Sellei Etelka
Voice: Soprano
Country of birth: Hungary
Date of birth: 14 May 1990
She started her musical education with the violin and later turned to the piano. In 2009, she finished her secondary level vocal training under the tutelage of Szilvia László at the Hermann László Music School and Secondary School of Music. Since 2010, she has been attending the Department of Art Song and Oratorio (postgraduate studies) at The University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna. Her talent was rewarded with a special prize at the József Simándy International Singing Competition on two occasions, while she received first prize at the the József Gregor Singing Competition in 2009. She has performed on the stage of the Schönbrunn Palace Theatre a number of times and has acted Pamina in The Magic Flute, Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni and Dido in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas.
Competition Repertoire
Preliminary
Liszt: Die Lorelei (H. Heine)
Mozart: Per pietà – Fiordiligi’s Aria from Così fan tutte
Gounod: Jewel Song (Ah! je ris de me voir si belle en ce miroir) – Marguerite’s Aria from Faust
Semi-final
Massenet: Pleurez, pleurez, mes yeux – Chimène’s Aria from Le Cid
Verdi: Ernani, Ernani involami – Elvira’s Aria from Ernani
Final
Catalani: Ebben? Ne andrò lontana – Wally’s Aria from La Wally
Tchaikovsky: Tatiana's Letter Scene (Puskay pogibnu ya, no prezhde // Let me die, but first) – Tatiana’s Aria from Eugene Onegin
Verdi: Mercé, dilette amiche – La Duchessa Elena’s Sicilienne from I vespri siciliani