Csaba Szőke

Competition repertoire

Preliminary

• Bizet: Carmen - Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre (Escamillo) 

Semil-Final

• Mozart: Così fan tutte - Rivolgete a lui lo sguardo (Guglielmo)
• Giordano: Andrea Chénier - Nemico dalla patria? (Gérard)

Final

• Beethoven: Fidelio - Ha! Welch ein Augenblick (Pizzaro)
• Verdi: Un ballo in maschera - Alzati! ... Eri tu che macchiavi (Renato)  

Csaba Szőke Viktor has been singing at concerts since 2011 regularly. He completed his studies at the University of Pécs and the Johann-Joseph-Fux Conservatory. In 2019, he won the scholarship of the American Institute of Musical Studies (AIMS), in 2016, the scholarships of Accademia Belcanto Festival Week, and in 2011, the audience award of the Mihály Székely Singing Competition.

He participated in the master courses by Gabriela Lechner (2019), Helene Schneidermann (2019), Ildikó Raimondi (2018), Christa Ludwig (2016), and Natela Nicoli (2015). He speaks, German, English, and Italian.

Csaba cooperated with conductors such as Adam Fischer, Andres Orozco-Estrada, Rani Calderon, and Mario Conti.

He had numerous performances in Graz in works, like Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana, Beethoven’s Fidelio, Haydn’s Nicolaimesse, and some operettas, too.

He is the founder of Opera Mobile Graz. In season 2020/2021, he can be heard as Escamillo in Bizet’s Carmen and as Bluebeard in Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle.