László Polgár, Bass
 



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 ...

 



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.

 
   



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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