26 August 2020 |
Opera
Congratulations to Mária Adamcová on the Beautiful Anniversary
On Wednesday, August 26, the long-term soloist of the opera of the Košice State Theater, mezzo-soprano Mária Adamcová, will celebrate a beautiful jubilee of ninety years. The native of Važec started as a singer in SĽUK. She came to the opera ensemble in Košice in 1955 and until her retirement in 1991, she played dozens of opera and operetta characters. The Košice State Theater is joining a number…
7 August 2020 |
Opera
Twenty Years Ago, Ružena Kustrová Died
On Friday, August 7, twenty years passed since the death of the Slovak opera and operetta singer, the mezzo-soprano Ružena Kustrová, the longtime soloist of the State Theatre in Košice in 1945 — 1980. In a photo from the operetta Wine Harvest from 1958 on the right along with her daughter Božena Hanáková. Read more about her in the article by Elena Blahová - Martišová on the portal operaslovakia.…
24 July 2020 |
Opera
Decades with the Theater of Jubilee Viera Hronská
The State Theater in Košice is joining the well-wishers who wished all the best to beautiful life jubilee of longtime opera soloist Viera Hronská on Friday, July 24, 2020. She joined the stage of the State Theater in Košice as a member of the ensemble almost sixty years ago and she still works in the backstage as the opera stage designer. With breaks and a few short times in opera in Banská…
26 June 2020 |
Opera
We Are Commemorating Silvia Grünwaldová - Colombová and Boris Šimanovský
Two anniversaries of birth of opera soloists, whose lives were connected to the State Theater in Košice have fallen on these days. On Friday, June 26, it will be 90 years since bass-baritone singer Boris Šimanovský was born, a day later,  June 27, we commemorate the 105th  anniversary of birth of mezzosoprano singer Silvia Grünwaldová - Colombová. Even though they were born on the opposite sides…
16 June 2020 |
Opera
Opera Will Dedicate One of the Performances to Imrich Gál
Slovak opera world is going to commemorate the 110th anniversary of birth of excellent baritone singer Imrich Gál at the beginning of July. He was a leading soloist of the Slovak National Theater but he also left a significant trace in Košice. He moved to the east of Slovakia for a certain period of time at the initiative of Janko Borodáč and he belonged to founding members of the opera ensemble…