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The consulate general of Hungary in Shanghai presented a New Year Concert to a packed audience at Moore Memorial Church on Jan 21, featuring one of Hungarian’s top sopranos Erika Miklosa and her partner Istvan Horvath.

A member of the Hungarian State Opera until 1999, Miklosa was known for her soprano roles as Adele from Die Fledermaus, Gilda from Rigoletto and Konstanze from Die Entführung aus dem Serail. Since 2004, she is regularly featured on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera in New York.

Horvath made his debut in the role of Count Almaviva in Rossini's The Barber of Seville in Miskolc. He has been a soloist with the Hungarian State Opera since 2010. In addition to appearances and recitals in Hungary, he has sung across Europe, North America and South America.