Opera singer
Born in Zalaegerszeg, Hungary, Orsolya Sáfár completed her master's degree in singing and teaching at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest with honours in 2004. After two years at the Hungarian State Opera's OperaStudio, she became a soloist at the Opera from 2006.
Graduated with honours as a singer and voice teacher from Budapest's Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music, where she had been a student of Erika Sziklay's. She improved her skills at a number of master classes, including with artists Júlia Hamari, Éva Marton, Yevgeny Nesterenko, Mietta Sighele and Bernd Weikl. In 2003, for her activities performing and popularising contemporary Hungarian musical works, she received the Artisjus Prize. In 2006, she won a special prize at the Riccardo Zandoni International Singing Competition, and later reached the finals at the Hilde Zadek International Singing Competition in Vienna in 2009. She made her debut at the Erkel Theatre in 2005 in the role of Oscar in Un Ballo in Maschera, and at the Opera House in 2006 as Zerlina in Don Giovanni. The Hungarian State Opera recognised her talent and activities with the Juventus Prize in 2013, and again in 2015 by awarding her the Gusztáv Oláh Memorial Plaquette. Since 2005, she has appeared at nearly every theatre in Hungary where opera is performed, and has been a recurring guest at several prestigious festivals (Budapest Spring Festival, Eszterházi Festivities, Bartók+ Miskolc International Opera Festival).