Performers
Bartók Plus Opera Festival hosts world-renowned Hungarian artists as well as stars of the international opera scene. Since its beginnings almost all significant soloists, opera companies and music ensembles from Central Eastern Europe have appeared on its stages at least once. You will find information about them under the menu item Performers.
Was born in Rousse, Bulgaria. In 1995 she was admitted at the National Music Academy Pancho Vladiguerova Sofia, in the class of Prof. R. Brumbarova. From there she graduated in 2001 as Master of Arts in Opera Singing. In 2006 she joined the Master Class of the famous soprano Anna Tomova-Sintoff.
Hailed as a “remarkable Spinto tenor” Gaston Rivero is worldwide recognized for his dynamic stage presence, dark timbre and wide range of flexibility. During the 2002-2003 season he joined the ensemble of the Baz Luhrman’s production of Puccini’s La Boheme on Broadway in New York City.
soprano
Andrea Rost was born in Budapest and graduated from the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music as a student of Zsolt Bende. She was still a scholarship student of the Hungarian State Opera when she sang Juliette in Gounod’s Roméo and Juliette, directed by Dénes Gulyás. In 1989, she won first prize in one of the most prestigious tournaments in Europe, the Mirjam Helin International Singing Competition.
Praised for his romantic Italianate sound, Mexican-American tenor Galeano Salas has begun his first season as an ensemble member of the Bayerische Staatsoper. Most notably this season Galeano will be reprising the role of Rinuccio in Puccini's Il trittico following a last minute jump-in in last season's premiere Livestream performance, conducted by maestro Kirill Petrenko.
