Bata, Réka Dorka
No. 4
Voice type: Soprano
Country: Hungary
Date of birth: 24 August, 1995
She completed her secondary musical education at the department of Classical Singing at the Béla Bartók Secondary School of Music in 2014. In the same year, she was accepted at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music also in classical singing, under Andrea Meláth and Zsolt Balog, she obtained her bachelor’s degree in 2017. After that, she studied at Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, with Annika Ollinkari and Markus Lehtinen, graduating with a master’s degree in 2019. She has participated in the masterclasses given by Éva Marton, György Vashegyi, Anna Korondi, François Le Roux, Topi Lehtipuu, Jorma Silvasti, Martin Katz and Júlia Hamari. In 2016, she was a finalist at the International József Simándy Singing Competition and was rewarded the special prize dedicated to underage (21 years) competitors. She performed among others with Hungarian ensembles as well as with the orchestra of the Sibelius Academy.
Competition Repertoire
Preliminary
Liszt: Comment disaient-ils
Puccini: Sola, perduta, abbandonata – Manon’s aria from Manon Lescaut
Mozart: Tutte nel cor vi sento – Elettra’s aria from Idomeneo
Semi-final
Mozart: D’Oreste, d’Ajace – Elettra’s aria from Idomeneo
Mascagni: Voi lo sapete, o mamma – Santuzza's aria from Cavalleria Rusticana
Final
Verdi: È strano! è strano!… Ah, fors’è lui... Sempre libera – Violetta’s recitative and aria from La traviata
Wagner: Dich, teure Halle, grüss’ ich wieder – Elisabeth’s aria from Tannhäuser
Giordano: La mamma morta – Maddalena’s aria from Andrea Chénier