Adorján Pataki

Born in 1981 in Romania, lirico spinto tenor Adorján Pataki graduated from the Academy Gheorghe Dima in Cluj Napoca with Marius Vlad. He also studied in Paris with Viorica Cortez.

He has been a member of the Hungarian Opera in Cluj from 2005. In Romania,  he has appeared in all musical institutions of the country including National Opera in Bucarest, Timisoara, Iasi, Cluj-Napoca, Brasov. He is also a permanent guest at the National Opera Budapest and at the National Philharmonic Hungary.  He has performed  in Germany (Madama Butterfly in Darmstadt, Chemnitz, Luisa Miller in Aachen, Bohème in Bonn, Trovatore in Erfurt…), Czech Republic (Simone Boccanegra in Prague…), Norway (Bohème, Madama Butterfly, Macbeth in Bergen…),  Spain (Psalmus Hungaricus in Madrid….). 

Adorján’s burnished bronze voice colour  and exciting ringing high notes make him excel in the Italian spinto repertoire : Tosca, Trovatore, Don Carlos, Aida, Attila, Bohème, Un Ballo in maschera, Macbeth …

This season’s appearances include : Hyunyadi Laszlo and Traviata in Budapest, Bohème,  Aida, Cavalleria Rusticana  in Cluj-Napoca…

Upcoming are Riccardo /Un Ballo in maschera in Budapest and his debut as Des Grieux /Manon Lescaut in Cluj Napoca.