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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 (

Songs

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Háry János: Ó, mely sok hal...
József Gregor
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Háry János: Tiszán innen, Dunán túl
Klára Takács
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A varázsfuvola K. 620 No. 21 Papageno és Papagena kettőse
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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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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Mississippi
József Gregor

Albums

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Telemann: Der Schulmeister, Cimarosa: Il Maestro di Cappella

2014
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La fedeltà premiata

2000
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Kulcs a muzsikához 15.: W. A. Mozartról

1988
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La Giuditta

2014
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L'infedeltà delusa

1997
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Emil Petrovics

1987
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The Book of Jonah, Cantata No. 1, Cantata No. 5

2014
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Don Pasquale

1996
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Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda

2014
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Valami szépet hadd mondjak el

1989

Videos

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Rosa Feola / Mattia Olivieri - duet of Norina & Malatesta - Don Pasquale, Act 1 - Gaetano Donizetti

Yige Li • 37K views
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Verdi's 1857 Simon Boccanegra | Act III Finale | Alcántara, Nakamura, Ayón-Rivas, Thomas, Elder

OperaRaraOfficial • 3.4K views
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«I diamanti presto...» (Don Pasquale, Donizetti) — Olga Peretyatko & Bryn Terfel

Olga Peretyatko • 7.1K views
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Missa brevis: Agnus Dei - Zoltán Kodály at Westminster Abbey

Classically.Inclined • 77K views
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TOSCA Tre Sbirri

operamylife • 605 views
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Háry János, Sz. 22: "A jó lovas katonának", Aleksandrov-Kórus.

Migol 15 • 660 views
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A vén budai hársfák

Laszlo Koltai • 29K views
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No, non si può soffrir (Telemann) Éva Vámossy

Jeffrey Stivers • 3.6K views
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Patricia Nolz sings Haydn "Deh soccorri un'infelice"

Patricia Nolz • 21K views
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Szvorák Katalin - Tiszán innen, Dunán túl

Szvorák Katalin Official • 1.1K views