The native form of this personal name is Miklósa Erika.:This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Erika Miklósa (born 9 June 1970) is a Hungarian coloratura soprano.

Contents

• 1 Career
• 2 Awards and commendations
• 3 Discography
• 4 References
• 5 External links

Career

Born in the southern Hungarian town of Kiskunhalas, she spent her youth as an athlete training for the heptathlon. Miklósa was Hungarian Junior Champion in the high jump. However, an accident forced her to switch career paths. Because of her good singing skills she chose to be a singer. At first, she sang at family gatherings, weddings, and formal celebrations. On one such occasion, a singing-master heard her and almost immediately began to teach the 16-year-old. Soon she went on to study music at the Franz Liszt Conservatory of Music in Szeged as well as in Milan and New York. She became a soloist at the Hungarian State Opera in 1990. Her signature role is the Queen of the Night from Mozart's The Magic Flute. She sang also at the Royal Opera House in London, at the Vienna State Opera, at the Metropolitan Opera in New York and many more famous opera houses. In 2004, she debuted at the Metropolitan Opera in her signature Queen of the Night role.

Awards and commendations

• Pro Opera Lyrica – Opera Singer of the Year 1993 (Hungary)
• International Mozart Compe*ion – 1st Prize in voice category (1993)
• European Award for Culture, Zurich (1995)
• Order of Merit Member Cross (Hungary, 1998)
• Honorary Citizen of Kiskunhalas (1999)
• Artist of Bács County (2003)
• Kossuth Prize (2012)

Discography

• Die Zauberflöte (2006) with Dorothea Röschmann, Christoph Strehl, René Pape; Claudio Abbado conducting; Deutsche Grammophon
• West Side Story (2009) Sony
• The Magic Flute (2011), Metropolitan Opera

References

External links

• Media related to Erika Miklósa at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website
• Erika Miklósa at IMDb
• Performance schedule at Operabase
• 2005 concert performance on YouTube, medley ("Maria"/"Tonight") from West Side Story with Plácido Domingo
• Hungary greets FIFA delegation: Erika Miklosa sings for Blatter. Fifa.com
• Erika Miklósa's successful concert at the Hungarian Emb*y in London, Hungarian emb*y in London, News
• Erika Miklosa'a performance in Die Zauberflöte reviewed, The Stage Reviews, 30 January 2008
• The Magic Flute in Emeryville: SpearHeadnews.com

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