Born: December 12, 1947 - Hungary

The Hungarian soprano, Júlia Pászthy, took up her study at Conservatory of Miskolc, than she moved to Budapest and gratuaded in 1974 at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest as an opera singer. She was awarded several prestigious national prizes such as the F. Liszt Medal in 1981. She was also awarded in many international competitions, such as Oestende, Barcelone, Prague, etc.

After graduation Júlia Pászthy joined to the National Opera in Budapest and made her debut as Euridice in Gluck’s Orpheo. She is considered in Hungary as a rising star in the operatic field. She has performed numerous operas as well as liturgical masterpieces, co-operating with famous conductors in Hungary and abroad.

Júlia Pászthy is a professor of the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music and singing master of Hungarian Opera.

Source: Magyar Színházművészeti Lexikon Website, English translation by Suzanne Kaufman (November 2006); BMN Művésztanárok Website
Contributed by Teddy Kaufman (November 2006)

Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

Conductor

As

Works

Mátyás Antál

Soprano

BWV 208

Links to other Sites

Magyar Színházművészeti Lexikon [Hungarian]

BMN Művésztanárok