Zita Váradi

Zita Váradi studied at the Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest (1990–1995). After completing her diploma, she studied under Vera Rózsa, Julia Hamari, Paolo Montarsolo and Ionel Pantea within the framework of her postgraduate education. Between 1994 and 2000, she won numerous prizes at different competitions, including first prizes at both the Katia Ricciarelli Singing Competition in Mantova, Italy and at the Franz Lehar Operetta Competition in Komarno, Slovakia. In 1995 Váradi became a member of the Csokonai Theater in Debrecen. Since 2001, she has been a freelance singer at the Hungarian State Opera, successfully performing lyric soprano roles of both the Italian (Liu, Musetta, Adina, Norina) and the German repertoire (Susanna, Zdenka, Pamina, Despina, Zerlina, Naiad, Marzelline, first Flower Maiden.) She performs as a concert soloist, especially in works of the Baroque and Classical era; but she also gained critical acclaim throughout Europe as the soprano soloist in Liszt’s oratorio Christus, which she performed during the Liszt bicentenary. In 2012, Zita Váradi was awarded the distinguished title of “Kammersängerin of the Hungarian State Opera.”