Csilla Zentai (Soprano)

Born: May 23, 1940 - Mako, Hungary

The Hungarian soprano and Kammersängerin (chamber singer), Csilla Zentai, studied singing at the Colleges of Music in Budapest and Stuttgart.

Numerous appearances lead Csilla Zentai to renowned stages in her homeland and abroad. From 1979 she was engaged at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, and is now connected withy this opera house as a guest. At the Rhine Opera she sang roles as Aida, Desdemona (Otello), Marie (Die verkaufte Braut), Tatjana (Eugen Onegin), Marschallin (Der Rosenkavalier) and Eurydike in Gluck's Orpheus und Eurydike.

Csilla Zentai is Professor at the Folkwanghochschule Essen.

Source: Deutsche Oper am Rhein Website, English translation by Aryeh Oron (November 2004)
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (November 2004); Manfred Krugmann (Photos 02-09, July 2011)

Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

Conductor

As

Works

Günter Graulich

Soprano

BWV 245

Hans Grischkat

Soprano

BWV 5, BWV 28, BWV 37, BWV 43, BWV 172

Albrecht Haupt

Soprano

F.N. Brauns: Markus-Passion

Links to other Sites

Csilla Zentai (Deutsche Oper am Rhein) [German]