KERTESI, INGRID

The coloratura soprano Ingrid Kertesi was born in Budapest and at first studied the cello. She had her training as a singer at the Liszt Academy and in Bayreuth, joining the Hungarian State Opera in 1986. Her career later took her to Vienna, where she sang the role of Olympia in Les Contes de Hoffinann, and to the Komische Oper in Berlin, where she sang Blonde in a production by Harry Kupfer of Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail. 1992 brought the Hungarian Juventus Prize for performances as Gilda in Rigoletto, Olympia, Juliette in Gounod's Romeo et Juliette, Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier and other roles. Her international career has taken her to Israel, France, Switzerland and Italy, in addition to appearances in Japan.

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101 CLASSICS - The Best Loved Classical Melodies	8.508004
A TO Z OF CLASSICAL MUSIC	8.555319-20
A TO Z OF OPERA	8.555037-38
AVE MARIA - Les plus beaux Ave Maria et chants a la Vierge (The Most Beautiful Ave Marias and Songs to the Virgin)	8.570886-87
AVE MARIA - SACRED ARIAS AND CHORUSES	8.570064
AVE MARIA (SACRED ARIAS AND CHORUSES)	8.553751
AVE MARIA: Madonna Mystica - BACH, J.S. / HANDEL, G.F. / SCHUBERT, F. / BRUCKNER, A. / BRAHMS, J. / LISZT, F.	8.551267
BACH FOR MEDITATION	8.557485
BACH, J.S.: Cantatas, BWV 211-212	8.550641
BACH, J.S.: Cantatas, BWV 51 and 208	8.550643
BACH, J.S.: Cantatas, BWV 80 and 147	8.550642
BACH, J.S.: Christmas Oratorio (Highlights)	8.554508
BACH, J.S.: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248	8.550428-30
BACH, J.S.: Favourite Cantatas	8.554042
BEST OF OPERETTA, Vol. 1	8.550941
BEST OF OPERETTA, VOL. 1	8.570049
BEST OF OPERETTA, Vol. 2	8.550942
BEST OF OPERETTA, Vol. 3	8.550943
BRIDE'S GUIDE TO WEDDING MUSIC (A)	8.503134
BRIDE'S GUIDE TO WEDDING MUSIC (A)	8.557246-47
CENTRE (THE), Vol. 2	8.554903-04DX
CHRISTMAS - A Classic Christmas: Songs of Praise	8.555292
CINEMA CLASSICS 2003	8.556696
CLASSICAL FAVOURITES (Den Klassiske Onskekonserten)	8.503129
CLASSICS AT THE MOVIES: DIVAS	8.556806
DISCOVER CHORAL MUSIC	8.558198-99
Discover Music of the Baroque Era	8.558160-61
ENKELIN AANIN (Angel's Voices)	8.503147
Family Symphony	8.557479DX
Fantasia	8.551166
FLOWERING OF LOVE, (THE) - Beautiful Arias and Sacred Songs of the Baroque	8.570156-57
HALLELUJAH! SACRED ARIAS AND CHORUSES	8.571095
HEAVENLY VOICES - BACH, J.S.: Arias	8.557947-48
KLASSISKA FAVORITER: OPERA (Classical Favourites: Opera)	8.503021
LOVE AND PEACE	8.557362DX
MOZART: Marriage of Figaro (The) (Highlights)	8.554172
MYSTIC VOICES - Divine Music from the Heavens	8.570169-70
OPERETTA HIGHLIGHTS	8.571083
PANDA CLASSICS - Issue No. 4: Toon Time	8.578011-12
PERFECT AUTUMN WEDDING	8.557978
PERFECT SPRING WEDDING	8.557976
PERFECT SUMMER WEDDING	8.557979
PERFECT WEDDING	8.557975
PERFECT WINTER WEDDING	8.557977
ROSSINI: Barber of Seville (The) (Highlights)	8.553436
ROSSINI: Barbiere di Siviglia (Il)	8.660027-29
UNGER-HAMILTON, C.: Discover Music of the Baroque Era	NA495912
Voices of Angels	8.503071