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composers, conductors:
contemporary: János Ács, conductor other page (HU) Mátyás Antal, conductor Sándor Balassa, composer (works) Valéria Csányi, conductor (HU) Attila Demény, composer (HU) review (HU) Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor Péter Eötvös, composer & conductor bio & further links (HU) Béla Faragó composer Gyula Fekete, composer Ádám Fischer, conductor Iván Fischer, conductor Tamás Gál, conductor other page (HU) György Györiványi Ráth, conductor other page Sándor Gyüdi, conductor (HU) other page (Spanish) Mihály (Michael) Halász, conductor other page Zsolt Hamar, conductor other page (HU) Domonkos Héja, conductor (HU) József Horváth, conductor Lajos Huszár, composer (interview, HU) Pál Kadosa, composer Gergely Kaposi, conductor (HU) Gergely Kesselyák, conductor other page (HU) Balázs Kocsár, conductor interview (HU) Zoltán Kocsis, pianist & conductor (HU) Imre Kollár, conductor (HU) bio (HU) János Kovács, conductor (HU) László Kovács, conductor (HU) Kamilló Lendvay, composer & conductor other page (HU) András Ligeti, conductor other page (HU) other page (HU) other page (HU) György Ligeti, composer bio list of operatic works bio & interview (HU) Ervin Lukács, conductor other page (HU) bio & interview (HU) bio (HU) István Márta, composer Ádám Medveczky, conductor other page (HU) Interview (HU) Géza Oberfrank, conductor other page (HU) Tamás Pál, conductor (HU) other page (HU) other page (HU) Interview (HU) Imre Palló, conductor Zoltán Peskó, composer & conductor other page (HU) Emil Petrovics, composer, former opera intendant interview (HU) other interview (HU) other interview (HU) list of operatic works János Sándor, conductor other page László Sáry, composer, director, educationalist György Selmeczi, composer, conductor Stefan Soltesz, conductor (bio in German) Sándor Szokolay, composer (list of operatic works) other list of operatic works bio & interview (HU) Erzsébet Szönyi, composer (HU) other page (please scroll down) László Tihanyi, conductor (HU) Armand Tóth, composer & conductor Iván Törzs, conductor Tamás Vásáry, pianist & conductor (HU) other page (HU) bio & interview (HU) György Vashegyi, conductor (HU) portrait in French interview (HU) Tamás Vetö conductor László Vidovszky, composer List of Hungarian composers in alphabetical order Hungarian composers	historical: Emil Ábrányi, composer works biio (HU) Ervin Acél, conductor (HU) other page (HU) other page (HU) Obit (HU) Jenö Ádám, composer list of works György Arnold, composer bio (HU) András Bartay, composer Béla Bartók, composer other site other page the Bartók Archive article on "Bluebeard's Castle" review of recordings of "Bluebeard's Castle" (HU) further Bartók links list of all recordings of "Bluebeard's Castle" (HU) Béla Bartók Multimedia (Internet version of CD-ROM) Attila Bozay, composer Ernö (Ernst von) Dohnányi, composer & conductor bio (HU) exhibition (HU) bio (HU) See the News page for reviews of his opera "A vajda tornya" review of the recording of his opera "Simona néni" (HU) Ede Donáth, composer (bio, HU) article about his work "Szulamith" (HU) Árpád Doppler, composer (bio, HU) Ferenc (Albert Franz) Doppler, composer (list of operatic works) biography (HU) other bio (HU) Antal Doráti, composer & conductor Ferenc Erkel, composer The Erkel Bibliography (finding-list) (HU) Sergio Failoni, Italian conductor who was active in Hungary (HU) bio (HU) Ödön (Edmund) Farkas, composer (list of operatic works) bio (HU) Ferenc Farkas, composer list of operatic works other list