Andrea Zsadon (born 18 October 1946) is a Hungarian soprano and actress active in both opera and operetta. During her career as a singer she performed frequently at the Vienna Volksoper and the . Zsadon was the recipient of the Mari Jászai Prize in 1987 and the Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary in 2008.
Zsadon was born in Debrecen and is married to the singer and operetta director . When they both retired from the Budapest Operetta Theatre in 1992, they founded their own operetta ensemble, Operettszínházból.
Amongst Zsadon's film and television appearances is Az Élet muzsikája (The Music of Life), a 1984 biographical film about the Hungarian composer Emmerich Kálmán.
Repertory ComposerOperaRole(s)Giacomo PucciniManon LescautManon LescautGiuseppe VerdiNabuccoAnnaRuggero LeoncavalloPagliacciNeddaGaetano DonizettiDon PasqualeNorinaWolfgang Amadeus MozartLe nozze di FigaroCountess Rosina; CherubinoDie Entführung aus dem SerailThe three ladiesDer SchauspieldirektorMadame KroneFerenc ErkelHunyadi LászlóMátyás HunyadiRalph BenatzkyDer König mit dem RegenschirmMargotEmmerich KálmánGräfin MarizaCountess Mariza; LisaDie CsárdásfürstinSylva VarescuDie ZirkusprinzessinPrincess Fedora PalinskaDer Zigeunerprimas Countess IriniDas Veilchen vom Montmartre NinonJohann Strauss IIDie FledermausRosalinde; AdeleEine Nacht in VenedigAnnina; Agricola BarbaruccioThe Gypsy BaronSaffiKacsóh PongrácJános VitézThe PrincessPaul AbrahamViktoria und ihr HusarCountess ViktoriaBall im SavoyTangolitaFranz LehárDas Land des LächelnsLisa; Princess MiDie lustige WitweHanna GlawariZigeunerliebeZórikaDer Graf von LuxemburgAngèle DidierJenő HuszkaMária fôhadnagyMária; AntóniaJacques OffenbachLe mariage aux lanternesFanchetteOrphée aux enfersEurydiceUn mari à la porteRositaMonsieur et Madame DenisLucile du CoudraiLa Grande-Duchesse de GérolsteinEsztiLeo FallMadame PompadourMadame de PompadourVictor JacobiSzibillSybillLeányvásárLucyRichard RodgersCarouselJulie JordanFranz von SuppéBoccaccioFiamettaDie schöne GalathéeGalateaPierre BarilletCactus FlowerMadame ChouchouLeonard BernsteinWest Side StoryMaria
Recordings János Vitéz (music by Pongrác Kacsoh, lyrics by Jeno Heltai), Chorus and Orchestra of the Municipal Operetta Theatre, Géza Oberfrank conductor; Qualiton; SLPX 16619 (1980) Zirkusprinzessin (music by Emmerich Kálmán, libretto by Alfred Grünwald and Julius Brammer), chorus and ballet of the Budapest operetta, Katalin Varadi and Pal Ronai, conductors (1991; archival recording )
References Magyar színházművészeti lexikon. "Zsadon Andrea". Online version retrieved 15 January 2020 .
Sztankay, Ádám (14 December 2019). "Zsadon Andrea és Szolnoki Tibor mesél bohém nagyszülőkről, református felmenőkről, egymásra találásról, fájdalmakról, ellenszélben elért sikerekről" ("Andrea Zsadon and Tibor Szolnoki talk about Bohemian grandparents, Calvinist ancestors, finding each other, pain, and success"). Origo. Retrieved 15 January 2020 .
s.n. (5 October 1985). "Premier Az Élet muzsikája". Nógrád Megyei Hírlap, p. 11. Retrieved 15 January 2020 .
s.n. (21 August 2008). "Kitüntetettek" ("Honours"). Fidelio. Retrieved 15 January 2020 .
s.n. (3 November 2018)."Életműdíjat kapott Zsadon Andrea és Szolnoki Tibor" ("Andrea Jadon and Tibor Szolnok receive a lifetime art award"). Napló. Retrieved 15 January 2020 .
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