Anna Örök / Forever Anna - Ilidkó Iván Soprano / Mozart, Nicolai, Verdi, Weber, J. Strauss arias / Audio CD 2003 /Danube Symphony Orchestra / Conducted by László Kovács

Hungaroton Classic

HCD32173   DDD

TOTAL RUNTIME: 63 MINUTES

Track List:

1. W. A. MOZART: Don Giovanni — nyitány / overture

2. W. A. MOZART: "Don Ottavio... son morta... Or sai chi l'onore"

                           „Don Ottavio! Jaj, végem... Most tudod hát" Don Giovanni — Donna Anna, Don Ottavio (1. felv. / lst Act)  

3. W. A. MOZART: "Crudele?... Non mi dir, bell'idol mio" „Kegyetlen ?... Ne mondd nékem, szép szerelmem" Don Giovanni — Donna Anna (2. felv. / 2nd Act) 

4. O. NICOLAI: A windsori víg nők 1 The Merry Wives of Windsor — nyitány / overture  

5. O. NICOLAI: „Wohl denn!... 0, selige Traume" I „Hát legyen!... Ó, boldog álmok" A windsori víg nők I The Merry Wives of Windsor — Anna (2. felv. / 2nd Act) F-61

6. G. VERDI: "Su/fil d'un soffio etesio..." l „Ó jertek, tündérszellemek" Falstaff — Annuska / Nanetta (2. felv. / 2nd Act)

7. C. M. von WEBER: A bűvös vadász I Der Freischütz — nyitány overture

8. C. M. von WEBER: »Kommt ein schlanker Bursch gegangen" „Karcsú fickót hogyha látsz, te lány" A bűvös vadász / Der Freischütz — Annuska / Ánnchen (2. felv. / 2nd Act)

9. C. M. von WEBER: „Einst traumte meiner sel'gen Base... Trübe Augen, Liebchen" „Egy éjjel rémes álmot látott... Könnyes szempár..." A bűvös vadász I Der Freischütz: — Annuska / Ánnchen (3. felv. / 3rd Act)

10. J. STRAUSS: Anna-Polka 4'14"

Ildikó Iván - Soprano

Ferenc Gerdesits - Tenor

BM Duna Művészegyüttes Szimfonikus Zenekara / Danube Symphony Orchestra

Conducted by László Kovács

Recording Producer: Tibor Alpár

Balance Engineer: Tamás Horváth

English Summary:

Ildiko Ivan began her musical career as a flutist, and received her diploma at the Debrecen division of the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music, where she was taught by Istvan Matuz. Four years later at the same place, she received her degree as a singer, after being the student of Adrienne Szterszky and Endre Dekany. Her first operatic contract was with the Csokonai Theater in Debrecen. Her international career began already in 1984, after earning first prize and special award at the Karlovy Vary Singing Competition, and later, third place at the Sophia Singing Competition. Soon after, she was invited to the Sophia Music Festival, where she sang the role of Gilda along with Giuseppe Taddei, where she proved once again to be a great success. In the same year, she won the grand prix of the Cziffra Foundation, after which she was invited to a number of French concerts. She became a regular guest singer at the Hungarian State Opera, singing such notable roles as Lucia di Lammermoor, Olympia, Fior-diligi, Melinda and Micaela. In Stuttgart, 1988, she won first place at the Geszty Sylvia Coloratura Competition. Afterwards, she gained a Europe-wide reputation as the vocal artist of the Bonn Opera. She worked with such notable conductors as Sylvio Varviso, Dennis Russel Davis, Waclaw Neumann, Stefan Soltesz, Udo Zimmermann and Gianfranco Massini, and also with vocal partners as Edita Gruberova, Juan Pons, Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Graham Clark and Gössta Winberg. She appeared once again in Hungary in 1994 at the Rigoletto performance on Margit sziget. Currently, she is a popular soprano of the Hungarian music life, a regular guest of various opera companies, an oratorio soloist and a noted performer of contemporary music literature.