmony Scholarship 2003 * Albert Szent-Györgyi Scholarship 2005 * Annie Fischer Scholarship 2007 * Hungarian State Opera Scholarship 2008-2010 * "Youth of March" 2010 * Wagner Society Scholarship 2011 * Mihály Székely Commemorative Medallion 2013 * Hungarian Silver Cross of Merit 2014 * Gusztáv Oláh Commemorative Medallion 2016 * Hungarian Gold Cross of Merit 2020 * György Melis Award 2021

Music competitions

*4th Simándy József National Singing Competition , 2nd category - Winner (2004) *Montserrat Caballe Singing Competition , Finals (2008) * Geneva International Music Competition - Special Prize (2009)

Discography

Opera

Oratorio, song

Filmography

Opera film

Concert film

Opera roles

* Bartók: '' Bluebeard's Castle'' **Bluebeard * Beethoven: '' Fidelio'' **Rocco **Don Fernando **Pizzaro *

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: ''

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 ...

'' **Zuniga * Britten: '' The Rape of Lucretia'' **Collatinus * Donizetti: ''

L'elisir d'amore ''L'elisir d'amore'' (''The Elixir of Love'', ) is a ' (opera buffa) in two acts by the Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti. Felice Romani wrote the Italian libretto, after Eugène Scribe's libretto for Daniel Auber's ' (1831). The opera premiere ...

'' **Dulcamara * Donizetti: '' Anna Bolena'' **Enrico (Henry VIII) **Lord Rochefort * Donizetti: '' Lucia di Lammermoor'' **Raimondo Bidebent * Eötvös: ''

Love and Other Demons ''Love and Other Demons'' is an opera in two acts by Hungarian composer Péter Eötvös to a libretto by the Hungarian author Kornél Hamvai. It premiered on 10 August 2008 at the Glyndebourne Festival. The libretto is based on the novel ''Of ...

'' **Don Toribio * Erkel: ''

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'' **Ulrik Cillei * Erkel: '' Dózsa György'' **Bagos **Friar Laurence * Fischer: ''The red heifer'' **Kossuth * Gounod: '' Roméo et Juliette'' **Frère Laurent * Händel: '' Deidamia'' **Licomede * Händel: '' Semele'' **Cadmus * Haydn: ''

L'anima del filosofo ''L'anima del filosofo, ossia Orfeo ed Euridice'' (''The Soul of the Philosopher, or Orpheus and Euridice''), Hob. 28/13, is an opera in Italian in four acts by Joseph Haydn, the last he wrote. The libretto, by Carlo Francesco Badini, is based ...

ossia Orfeo ed Euridice'' **Plutone *

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: ''The Violin Maker of Cremona'' **Ferrari, a master violin maker * Lendvay: ''The Respectful Prostitute'' **The negro * Monteverdi: '' L'Orfeo'' **Caronte **Plutone * Monteverdi: '' The Coronation of Poppaea'' **Ottone *

: '' The Magic Flute'' **Sarastro **Second priest *

: ''

Don Giovanni ''Don Giovanni'' (; K. 527; Vienna (1788) title: , literally ''The Rake Punished, or Don Giovanni'') is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. Its subject is a centuries-old Spanis ...

'' **Leporello **Il Commendatore *

: ''

'' **Figaro **Bartolo **Antonio **Count Almaviva *

: '' Idomeneo'' **The voice of the Oracle of Neptune *

: '' La clemenza di Tito'' **Publio * Ponchielli: ''

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'' **Alvise Badoero *

: '' La bohème'' **Colline *

: '' Gianni Schicchi'' **Marco **Ser Amantio di Nicolao *

: '' Tosca'' **Cesare Angelotti * Purcell: '' The Fairy-Queen'' **Drunken Poet * Rameau: ''

Hippolyte et Aricie ('' Hippolytus and Aricia'') was the first opera by Jean-Philippe Rameau. It was premiered to great controversy by the Académie Royale de Musique at its theatre in the Palais-Royal in Paris on October 1, 1733. The French libretto, by Abbé Sim ...

'' **Pluton **Neptune * Ravel: '' L'enfant et les sortilèges'' **Le fauteuil **L'arbre * Ránki: ''King Pomádé's New Clothes'' **Pomádé *

: '' The Barber of Seville'' **Don Basilio *

: '' La Cenerentola'' **Don Magnifico * Sári: ''Sonnenfinsternis'' **Miklós Radnóti * Selmeczi: ''The Spiritists'' **Il Duca *

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: ''Moses and Aron'' **Priest * Smetana: '' The Bartered Bride'' **Kecal * Strauss: ''The Silent Woman'' **Farfallo * Strauss: ''Ariadne on Naxos'' **Truffaldino * Strauss: ''Daphne'' **Peneios * Strauss: ''Elektra'' **Orest's tutor * Strauss: ''Piece Day'' **The Holsteiner * Strauss: ''Salome'' **First soldier **First Nazarene *

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: ''Oedipus rex'' **Tiresias * Tihanyi: ''The white rose'' **The man * Vajda: ''Mario and the Magician'' **Cipolla * Verdi: '' Aida'' **The King of Egypt * Verdi: ''Attila'' **Leone * Verdi: '' Don Carlos'' **Philip II **Charles V **The Grand Inquisitor * Verdi: ''The Sicilian Vespers'' **Count Vaudemont * Verdi: ''

Otello ''Otello'' () is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Arrigo Boito, based on Shakespeare's play ''Othello''. It was Verdi's penultimate opera, first performed at the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, on 5 February 1887. Th ...

'' **Lodovico * Verdi: '' Rigoletto'' **Sparafucile * Verdi: '' Simon Boccanegra'' **Jacopo Fiesco * Verdi: '' Stiffelio'' **Jorg * Verdi: ''The Troubadour'' **Ferrando * Verdi: ''A Masked Ball'' **Samuel * Wagner: ''The Rhinegold'' **Wotan **Fasolt * Wagner: '' Rienzi'' **Raimondo * Wagner: ''Siegfried'' **The Wanderer * Wagner: ''The Valkyrie'' **Hunding * Wagner: ''Tannhäuser'' **Reinmar von Zweter **Hermann *

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: ''The Freeshooter'' **KasparBachtrack, 27 May 2015
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References

External links

*
Official site of the artist
*
Site of Hungarian State Opera
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cser, Krisztián 1977 births Living people 21st-century Hungarian male opera singers Operatic basses Musicians from Budapest People from Szeged Franz Liszt Academy of Music alumni