Ács, Gabriella
No. 1
Voice type: Soprano
Country: Hungary
Date of birth: 16 December, 1986
The Hungarian soprano received her BA at the University of Miskolc Bartók Béla Institute of Music in 2014 and then moved on to the Oratorio and Lied Singing MA programme of the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Budapest. She has participated in various masterclasses, among others by Júlia Hamari and György Vashegyi. As a member of operatic choirs, she has taken to the stage within the framework of the Bartók Plus Opera Festival held in Miskolc and in the Miskolc National Theatre, but she mainly concentrates on performances of oratorios and other vocal pieces that correspond to her Master’s programme. Her repertoire, which ranges from the Baroque to today, includes works like Händel’ Brockes Passion, Mozart’s Requiem, Stabat Mater both by Pergolesi and Rossini as well as the Te Deum-s written by Kodály and Gyula Fekete.
Competition Repertoire
Preliminary
Liszt: Die Lorelei (H. Heine)
Verdi: Tacea la notte – Leonora’s Aria from Il trovatore
Verdi: Come in quest’ora bruna – Amelia’s Aria from Simon Boccanegra
Semi-final
Leoncavallo: Qual fiamma avea nel guardo – Nedda’s Aria
from I Pagliacci
Verdi: Morro, ma prima in grazia – Amelia’s Aria from
Un ballo in maschera
Final
Mozart: Come scoglio – Fiordiligi’s Aria from Così fan tutte
Verdi: Pace, pace mio Dio! – Leonora’s Aria from La forza del destino
Giordano: La mamma morta – Maddalena di Coigny’s Aria
from Andrea Chénier