of operatic works bio (HU) other bio (HU) interview obit (HU) chronology (HU) bibliography (HU) picture & links János Ferencsik, conductor (HU) bio (HU) Antal Fleischer, conductor (HU) bio (HU) Ferenc Fricsay, conductor (HU) other page (HU) bio (HU) picture János Fürst, conductor (HU) Obit (HU) István Gajáry (Gajári), composer (HU) bio (HU) Károly Goldmark, composer other page (HU) bio (HU) list of works László Halász, conductor The same page can be found here Tibor Harsányi, composer (list of operatic works) bio (HU) Jenö Hubay, composer list of works bio (HU) Jenö Kenessey, composer & conductor (bio, HU) review of the recording of his opera "Az arany meg az asszony" (HU) István Kertész, conductor bio (HU) Otto Klemperer, conductor, composer (not Hungarian, but he was the music director of Budapest Opera between 1947 and 1950) other page (bio) fan page (in Japanese) Zoltán Kodály, composer bio (HU) András Kórodi, conductor (bio, HU) György Kósa, composer (HU) list of operatic works bio (HU) György Lehel, conductor (biography) bio (HU) György Lendvai, conductor (HU) Ferenc (Franz) Liszt, composer Other page other page list of operatic works Miklós Lukács, conductor (HU) Gustav Mahler (composer, conductor) - not Hungarian, but he was the musical director of the Hungarian State Opera in Budapest biography (with detailed description of his Budapest years) Ödön Mihalovich, composer (list of operatic works) bio (HU András Mihály, composer, conductor (list of operatic works) Emánuel Moór, composer list of operatic works bio (HU) Amadé Németh, composer, conductor & musicologist (HU) bio (HU) Artur (Arthur) Nikisch, conductor (Recordings of overtures in Real Audio format) (text in HU) bio (HU) Jenö (Eugene) Ormándy, conductor other page other page other page bio (HU) bio (HU) Casimir von Pászthory, composer (in German) Imre Petö, composer, conductor (HU) bio (HU) Ede Poldini, composer (list of operatic works) bio (HU) review of the recording of his opera "Farsangi lakodalom" other review (HU) other review (HU) review of a performance of the opera (HU) Tibor Polgár, composer Miklós Radnai, composer list of operatic works bio (HU) Aladár Radó, composer (bio, HU) list of operatic works György Ránki, composer list of operatic works review of the recording his opera "Pomádé király új ruhája" (HU) Frigyes (Fritz) Reiner, conductor bio (HU) bio (HU) & interview (English) Frigyes Sándor, conductor (bio, HU) Albert Siklós, composer (bio, HU) list of operatic works György (Sir Georg) Solti, conductor other page other page (biography) bio & web documentary other bio other bio article article article on his early years links to other Solti articles, bios bio & interview (HU) International Conductors' Competition Béla Szabados, composer (bio, HU) list of operatic works Tivadar (Theodor) Szántó, composer (HU) bio (HU) György (George) Széll, conductor bio (HU) Viktor Ullmann, composer list of works Viktor Vaszy, conductor (HU) chronology & pictures (HU) Jenö (Eugene) Zádor, composer (HU) bio (HU) list of works Géza Zichy, composer (bio in German) bio (HU) list of operatic works Index of Greatest Hungarian Composers List of Hungarian composers in alphabetical order Hungarian composers
singers:
