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 sang Hyunyadi Laszlo and Traviata in Budapest, Bohème, Aida, Cavalleria Rusticana in Cluj-Napoca, La Rondine in Bucharest.

In 2024-2025 he will be singing Riccardo / Un Ballo in maschera and Pinkerton / Madama Butterfly in Budapest and Des Grieux / Manon Lescaut in Cluj Napoca and Budapest.

Upcoming

At the begining of 2025 are coming more Puccini concerts, Cesar Franck's Messe in A, Op. 12, where can be heard famous Panis Angelicus aria with Arad Philharmonic Orchestra.