Andrea Zsadon
# Andrea Zsadon

Andrea Zsadon (born 18 October 1946) is a Hungarian soprano and actress active in both opera and operetta. During her career as a singer she performed frequently at the Vienna Volksoper and the Budapest Operetta Theatre [hu]. Zsadon was the recipient of the Mari Jászai Prize in 1987 and the Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary in 2008.

Zsadon was born in Debrecen and is married to the singer and operetta director Tibor Szolnoki [hu]. When they both retired from the Budapest Operetta Theatre in 1992, they founded their own operetta ensemble, Operettszínházból.

Amongst Zsadon's film and television appearances is Az Élet muzsikája (The Music of Life), a 1984 biographical film about the Hungarian composer Emmerich Kálmán.

## Repertory

| Composer | Opera | Role(s) |
| - | - | - |
| Giacomo Puccini | Manon Lescaut | Manon Lescaut |
| Giuseppe Verdi | Nabucco | Anna |
| Ruggero Leoncavallo | Pagliacci | Nedda |
| Gaetano Donizetti | Don Pasquale | Norina |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Le nozze di Figaro | Countess Rosina; Cherubino |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Die Entführung aus dem Serail | The three ladies |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Der Schauspieldirektor | Madame Krone |
| Ferenc Erkel | Hunyadi László | Mátyás Hunyadi |
| Ralph Benatzky | Der König mit dem Regenschirm | Margot |
| Emmerich Kálmán | Gräfin Mariza | Countess Mariza; Lisa |
| Emmerich Kálmán | Die Csárdásfürstin | Sylva Varescu |
| Emmerich Kálmán | Die Zirkusprinzessin | Princess Fedora Palinska |
| Emmerich Kálmán | Der Zigeunerprimas | Countess Irini |
| Emmerich Kálmán | Das Veilchen vom Montmartre | Ninon |
| Johann Strauss II | Die Fledermaus | Rosalinde; Adele |
| Johann Strauss II | Eine Nacht in Venedig | Annina; Agricola Barbaruccio |
| Johann Strauss II | The Gypsy Baron | Saffi |
| Kacsóh Pongrác | János Vitéz | The Princess |
| Paul Abraham | Viktoria und ihr Husar | Countess Viktoria |
| Paul Abraham | Ball im Savoy | Tangolita |
| Franz Lehár | Das Land des Lächelns | Lisa; Princess Mi |
| Franz Lehár | Die lustige Witwe | Hanna Glawari |
| Franz Lehár | Zigeunerliebe | Zórika |
| Franz Lehár | Der Graf von Luxemburg | Angèle Didier |
| Jenő Huszka | Mária fôhadnagy | Mária; Antónia |
| Jacques Offenbach | Le mariage aux lanternes | Fanchette |
| Jacques Offenbach | Orphée aux enfers | Eurydice |
| Jacques Offenbach | Un mari à la porte | Rosita |
| Jacques Offenbach | Monsieur et Madame Denis | Lucile du Coudrai |
| Jacques Offenbach | La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein | Eszti |
| Leo Fall | Madame Pompadour | Madame de Pompadour |
| Victor Jacobi | Szibill | Sybill |
| Victor Jacobi | Leányvásár | Lucy |
| Richard Rodgers | Carousel | Julie Jordan |
| Franz von Suppé | Boccaccio | Fiametta |
| Franz von Suppé | Die schöne Galathée | Galatea |
| Pierre Barillet | Cactus Flower | Madame Chouchou |
| Leonard Bernstein | West Side Story | Maria |

## Recordings

* János Vitéz (music by Pongrác Kacsoh, lyrics by Jeno Heltai), Chorus and Orchestra of the Municipal Operetta Theatre, Géza Oberfrank conductor; Qualiton; SLPX 16619 (1980)
* Zirkusprinzessin (music by Emmerich Kálmán, libretto by Alfred Grünwald and Julius Brammer), chorus and ballet of the Budapest operetta, Katalin Varadi and Pal Ronai, conductors (1991; archival recording OCLC 793489459)
