Sylvia Geszty

Sylvia Geszty
Geszty as Cleopatra in Handel's Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Berlin, 1970
Born
Sylvia Maria Ilona Wytkowsky

(1934-02-28)28 February 1934
Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary
Died13 December 2018(2018-12-13) (aged 84)
Stuttgart, Germany
EducationFranz Liszt Academy of Music
Occupations
Organizations
AwardsArt Prize of the German Democratic Republic

Sylvia Geszty (born Sylvia Maria Ilona Wytkowsky; Hungarian: Geszty (Witkowsky) Ilona Mária Szilvia [ˈɡɛsti ˈsilvijɒ];[1] 28 February 1934 – 13 December 2018[2]) was a Hungarian-German operatic coloratura soprano who appeared internationally, based first at the Staatsoper Berlin in East Berlin and from 1970 at the Staatstheater Stuttgart. She is remembered as Mozart's Queen of the Night and an ideal Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos, but also performed Baroque opera and in the world premiere of Kurt Schwaen's Leonce und Lena.

Geszty was for decades a professor of voice at the Musikhochschule Stuttgart and also taught a master class in Zurich. She made many recordings and appeared on radio and television and in concert and recitals.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Kutsch/Riemens was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Announcement of death Stuttgarter Zeitung (19 January 2019