One year after beginning his studies at the Béla Bartók Conservatory in 2008 as a student of Mária Fekete, Zoltan became the first singer to be admitted to the special program for young talents at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music, where he studied with Éva Marton. After graduating, he spent a year at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, where he studied with Gerda van Zelm. In 2014, he continued his studies at the Liszt Academy with Júlia Pászthy. Zoltan made his debut at the Hungarian State Opera in 2015 in the role of Blindleech in Zsófia Tallér’s opera Leander and Linseed, as the Opera’s youngest soloist. The following season, at the age of 23, he sang his first title role, Orfeo (C. W. Gluck). In 2018, he was invited to perform in the prestigious GroteZangers series in the Netherlands, where he shared the stage at the Muziekgebouw with Angelika Kirschlager and James Sherlock. In 2019, he continued his studies at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, where he specialized in Sibelius songs. In 2021, he performed the title role of Akhnaten in Philip Glass’s opera, in an acclaimed production by the Aleksanterer in Helsinki.
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USA: Cherny Concert & Artist Management Ltd., natasha@CCAML.com
« Naturalness rather than solemnity, loyalty rather than deference, above all else, life. This recording will give you more than pleasure: it will give you happiness. »
Frederick Casadesus
« With a voice as clear as a mountain stream, Darago sang Russian, Hungarian and French songs with considerable skill and nuance. »
Place de l’Opéra, 2018
« The title role is exquisitely performed by the young Zoltan Darago, who possesses a uniquely beautiful voice and distinguished bearing. »
Jan Granberg, Hufvudstatsbladet, 2021
Videos
Discography
Programs 2026-2027
Chansons hongroises et scandinaves
Zoltán Kodály: Istenem, istenem; Láttad-e te babám; Fekete főd; Által mennék
Béla Bartók: Ha kimegyek arra magos tetőre; Magos kősziklának; Akkor szép az erdő; Rossz feleség
Gustaf Hägg: Tusen tankar; Näckens polska; Ack, Värmland
Jean Sibelius: Demanten på marssnön; Säv, säv susa; Illalle; Soluppgång; Flickan kom ifrån sin älsklings möte
Ionah Maiatsky piano
A Night in London
With Pulcinella
Charles Avison (1709-1770)
Concerto Grosso after Scarlatti, opus 6 (3’)
Georg Friedrich Haendel (1685-1759)
Aria « Cara Sposa », from Rinaldo (4’)
James Oswald (1711-1769)
The Murrays march and other Scottish tunes
Francesco Geminiani (1687-1762)
« The night her silent sable wore »
Johann Adolf Hasse (1699-1783)
Adagio and fugue in G minor
Aria « Pallido il sole », from Artaserse (4’)
Georg Friedrich Haendel (1685-1759)
Serse, HWV40, Act 3 : Sinfonia (4’)
Aria « Kind Heav’n », from Theodora (7’30’’)
Giovanni Battista Cirri (1724-1808)
Cello concerto n°2 in G major, op. 14 (15’)
PAUSE
Georg Friedrich Haendel (1685-1759)
Serse, HW 40, act 3 : Overture
Aria « Dull delay », from Jephta (3’20’’)
Aria « Up the dreadful steep ascdending », from Jephta (3’50’’)
Francesco Geminiani (1687-1762)
Concerto Grosso in D minor, H.143 « La Folia » (10’)
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Aria « Sovvente il sole », from Andromeda liberata
Georg Friedrich Haendel (1685-1759)
Aria « Where’er you walk », from Semele (5’)