大象传媒

M谩ria Celeng studied with M谩ria Fekete and J煤lia P谩szthy in Budapest and with Gabriele Fuchs in Munich, where she is currently studying music theatre. She is a prizewinner in the Francisco Vi帽as and the Neue Stimmen competitions and has attended master classes with 脡va Marton, Francisco Araiza, Thomas Hampson, Michael Schade, Nicholas Clapton, Walter Moore and Helmut Deutsch.

Since 2009 M谩ria has appeared regularly as a guest artist at the Palace of Arts in Budapest, singing as soloist in concert with Zolt谩n Kocsis, 脕d谩m Fischer, J谩nos Kov谩cs, Gy枚rgy Vashegyi, Marco Balderi, Ariel Zuckermann and Christian Zacharias. She has appeared as Araspe in Hasse鈥檚 La Didone abbandonata at Munich鈥檚 Prinzregententheater and the Ch芒teau de Versailles under Michael Hofstetter. In June 2012 she sang the title role in Jan谩膷ek鈥檚 The Cunning Little Vixen at the Prinzregententheater under Andreas Kowalewitz. In summer 2012 she took part in the Salzburg Festival鈥檚 Young Singers project and in January 2013 she sang Adele Die Fledermaus in Budapest.

Future plans include Iluska in Pongr谩c Kacsoh鈥檚 operetta J谩nos Vit茅z at the Hungarian State Opera and Tebaldo Don Carlo with Antonio Pappano during this year鈥檚 Salzburg Festival

M谩ria enjoys the theatre, travel, playing chess and learning new languages.

• Winner of Concert Two
• Song Prize finalist

Song Prize Final repertoire

Meine Rose (Op 90 No 2) 鈥� Schumann

The poet brings water to the rose that is already bowing in the heat, and wishes to pour out his soul in the same way to refresh the 鈥榬ose of my heart.鈥� The poem is by Nikolaus Lenau.

Singet nicht in Trauert枚nen ( Op 98a No 7) 鈥� Schumann

Sung by Philine, a character in Goethe鈥檚 novel Wilhelm Meister鈥檚 Apprenticeship, this spirited song extols the joys of the night. We should not think it sad and lonely, as it is the time for loving. The daytime is so tedious and stressful, and we long for midnight, when all the fun begins.

Ich wollt ein Str盲usslein binden (Op 68 No 2) 鈥� R Strauss

The poet wanted to make his lover a posy, but could only find one flower, which begged not to be picked. If it had not spoken, the poet would have picked it. Now the poet is alone; the beloved has not come. The song alternates between the voices of the poet and the flower.

Harmonie du soir (5 po茅mes de Baudelaire No 2) 鈥� Debussy

This is a darkly gothic poem from Flowers of Evil by Baudelaire. It describes tortured mystical and meteorological imagery of deepening evening and the memory of a love fading away.

I wanted to know (20 Hungarian Folksongs No 5) - Bart贸k

The singer wants to know whether she鈥檚 allowed to love someone else鈥檚 partner. But the answer is no, so she is full of grief. If God will not let her live with her beloved, she would rather be dead. 鈥淲oe is me鈥�, she exclaims.

If I climb (8 Hungarian Folksongs No 5) - Bart贸k

听

Liebeslauschen 鈥� Schubert

Liebeslied 鈥� Schumann

Apr猫s un r锚ve 鈥� Faur茅

Fantoches (F锚tes galantes)- Debussy

Rhyme (12 Humbert Wolfe Songs) 鈥� Holst

Solitary Hotel (Despite and still) 鈥� Barber

Di, cor mio (Alcina) 鈥� Handel

Ruggiero has been bewitched by the sorceress Alcina on her magical island. When Ruggiero鈥檚 lover Bradamante appears disguised as a man, along with the tutor Melisso, Alcina welcomes them and asks Ruggiero to show them around. She bids him show them the palace, the gardens and the brook 鈥� the places where they fell in love.

Temerari...Come scoglio (Cos矛 fan tutte) 鈥� Mozart

Fiordiligi and her sister Dorabella are being wooed by two strangers, who are actually their lovers in disguise. Fiordiligi, the more strong-minded of the sisters, delivers this strong diatribe on fidelity, saying that she will remain firm as a rock in her loyalty, despite all temptations.

Song to the Moon (Rusalka) - Dvo艡谩k

Rusalka is a water-nymph, the daughter of the Spirit of the Lake. In a lakeside glade, she sings to the moon of her love for a mortal, the prince who came to the lake to bathe. She longs to become mortal, but a Water Goblin has warned her of the dangers.