Eszter Sümegi

Eszter Sümegi obtained her diploma in opera singing from the Ferenc Liszt Music Academy in 1993 and has been one of the Hungarian State Opera's leading soloists ever since then, with more than thirty leading roles to her name in her career thus far. Her international career also commenced in 1993, when she sang the role of Ines in Donizetti's La favorite under the professional guidance of Luciano Pavarotti. Additionally, she was the winner of the 1993 International Pavarotti Competition. In 2012, she became one of the first to be awarded the title of Chamber Singer of the Hungarian State Opera, which she won again in 2015. She has been a guest on a number of the world's opera stages, having sung at Berlin's Komische Oper, as well as in Salzburg, Bregenz, Reykjavik, Toronto, Karlsruhe and B