{{Short description|Hungarian operatic soprano}} '''Csilla Boross''' is a Hungarian operatic soprano who has had an active international career since her professional debut in 2003. She is particularly well known for her portrayal of Abigaille in Giuseppe Verdi's ''Nabucco''. In 2009 she was the recipient of the Thalia Award and in 2016 she was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newsgd.com/node_98e2854b2e/d5cd8ba636.shtml|title=2017 grand opera production: Aida by Verdi|work=GD Today|date=February 28, 2017}}</ref>
==Career== Born in Budapest, Boross was educated at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music.<ref name="ibrno">{{cite news|url=https://www-ibrno-cz.translate.goog/kultura/38964-solistka-opery-ndb-csilla-boross-se-predstavi-prazskemu-publiku.html?_x_tr_sl=cs&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc|title=Sólistka opery NDB Csilla Boross se představí pražskému publiku|author=Katerina Vlasáková|date=September 12, 2011|work=ibrno.cv}}</ref> She made her professional debut in 2003 at the Hungarian State Opera as Konstanze in Mozart's ''Die Entführung aus dem Serail''. She was a resident artist at that opera house from 2003 to 2008, and since the 2008–2009 season she has been a resident artist at the National Theatre Brno, Janáček Theatre.<ref name="ibrno"/> In her early career, she performed roles from the lighter coloratura soprano repertoire, including Cleopatra in Handel's ''Giulio Cesare'', Gilda in Verdi's ''Rigoletto'', and Violetta in Verdi's ''La traviata''.<ref name="ibrno"/> Later in her career she added roles from heavier more dramatic repertoire, including Donna Anna in ''Don Giovanni'', Cio-Cio-San in ''Madama Butterfly'', Tatiana in ''Eugene Onegin'', Venus in ''Tannhäuser'', and the title roles in ''Adriana Lecouvreur'', ''Aida'', ''Jenůfa'', ''Káťa Kabanová'', and ''Tosca''.<ref name="ibrno"/>
In 2010 Boross made her United States debut at the Palm Beach Opera as Abigaille in Giuseppe Verdi's ''Nabucco'';<ref>{{cite news|url=http://palmbeachartspaper.com/splendid-second-cast-shines-in-pb-operas-nabucco/|title=Splendid second cast shines in PB Opera’s ‘Nabucco’|date=December 13, 2010|author=Rex Hearn|work=Palm Beach Art's Paper}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/story/entertainment/arts/2012/04/01/palm-beach-opera-to-stage/9642435007/|title=Palm Beach Opera to stage Verdi’s ‘Nabucco’ at Kravis|author=Jan Sjostrom|work=Palm Beach Daily News}}</ref> a role she has performed with numerous companies, including a performance at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma under the baton of Riccardo Muti that was filmed for national broadcast on television in Italy in 2011.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/23/arts/23iht-Loomis23.html|title=In Italy, Even Verdi Has His Say|author=George Loomis|work=The New York Times|date=March 22, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2011/05/06/136029109/career-building-verdis-nabucco|title=Career Building: Verdi's 'Nabucco'|work=NPR|author=Bruce Scott|date=May 6, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://kultura.hu/hungarian-soprano-finds/|title=Hungarian Soprano Finds Success Abroad ?: Interview with Csilla Boross|date=December 7, 2011|work=Kultura}}</ref> She has also performed the role of Abigaille at the Washington National Opera (2012),<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/opera-review-nabucco-at-the-washington-national-opera/2012/04/29/gIQAowfIqT_story.html|title=Opera review: ‘Nabucco’ at the Washington National Opera|work=The Washington Post|author=Anne Midgette|date=April 29, 2012}}</ref> Opera Philadelphia (2013),<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.inquirer.com/photo/this-nabucco-evokes-two-eras-20131001.html|date=October 1, 2013|title=This 'Nabucco' evokes two eras|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer|author=David Patrick Stearns}}</ref> Grand Théâtre de Genève (2014),<ref>{{cite news|title=Musique: Agenda genevoism|author=Martina Diaz|page=57|work=Scènes Magazine|url=https://studylibfr.com/doc/6050983/théâtre---scènes-magazine|date=March 