lirico-grave tenor

Adorján Pataki

In the role of Foresto, Adorján Pataki delivered a particularly dramatic and powerful voice on stage, where he was able to demonstrate male energy, anger, and jealousy across the full range of the singer’s voice. (Gyöngyvér Oszlányi, Magyar Nemzet, 2022.)

About

Adorján Pataki

Born in 1981 in Romania, lirico spinto tenor Adorján Pataki graduated from the Academy Gheorghe Dima in Cluj Napoca with Marius Vlad. He also studied in Paris with Viorica Cortez.

He has been a member of the Hungarian Opera in Cluj from 2005. In Romania, he has appeared in all musical institutions of the country including National Opera in Bucarest, Timisoara, Iasi, Cluj-Napoca, Brasov. He is also a permanent guest at the National Opera Budapest and at the National Philharmonic Hungary. He has performed in Germany (Madama Butterfly in Darmstadt, Chemnitz, Luisa Miller in Aachen, Bohème in Bonn, Trovatore in Erfurt…), Czech Republic (Simone Boccanegra in Prague…), Norway (Bohème, Madama Butterfly, Macbeth in Bergen…), Spain (Psalmus Hungaricus in Madrid….).

Adorján’s burnished bronze voice colour and exciting ringing high notes make him the perfect tenor in the Italian lirico spinto repertoire : Tosca, Trovatore, Don Carlos, Aida, Attila, Bohème, Un Ballo in maschera, Macbeth …

Last year he performed Aida, La Bohéme and Lucia di Lammermoor in Budapest, Tosca, La rondine, Il tabarro, Un ballo in maschera in Cluj-Napoca..

In 2026-2027 he will be performing Tosca, Don Carlos, Otello in Sankt Margaretten Opera Festival, Budapest and Cluj-Napoca