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József Gregor

József Gregor was a renowned Hungarian operatic bass who enjoyed success first in Hungary, then in France, Belgium and Canada, and finally in the United States. Gregor was born in Rákosliget, a small town that is now part of Budapest. He studied violin for ten years and then, voice at the Liszt Academy in Budapest for one year but did not graduate. He started singing with the Hungarian Army chorus in 1958 before becoming a soloist in National Theatre of Szeged in Hungary. In Europe he sang in many opera houses, including Vlaamse Opera and La Scala in Milan. Beginning in 1989, József Gregor appeared in the US with the Portland Opera and later with the Houston Grand Opera and the Metropolitan Opera. His most famous roles included Sarastro, Osmin, Falstaff, Don Pasquale, Dulcamara, Don Basilio, Don Bartolo, Don Alfonso, Leporello, Don Magnifico, Boris Godunov, Gremin, Varlaam, Gianni Schicchi, Philip II, Banquo, Attila, Pagano, Fiesco, Mephistofeles, Bluebeard etc., roles in masses and oratorios, musicals, and songs. He died in Szeged of gastric cancer. József Gregor made many recordings. From Wikipedia (

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I. Kyrie

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Háry János: Ó, mely sok hal...

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Ich möchte wohl der Kaiser sein - Német harci dal basszushangra és zenekarra KV. 539

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Háry János: Tiszán innen, Dunán túl

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Mississippi

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Telemann: Der Schulmeister, Cimarosa: Il Maestro di Cappella

2014

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L'infedeltà delusa

1997

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The Book of Jonah, Cantata No. 1, Cantata No. 5

2014

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La Giuditta

2014

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Don Pasquale

1996

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Valami szépet hadd mondjak el

1989

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Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda

2014

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Concert Arias

1976

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La fedeltà premiata

2000

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Kulcs a muzsikához 15.: W. A. Mozartról

1988

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Rendezvous with Rama

John Mulligan • 739 views

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A vén budai hársfák

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Kodály / Missa brevis - Kyrie -

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Gregor Jozsef Mississippi

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Patricia Nolz sings Haydn "Deh soccorri un'infelice"

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Mozart: Miserere mei (KV 85)

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Missa brevis: Agnus Dei - Zoltán Kodály at Westminster Abbey

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Telemann...Hamburger Ebb Overture (exerpt)

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No, non si può soffrir (Telemann) Éva Vámossy

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PUCCINI Tosca Jose Carreras "E lucevan le stelle"

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