Mária Temesi

Mária Temesi (; born 29 July 1957) is a Hungarian operatic soprano, university (full) professor, and the head of the voice department at the faculty of music at the University of Szeged.

Biography and career Temesi was born on 29 July 1957 in Szeged, Hungary. Her birth name was Mária Tóth.

Before her graduation she won the 4th prize at the International Maria Callas Grand Prix in Athens in 1979.

She took BA degree in music and piano teaching at the Franz Liszt College of Music at the Conservatory of Szeged in 1979 and M.A. degree in opera studies and in education in 1981 at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest.

After her graduation she became the member of the Hungarian State Opera House in 1981.

Temesi won the 1st prize at the Luciano Pavarotti International Voice Competition in Philadelphia in 1985.

Temesi was appointed to the head of the department of the voice department as associate professor (docent, reader), and has been acting as the chairman from 1997.

She was awarded Doctor of Liberal Arts (D.L.A.) degree in 2003 and then he received the title of university (full) professor.

She has been one of the founders of the József Simándy International Singing Competition from 1998.

Repertoire Sándor Szokolay: Ecce Homo....Lénió Wagner: Tannhäuser....Princess Elizabeth Wagner: Die Walküre....Sieglinde Verdi: Il trovatore....Leonora Verdi: Aida....Aida Wagner: Siegfried....Brünnhilde Wagner: The Flying Dutchman....Senta Wagner: Götterdämmerung....Brünnhilde Richard Strauss: Elektra....Chrysothemis Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana....Santuzza Iván Madarász: Last waltz...Woman Puccini: Tosca....Floria Tosca Janáček: Jenůfa....Kostelnička Buryjovka Wagner: Lohengrin....Ortrud Giordano: Andrea Chénier....La comtesse di Coigny Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier....Marianne Mozart: Don Giovanni...Donna Anna Verdi: Don Carlos....Élisabeth de Valois Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin....Tatyana Larina Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg....Eva Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur....Adriana Lecouvreur

Discography 2004: Wagner Hősnők (Heroines) Hungaroton - Budapest 1999: Mozart: Requiem Bilkent University - Ankara 1996: Britten: Háborús rekviem (War Requiem) University of Zagreb 1990: Liszt: Hungaria 1848 Hungaroton - Budapest 1986: Liszt: Missa Choralis Hungaroton - Budapest 1984: Respighi: La fiamma (La Madre) Hungaroton - Budapest 1983: Mahler: Symphony No. 8 (Mater Gloriosa) Hungaroton - Budapest

Awards and honours The International Maria Callas Grand Prix, Athens - 4th prize (1979) International Singing Competition of Toulouse, Théâtre du Capitole - 3rd prize (1980) The Luciano Pavarotti International Voice Competition in Philadelphia - 1st prize (1985) Bartók–Pásztory prize (1992) Mihály Székely memorial plaquette (1995) Juventus Music Award (1996) Franz Liszt Prize (2000) Artisjus Award (2003) Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary, Knight's Cross, 2016