Happy Birthday: Andrea Rost

"Ach, ich fühl's" Die Zauberflöte (Mozart)

"Klänge der Heimat" Die Fledermaus (J. Strauss)

"Sempre libera" La Traviata (Verdi)

"Giunse alfin il momento...Deh vieni, non tardar" Le Nozze di Figaro (Mozart)

"Or sai chi l'onore" Don Giovanni (Mozart)

Gilda "Caro nome" Rigoletto (Verdi)

"Regnava nel silenzio" Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti)

Andrea Rost was born June 15, 1962, in Budapest, Hungary. She graduated from the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music as the pupil of Zsolt Bende. She was still a student with a scholarship from the Budapest Opera when she sang Juliette in Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette at the Budapest Opera House in 1989. Two years later, in 1991, she became the soloist of the Staatsoper in Vienna, where she sang all her

Plácido Domingo to Conduct Hungarian Treasure

(Photo: Zsigmond. Éva Marton as Gertrud)

"Los Angeles Opera will present the 19th century Hungarian opera Bánk bán as part of the 2011-12 season.  The Hungarian reports stated that Plácido Domingo, who serves as general director of L.A. Opera, will conduct the performances. The announcement was made by Hungarian State Secretary of Culture Geza Szocs and Domingo, who was recently in Budapest."

Synopsis and video of operatic film version, featuring Éva Marton and Andrea Rost, after the jump.