Pittsburgh Festival Opera brings the power of world-class performances to humanize, energize and re-define opera as an experience that is up-close and personal, approachable, and relevant to today’s audiences.
Hungarian-born soprano Csilla Boross is one of the world’s leading contemporary dramatic sopranos today. She is famed for her iconic role of Abigaille from Verdi’s Nabucco, with which she exploded into international recognition. She has been hugely successful with other Verdi and Puccini roles such as Lady Macbeth, Aida, Violetta, Amelia Grimaldi, Amelia (Ballo in Maschera) Leonora di Vargas Elisabetta di Valois, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, Sister Angelica, Georgetta, Minni, Lucrezia Contarini and Manon, among others. Most notably, Ms. Boross is very well known to the Pittsburgh audiences for her roaring success as Abigaille in Verdi’s Nabucco with Pittsburgh Opera.