Csilla Boross

Born in Budapest, Boross was educated at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music.^[2] She made her professional debut in 2003 at the Hungarian State Opera as Konstanze in Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail. She was a resident artist at that opera house from 2003 to 2008, and since the 2008–2009 season she has been a resident artist at the National Theatre Brno, Janáček Theatre.^[2] In her early career, she performed roles from the lighter coloratura soprano repertoire, including Cleopatra in Handel's Giulio Cesare, Gilda in Verdi's Rigoletto, and Violetta in Verdi's La traviata.^[2] Later in her career she added roles from heavier more dramatic repertoire, including Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Cio-Cio-San in Madama Butterfly, Tatiana in Eugene Onegin, Venus in Tannhäuser, and the title roles in Adriana Lecouvreur, Aida, Jenůfa, Káťa Kabanová, and Tosca.^[2]

In 2010 Boross made her United States debut at the Palm Beach Opera as Abigaille in Giuseppe Verdi's Nabucco;^[3][4] a role she has performed with numerous companies, including a performance at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma under the baton of Riccardo Muti that was filmed for national broadcast on television in Italy in 2011.^[5][6][7] She has also performed the role of Abigaille at the Washington National Opera (2012),^[8] Opera Philadelphia (2013),^[9] Grand Théâtre de Genève (2014),^[10] Pittsburgh Opera (2015),^[11] the Baths of Caracalla (2017, again with the Rome Opera),^[12] the Teatro Regio Torino (2020),^[13] and the Opéra de Marseille (2023).^[14]

In 2013 Boross performed the role of Amelia in Verdi's Un ballo in maschera with Opera Australia.^[15] In 2014 she portrayed Lady Macbeth in Verdi's Macbeth at the Palm Beach Opera,^[16] and the title role in Bellini's Norma at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo.^[17] In 2015 she was the soprano soloist in Verdi's Requiem at Victoria Hall (Geneva) with conductor Edo de Waart leading the musical forces.^[18] In 2022 she performed the title role in Amilcare Ponchielli's La Gioconda at the Chorégies d'Orange;^[19][20] a work she had previously sang for the opera's first staging in the Czech Republic at the National Theatre Brno in 2017.^[21]