contemporary: Csaba Airizer, bass (HU) interview (HU) Karola Ágai, soprano (interview) (HU) other page (HU) Tamás Albert, tenor (HU) Ákos Ambrus, baritone (HU) Mária Ardó, soprano (HU) Éva Balatoni, mezzo (HU) János Bándi, tenor Sári Barabás, soprano (in German) bio (in German) bio (HU) other bio (HU) - interestingly, this bio gives a death date, which is incorrect, as Ms. Barabás is alive (long may she live!) Alfonz Barta, tenor (interview, HU) Éva Bátori, soprano (in German) other page (in German) Zsuzsa Bazsinka, soprano (HU) Margit Belani, soprano (HU) Timothy Bentch, tenor (American, lives in Hungary) (HU) Georgina von Benza, soprano János Berkes, tenor (HU) bio on occasion of award (HU) Jutta Bokor, mezzo (HU) interview (HU) Lívia Budai, mezzo Tamás Clementis, bass-baritone (HU) Éva Csapó, soprano Adrienne Csengery, soprano (HU) Zsuzsanna Csonka, soprano (HU) Tamás Daróczy, tenor (HU) József Dene, baritone (in German) Zsolt Derecskei, tenor (HU) Gabriella Déry, soprano (HU) Márta (Marta, Martha) Eggerth (Eggerth-Kiepura), soprano (page in German) (operetta & film star who also sang opera) article for 90th birthday (HU) article (HU) article (pdf) (HU) article (HU) article bio article (in German) bio (in German) other bio (German) picture other picture She also participated in a film about Bellini Sándor Egri, baritone (HU) Veronika Fekete, soprano (HU) Gabriella Felber, soprano (HU) Anatolij Fokanov, baritone (Russian, lives in Hungary) (HU) Tünde Frankó, soprano (HU) Péter Fried, bass (HU) Attila Fülöp, tenor Zsuzsanna Fülöp, soprano (HU) István Gáti, baritone (biography) Ferenc Gerdesits, tenor (HU) Sylvia Geszty, soprano (in German) Info about her vocal competition József Gregor, bass other page (HU) interview (HU) bio & interview (HU) Edita Gruberova, soprano (half-Hungarian by birth) Dénes Gulyás, tenor (HU) Kálmán Gyimesi, baritone (HU) Katalin Halmosi, mezzo (HU) Júlia Hamari, mezzo, contralto (biography) interview (HU) other interview (HU) short bio (HU) & picture Szilvia (Sylvia) Hamvasi, soprano Bernadett Huszti, soprano (interview, HU) Róbert Ilosfalvy, tenor interview (HU) bio & interview (HU) Krisztina Jónás (HU) Magda Kalmár, soprano (bio, HU) picture Péter Kálmán, baritone (bio in German) Mihály Kálmándi, baritone (HU) Katalin Károlyi, mezzo (HU) Ingrid Kertesi, soprano (HU) other page (HU) other site (bio) Atilla (Attila) Kiss B., tenor (HU) other page (HU) Ildikó Komlósi, mezzo interview (HU) Anna Korondi, soprano other page (in German) Márta Kosztolányi, soprano (in German) Annamária Kovács, contralto (HU) Attila Kovács, baritone (interview, HU) István Kovács, bass (HU) Kolos Kováts, bass other page (HU) László Külkey, tenor (picture) other picture other picture Ildikó Laczó soprano (HU) András Laczó tenor (HU) Krisztina Laki, soprano Dániel Láposi, tenor (HU) Éva László, mezzo (HU) Margit László, soprano (HU) Gyözö Leblanc, tenor (HU) Éva Lehoczky, soprano (HU) other page (HU) Ildikó Lengyel, mezzo (HU) Gyula Littay, baritone (HU) János Lózsy Bíró, bass-baritone (HU) Zsuzsa Lörincz, mezzo (HU) Vilma Lörinczy, soprano (HU Gyöngyi (Georgina) Lukács, soprano bio (HU) bio (HU) Márta Lukin, mezzo (interview, HU) Demeter Marczis, bass (HU) Éva Marton, soprano bio & interview (HU) Viktor Massányi, baritone (HU) Lúcia Megyesi Schwartz, mezzo other page (HU) interview (HU) Andrea Meláth, mezzo György Melis, baritone (HU) Erika Miklósa, soprano interview (HU) interview (1997, HU) bio & Real Audio interview (HU) Lajos Miller, baritone (HU) interview (HU) Stefánia Moldován, soprano (bio, HU) András Molnár, tenor (HU) (please scroll down to article) Zsolt Molnár, baritone (HU) József Mukk, tenor (HU) Judit Németh, mezzo/contralto other page (HU) portrait in German Filoretti Óhegyi, soprano (interview, HU) András Palerdi, bass-baritone Éva Pánczél, mezzo (HU) Katalin Pitti, soprano (HU) Marika Petz, soprano (interview, HU) Balázs Póka, baritone László Polgár, bass