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Hungarian bass László Polgár sang 'Osmin' ("Die Entführung aus dem Serail")
in Hamburg and Buenos Aires, 'Rodolfo' ("La Sonnambula") in London, Catania
and Madrid, 'Sarastro' ("Die Zauberflöte") in Paris, Nice, Zurich, Hamburg,
Drottningholm and at the Salzburg Festival, 'Leporello' ("Don Giovanni")
in Salzburg and Zurich, 'Publio' ("La Clemenza di Tito") in Salzburg and
Vienna, 'Padre Guardian' ("La Forza del Destino") in Vienna and Catania,
'Il Rč' ("Aida") in Munich, 'Timur' ("Turandot") in Munich, 'Sparafucile'
("Rigoletto") in Munich and Budapest, 'Fürst Boland' ("Fierrabras") in
Vienna, 'Gurnemanz' ("Parsifal") in Antwerp, Budapest, Zurich and Berlin,
'König Marke' ("Tristan und Isolde") in Budapest and with the Berlin Philharmonic
Orchestra in Tokyo, 'Lodovico Nardi' ("Die Gezeichneten") in Zurich, 'Conte
di Walter' ("Luisa Miller") in Munich and Zurich, 'Don Basilio' ("Il Barbiere
di Siviglia") in Brussels and Zurich, "Moses und Aaron" in Amsterdam and
London, 'Daland' ("Der fliegende Holländer") in Zürich, 'Seneca' ("L'Incoronazione
di Poppea") in Amsterdam, 'Oroveso' ("Norma") in Tel Aviv, 'Rocco' ("Leonore")
in Lausanne and Paris, 'Prefetto' ("Linda di Chamounix") in Zurich, 'Sir
Giorgio' ("I Puritani") in Zurich, 'Wagner'/'Zeremonienmeister' ("Dr.
Faust") at the Salzburg Festival, 'Enrico VIII' ("Anna Bolena") in Zurich
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László Polgár works with conductors such as Claudio Abbado, Daniel Barenboim,
Bruno Bartoletti, Pierre Boulez, Oleg Caetani, Ricardo Chailly, Christoph
von Dohnanyi, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Riccardo Muti, Kent Nagano, Guiseppe
Patané, Michel Plasson, Sir Georg Solti, Pinchas Steinberg, Christian
Thielemann, Marcello Viotti, Franz Welser-Möst as well as with stage directors
such as Pina Bausch, Flimm, Götz Friedrich, Peter Musbach, Jean-Pierre
Ponnelle, Peter Stein ...
One of his most important parts is the title role of "Duke Bluebeard's
Castle" by Bartok. He has performed it in either concert form or on stage
with nearly all important conductors and orchestras.
He sings many concerts and song recitals. |
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Among his projects are various performances in Zurich, "Luisa Miller"
in Munich and Milano, "Duke Bluebeard's Castle" in Odense, at the Salzburg
Festival, at the Montpellier Festival, in Paris, London and on tour with
Pierre Boulez, "Parsifal" in Berlin and at the Edinburgh Festival, "Fidelio"
at the Salzburg Easter Festival, in Berlin and Tokyo (with Sir Simon Rattle).
Among his many recordings are "Don Giovanni", "La Clemenza di Tito" and
"Fidelio" with Nikolaus Harnoncourt, "Die Gezeichneten", "Poliuto" and
"Fierrabras" with Claudio Abbado as well as "Duke Bluebeard's Castle" with
Pierre Boulez (Grammy Award 1999). He will record 'Il Rč' (Aida")
conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt for Teldec.
January 2001
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