Melinda Hekler

Repertoire

Preliminary

• Erkel: Bánk Bán - Ölj meg engemet, Bánk (Melinda)   

Semi-Final

• Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi - Eccomi, in lieta vesta ... Oh! quante volte (Giulietta)
• Puccini: La bohème - Quando m'en vo (Musetta) 

Final

• Händel: Orlando - Amor é qual vento (Dorinda) 
• Britten: Peter Grimes - Embroidery in childhood (Ellen Orford)

Biography

Born in 1986, Melinda Hekler studied between 2005-2008 at the Musical Theatre Studio of the Budapest Operetta Theatre. In 2013, she graduated with a master’s diploma in acting with music from the

Academy of Drama and Film in Budapest. Her form teachers were Eszter Novák and György Selmeczi. Her vocal teacher is Zita Váradi, formerly she learnt form Éva Lax, Éva Vámossy and Bernadett Wiedemann.

In June-July 2019, Melinda Hekler participated at the summer university of the Berlin Opera Academy. She visited master courses taught by Emőke Baráth, Krisztina Laki, Éva Lax, Lorraine DiSimone, and David Wakeham.

She spent her professional practice at the Vígszínház and the National Theatre of Pécs. For the season of 2013-2014, she had an agreement with the National Theatre of Szeged.

She played in the following productions:

2012 – Joseph Stein – Fiddler in the roof – Hodel – conductor: István Silló – Vígszínház

2013-2014 – Pongrác Kacsóh – John the Valiant – Iluska – conductor – Zoltán Bókai – National Theatre of Pécs

2013-2014 – Pongrác Kacsóh – John the Valiant – French Princesse – conductor: Zoltán Bókai – National Theatre of Pécs

2014-2015 – Jenő Huszka – Prince Bob – Anne – conductor: Ferenc Koczka – National Theatre of Szeged

Concerts and other performances:

2010, 2012, 2015, 2016 – Mozart – The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni – choral singer – Müpa, New York, Edinburgh, Berlin

2016-2017 – Mozart – Missa brevis in G major – soprano solo – choirmaster: Géza Szabó

2018-2019 – Schubert – Mass No. 2 in G major – soprano solo – choirmaster: László Kaczor

since 2019 September – auxiliary singer in the Hungarian Radio Choir

2020 – György Philipp, László Melis – Cseppkánon – choirmaster: György Philipp