biography interview (HU) István Rácz, bass (HU) other page (HU) Andrea Rost, soprano biography interview (HU) bio & interview (HU) Orsolya (Ursula) Röser, soprano Kázmér Sárkány, baritone (interview, HU) Sylvia Sass, soprano career details w/ pictures bio (HU) interview (HU) other interview (HU) other interview (HU) Bio & interview (HU) interview (2003, in Spanish) interview from 1994 (in Spanish) interview from 1999 (in Spanish) review of the "Medea" CD (in Spanish) stage picture picture Judit Sándor, mezzo (HU) interview, HU Eszter Sümegi, soprano (HU) other page (please scroll down in it) Andrea Szántó, mezzo-soprano other page other page Erika Sziklay, soprano (biography, HU) Márta Szücs, soprano Mária Temesi, soprano (portrait in German) Ilona Tokody, soprano (interview, HU) other interview (HU) pictures Music sample (Rossini aria) Erzsébet Thúry, soprano (interview, HU) Beáta (Beata) Trubin, soprano Julia Varady, soprano (born to Hungarian parents) other site Astrid Varnay, soprano (partly of Hungarian origin) Ibolya Verebics, mezzo other page (HU) Viktória Vizin, mezzo Bernadett(e) Wiedemann, mezzo/contralto (HU) Mária Zádori, soprano other page (HU) You can (or will be able to) find biographies on the website of the Hungarian State Opera, too. See also: Directory of Hungarian musicians (including singers) Hungarian musicians' Who's Who (including singers) Directory of graduates of the Ferenc Liszt Academy (including singers) Magyar Színházmüvészeti Lexikon (HU)	historical: Adelina Ádler (Adler), soprano (bio, HU) Gitta Alpár, soprano (HU) bio & list of roles (HU) bio bio (HU) picture other picture other picture Lorenzo Alvary, Hungarian-born bass picture Piroska (Rosette) Anday, mezzo bio (HU) Georg Anthes, tenor picture (German tenor who sang a lot in Budapest. Also music teacher and director.) Dezsö (Desider) Arányi, tenor (discography) bio (HU) Mária Basilides, contralto (HU) bio (HU) Anna Báthy, soprano (bio, HU) Reminiscences of a family member (HU) Ferenc Begányi, bass (obit, HU) Lujza Blaha, soprano (HU) bio (HU) other bio (HU) (she sang mostly in musical-like plays & operetta, but also some opera) Mihály Börzsönyi (HU) Gábor Carelli, tenor (HU) Anna Carina (Gschmeidler), soprano who settled in Hungary (bio, HU) Rózsi Delly, mezzo (obit, HU) Déryné, soprano (HU) bio (HU) bio (HU) bio (HU) other bio (HU) other bio (HU) Ilona Durigo, contralto (bio) other bio German bio & pointer to collection in library Dezsö Ernster, bass (bio, HU) Irma Eszenyi, mezzo (obit, HU) Pál Fekete, tenor (HU) bio (HU) Rezsö Feleki (also cantor & music teacher (HU) (with music samples on page) Miklós Gafni (Weinstock, Vári-Weinstock), tenor biography bio (HU) Etelka Gerster, soprano picture other picture short bio Anna Gyenge: see as Anne Roselle Mária Gyurkovics, soprano (bio, HU) other bio (HU) Picture CD cover Ilona Hajmássy (Massey), soprano & actress (HU) János Halmos, tenor (HU) bio (HU) Erzsébet Házy, soprano (HU) article & book on 20th anniversary of her death (HU) Kornélia Hollóssy , soprano (HU) bio (HU) other bio (HU) Hanna Honthy, soprano (HU) (operetta primadonna who also sang some opera in her early years) Klára Hubenayné Lipcsei (soprano, later mezzo, HU) Felicie Hüni-Mihacsek, soprano Maria Ivogün, soprano article article recording review picture Béla Karizs, tenor (obit, HU) Ödön Kertész, tenor (HU) Árpád Kishegyi, tenor (bio, HU) Katalin (Katharina) Klafsky, soprano (bio) bio & crater named after her on Venus (HU) bio (HU) Sándor (Alexander) Kónya, tenor (obit) pictures other pictures Endre Koréh, bass (bio, HU) Béla Környei, tenor (stage picture) Teréz Krammer, soprano (HU) bio (HU) Mária Laczkó, soprano (HU) István Laczó, tenor (bio, HU) other bio (HU) Ilona Ladányi, soprano (HU) Fülöp Láng, baritone (HU) bio (HU) Paulina Láng, soprano (HU) Paulina Láng, mezzo (HU) Magda László, soprano bio (HU) Lajos Laurisin, tenor (HU) Endre Latabár, tenor (HU) Mimi Lászlóné de Caux, soprano (HU) (of French origin) Andor Lendvai, baritone (HU) Lujza Liebhardt, soprano (HU) Lili Neményi, soprano (HU) bio (HU) bio (HU) article on 100th birthday (HU) article (HU) memorial room Mária Németh, soprano (HU) other page (HU) other page (HU) bio (HU) Ella Némethy, mezzo (bio, HU) Dávid Ney, bass-baritone (bio, HU) Dávid Ney, heldentenor (bio, HU) Júlia Orosz, soprano (HU) other page (HU) Imre Palló, baritone (HU) bio (HU) Jolán Páka, soprano (HU) László Palócz, baritone (HU) obit (Fidelio, HU) Rose Pauly, soprano Kálmán (Koloman von) Pataky, tenor other page (repertoire) other page (bio) bio (HU) Zsigmond Pilinszky (Sigismund Pilinsky), tenor other page (discography) bio (HU) József Réti, tenor Magda Rigó, soprano (bio, HU) Anne Roselle (Anna Gyenge), soprano short bio & pic bio (HU) short bio (HU) picture Endre Rösler, tenor (repertoire) bio (HU) Erzsi Sándor, soprano (article, HU) bio (HU) János Sárdi (Sárdy), tenor (HU) bio (HU) bio (HU) bio (HU) picture Schodelné, soprano - bio (HU) other bio (HU) Painting (in the role of Erzsébet Szilágyi) Friedrich Schorr, Hungarian-American bass-baritone other page other page other page József Simándy, tenor (repertoire) bio & interview (HU) Maria Stader, Hungarian-born Swiss soprano discography Sándor (Alexander) Svéd, baritone bio (HU) bio (HU) picture Lujza (Louise) Szabó, soprano (bio, HU) Ferenc Szalma, bass (HU) other bio (HU) Irén Szecsödi, (Szecsödy), soprano (HU) Enid Szánthó, contralto (HU) Mihály Székely, bass bio (HU) Ferenc Székelyhidi, tenor (HU) bio (HU) Ilonka Szoyer, soprano (bio & list of roles, HU) Therese Tietjens (Tietiens) (German soprano born to Hungarian parents) (picture) bio pic & short bio Zsigmond Tordai, tenor, cantor & music teacher (HU) Betti Tripammerné Lovassy, soprano (HU) Piroska Tutsek, mezzo/contralto other page (HU) bio (HU) other page (in German) Karoline (Caroline, Carlotta, Karolin) Unger (Ungher, Unger-Sabatier), contralto (picture) biographical facts Bio (HU) Endre Várhelyi, bass-baritone (bio, HU) Dezsö (Desider) Zádor, baritone (picture) short bio Zoltán Závodszky, tenor (bio, HU) Here you can find birthdates/death dates of many singers
other opera people:
contemporary: Árpád Jutocsa Hegyi, director, former intendant of the Hungarian State Opera Balázs Kovalik, director (interview, HU) Miklós Szinetár, director, former intendant of the Hungarian State Opera	historical: Miklós Bánffy, set designer (HU) László Beck, music producer (HU) Béni Egressy, librettist, composer (HU) other page (HU) bio (HU) Sándor Hevesi, critic, director (HU) bio (HU) Viktor Lányi, writer, critic (HU) (he translated many librettos into Hungarian) Tivadar Márk, set & costume designer (interview, HU) Kálmán Nádasdy, director (HU) bio (HU) Gusztáv Oláh, set & costume designer (HU) bio (HU) Géza Sebestyén, intendant of the Városi Színház (HU) Mátyás Varga, set designer (HU) interview (HU)

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Notation: HU - website in Hungarian only
Remarks: The fact that a particular singer, composer etc. is not included in this list means that I have not found any significant online info on him/her.
 
 
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