Sylvia Hamvasi

Soprano Sylvia Hamvasi studied at the Liszt Academy of music in her hometown of Budapest. She attended master classes with Vera Rózsa, Julia Hamari, Nicholas Clapton; her master teachers were Ilona Bakonyi, Julia Bikfalvy, and Gabor Jelinek. She has won prizes at the international Lucia Popp and Francesco Vignas competitions. She debuted in the roles of Gilda and Pamina at the Hungarian State Opera. In Budapest, she has given many concerts and made recordings for the Hungarian Radio under the direction of Tamás Vásáry with the Hungarian Radio Orchestra. She has also participated in several early music projects with the Orfeo Orchestra under György Vashegyi. She has given concerts in Belgium, Spain, Italy, and France, and also presented a song recital at the Wigmore Hall in London. She has also performed at the Hamburg State Opera. Sylvia Hamvasi has been a member of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein since 2001/02. During this time she has gained acclaim for her performance of major operatic roles by Mozart and Britten, a.o. In 2013 she performed Richard Strauss’s Four Last Songs under Axel Kober in the Tonhalle of Düsseldorf, and in May 2014 she gives her debut as Elsa in Wagner’s Lohengrin.