He studied law and
singing at the Franz Liszt Conservatory in Budapest. After two years of further
education in Italy (also under Beniamino Gigli), he made his debut in Florence
and then sang at the Italian opera houses. Then he went to North America, where
from 1951 to 1974 he was a member
of the Metropolitan Opera in New
York (almost 26 years) and sang mainly as tenor buffo. Here he made his debut
as Don Curzio in ‘’Nozze di Figaro'’ (which he sang there 111 times) and was
heard in 56 roles and in over a thousand performances there. His repertoire
included Arturo in ‘’Lucia di
Lammermoor’’, Abbé in ‘’Adriana
Lecouivreur’’, Borsa in ‘’Rigoletto’’ (which he sang 118 times), Gaston in ‘’La
Traviata’’, Trin in ‘’La Fanciulla del West’’, Elemer in ‘’Arabella’ by R.
Strauss, Count Almaviva in ‘’Il Barbiere di Siviglia’’, Ernesto in ‘’Don
Pasquale’’, Rodolfo in ‘’La Bohème’’, Pinkerton in ‘’Madama Butterfly’’, Duka
in ‘’Rigoletto’’, Cavaradossi in ‘’Tosca’’,
Alfredo in ‘’La Trvaiata’’,
Captain in ‘’Wozzeck’’and as Tonio in ‘’La Fille du régiment’’. During two
seasons he also worked in Israel. Since 1964 he taught singing at the Manhattan
School of Music New York.
Chronology of appearances
1951-1974 New York Metropolitan Opera
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