Atilla Kiss B. (Hungarian style Kiss B. Atilla) (born 28 January 1963,

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) is a Romanian-born Hungarian operatic tenor. He made his debut at the

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in 1993. In 2002 he sang the title role in the film version of Ferenc Erkel's opera ''

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''. Kiss has been awarded the

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(2002), the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (2011), and the

Kossuth Prize The Kossuth Prize ( hu, Kossuth-díj) is a state-sponsored award in Hungary, named after the Hungarian politician and revolutionist Lajos Kossuth. The Prize was established in 1948 (on occasion of the centenary of the March 15th revolution, the ...

(2014).

Biography

Atilla Kiss B. has his roots in the Hungarian minority in Romania. He was born in

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n town

(Hungarian ''Bánffyhunyad''), which is situated in nowadays Romania, but belonged to Hungary up until the borders were changed after World War I. He got in to the Hungarian language opera education at the Musical Academy in

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in Romania when he was 26 years old, after the fall of Communism, and started to sing leading roles already during his education. In 1999 he moved to Budapest, and has since then been engaged at the

Hungarian State Opera House The Hungarian State Opera House ( hu, Magyar Állami Operaház) is a neo-Renaissance opera house located in central Budapest, on Andrássy út. Originally known as the Hungarian Royal Opera House, it was designed by Miklós Ybl, a major figure of ...

as a leading tenor.Interview in Swedish magazine "Tidskriften Opera", June 2015

References

1963 births Living people People from Huedin Romanian musicians of Hungarian descent Romanian operatic tenors 21st-century Romanian male opera singers 20th-century Romanian male opera singers {{Opera-singer-stub