2014}}</ref> Pittsburgh Opera (2015),<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/music/2015/10/08/Opera-preview-Verdi-s-Nabucco-receives-first-Pittsburgh-Opera-staging-since-1973/stories/201510080013|title=Opera preview: Verdi's 'Nabucco' receives first Pittsburgh Staging Since 1973|author=Elizabeth Bloom|date=October 8, 2015|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette}}</ref> the Baths of Caracalla (2017, again with the Rome Opera),<ref>{{cite news|url=https://bachtrack.com/critique-nabucco-opera-de-rome-thermes-de-caracalla-aout-2017|title=Splendeur et émotions aux Thermes de Caracalla pour Nabucco|author= Emma Granier|date=August 3, 2017|work=Bachtrack}}</ref> the Teatro Regio Torino (2020),<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.torinotoday.it/eventi/nabucco-teatro-regio-12-22-febbraio.html|title="Nabucco", un nuovo allestimento per il capolavoro verdiano al Regio|work=Torino Today|date=February 2, 2020}}</ref> and the Opéra de Marseille (2023).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.lamarseillaise.fr/culture/nabucco-un-grand-moment-d-opera-a-marseille-KH13506059|title=Nabucco, un grand moment d’Opéra à Marseille|author=Patrick De Maria|work=La Marseillaise|date=February 4, 2023}}</ref>
In 2013 Boross performed the role of Amelia in Verdi's ''Un ballo in maschera'' with Opera Australia.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/verdi-un-ballo-in-maschera-20130414-2htek.html|title=Verdi: Un Ballo In Maschera|author=Michael Shmith|date=April 15, 2013|work=The Age}}</ref> In 2014 she portrayed Lady Macbeth in Verdi's ''Macbeth'' at the Palm Beach Opera,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://palmbeachartspaper.com/pbos-macbeth-first-cast-chioldi-boross-impressive-panikkar-a-discovery/|title=PBO’s ‘Macbeth,’ first cast: Chioldi, Boross impressive; Panikkar a discovery|work=Palm Beach Art's Paper|author=Greg Stepanich|date=January 31, 2014}}</ref> and the title role in Bellini's ''Norma'' at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.diaridegirona.cat/cultura/2014/07/16/soprano-hongaresa-csilla-boross-substituira-48610954.html|title=La soprano hongaresa Csilla Boross substituirà Webroek al Festival de Peralada|work=Diari de Girona|date=July 16, 2014}}</ref> In 2015 she was the soprano soloist in Verdi's ''Requiem'' at Victoria Hall (Geneva) with conductor Edo de Waart leading the musical forces.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.letemps.ch/requiem-verdi-entre-ciel-terre|title=Le Requiem de Verdi entre ciel et terre|work=Le Temps|date=February 25, 2015|author=Sylvie Bonier}}</ref> In 2022 she performed the title role in Amilcare Ponchielli's ''La Gioconda'' at the Chorégies d'Orange;<ref>{{cite news|url=https://operawire.com/csilla-boross-replaces-saioa-hernandez-in-la-gioconda-at-les-choregies-dorange-festival/|title=Csilla Boross Replaces Saioa Hernández in ‘La Gioconda’ at Les Choregies d’Orange Festival|date=July 28, 2022|work=Opera Wire|author=Francisco Salazar}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|work=Le Dauphiné libéré|url=https://www.ledauphine.com/culture-loisirs/2022/08/05/choregies-csilla-boross-est-la-gioconda|title=Musique, Chorégies : Csilla Boross est la Gioconda|date=August 5, 2022}}</ref> a work she had previously sang for the opera's first staging in the Czech Republic at the National Theatre Brno in 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://eurozpravy-cz.translate.goog/kultura/divadlo/181040-ceska-premiera-a-zajezd-do-hongkongu-janackovu-operu-ceka-nabity-mesic?_x_tr_sl=cs&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc|title=Česká premiéra a zájezd do Hongkongu. Janáčkovu operu čeká nabitý měsíc|work=EuroZprávy.cz|date=January 30, 2017}}</ref>
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==External links== {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Boross, Csilla}} Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Living people Category:Hungarian operatic sopranos Category:Recipients of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary Category:Franz Liszt Academy of Music alumni Category:Singers from Budapest