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Tenor
Daniel Pataky

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On Stage


  BIOGRAPHY  

 

 Since the season 2023/24 Daniel Pataky is a member of the Chemnitz Opera House and is successful here in such important roles as DON JOSÉ in “Carmen”, DUCA in “Rigoletto”, ADOLPHE in Martinus “Three Wishes”, RODOLFO in “La Bohème”, or the title part in “Les contes d’Hoffmann”.

In summer 2025 he portrays JULIAN COUNT OLINSKI in Franz Léhar’s “Die blaue Mazur”.

Before, he enjoyed great successes as JOSEF K. in Gottfried von Einem’s “Der Prozess” at the Regensburg Theatre and as BOLESLAV in the German premiere of the “Polish Marriage” at the Dresden State Operetta. He is regularly invited by the Vogtland Philharmonic Orchestra to sing gala and New Year’s concerts. At the Budapest Wagner Days he was FROH in “Das Rheingold” .

Recently, the versatile tenor debuted as TEBALDO in “I Capuleti e i Montecchi” at the Heidelberg Theatre. He sang ALFRED in “Die Fledermaus” and FERRANDO in”Cosi fan tutte” at the Budapest State Opera. He also made his successful debut as TOM RAKEWELL in “The Rake’s Process” at the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Theatre.

Until 2020 Daniel Pataky was member of the Bielefeld Opera House, where he could be seen in numerous roles, including ALFRED in “Die Fledermaus”, LENSKI in “Eugen Onegin”, FERRANDO in “Così fan tutte”. TAMINO in “Die Zauberflöte”, MALE CHORUS in “The Rape of Lucretia”, PINKERTON in “Madama Butterfly”, SALI in “Romeo und Julia auf dem Dorfe”, LAERTE in “Hamlet” as well as WALTHER in “Tannhäuser”. Recently, he also was very successful here as WERTHER (Massenet) and as ALFREDO in “La Traviata”.
Besides, he can regularly be heard as a concert soloist with the Bielefeld Philharmonic Orchestra.

Moreover, guest performances brought him as EDGARDO in “Lucia di Lammermoor” and as DON JOSÉ in “Carmen” to the Debrecen Opera, as OTTO in “Bánk Bán”, TAMINO in “Die Zauberflöte” and as MATTEO in “Arabella” and NEMORINO in “L’elisire d’amore“to the Budapest State Opera. In 2016 he made his debut as MAX in “Der Freischütz” at the Eutin Festival and equally performed this role at the Heidelberg Theatre. In 2016/17 he was RINUCCIO at the Krefeld-Mönchengladbach Theatre and at the Saaremaa Opera Festival in Estonia. Further guest performances took him to the Detmold Theatre and the Theatre of Lower Saxony.

Daniel Pataky was born in Debrecen/Hungary, where he first graduated as a violinist at the Kodály Zoltán Music School in his native town. From 2005 to 2010 he studied singing at the Ferenc Liszt Music Academy, Budapest.

In 2006 he was awarded the Annie Fischer ‚Musical performer scholarship from the National Ministry of Culture‘. In 2005 and 2007 he won the ‘Sandor Konya Scholarship‘, in 2006 he was granted the scholarship of the Foundation for Talented Youths Debrecen and in 2008/2009 he became the``E-ON Hungary scholarship‘. In 2009 he was also awarded the Junior Prima Prize.

Concerts brought the congenial tenor to China, Japan, Rumania, Austria, Germany and the Netherlands, just to name a few. . In 2017 he sang for the first time concerts with the Vogtland Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2019 he performed with the Nuremberg Symphonic Orchestra at the Meistersingerhalle in Nuremberg.

Daniel Pataky has already worked with renowned personalities such as Eva Marton, Giuseppe Giacomini, Helmuth Rilling, Peter Schreier, Stefan Soltesz or Tamas Vasary.
In 2015 the young tenor received the BIELEFELDER OPERNTALER Prize.

 

  
 
REVIEWS
 
Opernhaus Chemnitz – I Pagliacci - CANIO
With his vivid performance and his voice, which is powerful in all registers, the tenor Daniel Pataky brilliantly portrayed the role of Canio, singing a mightily showing off patriarch. When the choir revealed the actors their wishes, he put the power of his singing against it with his stage presence. He defended the casting in his ensemble and prepared the stage audience for the verist event. His brilliantly timbred voice gave the brutalness unrestrained emotions.
Der Opernfreund
deropernfreund.de
Léhar Festival Bad Ischl – Die blaue Mazur – JULIAN GRAF OLINSKI
The Hungarian Daniel Pataky, usually singing Bizet and Puccini in Chemnitz convinces as the slightly screwed up Julian, impressing with a perfectly trained voice, secure in the high registers and of clear timbre. The fact that he has an Hungarian accent, rather than a Polish, doesn’t matter in this farewell to the monarchy.
Dreh Punkt Kultur
drehpunktkultur.at
With his superb singing technique, the German-Hungarian tenor Daniel Pataky is able to handle the tessitura and the refinement of his arias ( Partially sung in Polish) beyond reproach.
Online Merker
onlinemerker.com
Teater Chemnitz – Louise – JULIEN
Julien von Daniel Pataky is an exemplary bohemian with a noble attitude, eloquence and smart empathy. Pataky came pretty close to the level of requirements of this tenor part which is similar to Massenet’s “Werther”.
OPRHEUS 02/2025 – Roland H. Dippel
Daniel Pataky’s Julien is an enchantingly and powerfully singing, picture-perfect Bohemien with a noble attitude, eloquence and a smart emphasis.
Die deutsche Bühne
die-deutsche-buehne.de
And then there is Julien, a Bohemian poet, overwhelmed by his own emotions - Daniel Pataky with a gently streaming gigolo tenor voice – as a representative of the anti- bourgeois alternative world.
FAZ
faz.net
Her lover Julien, a Parisian existentialist entirely dressed in black, was portrayed by Daniel Pataky. Although he sang with a dashing tenor voice , his portrayal was playful yet astonishingly restrained (we are looking forward to seeing him in Charpentier‘ sequel of „Louise“ in „Julien ou La vie du poète“).
NMZ
nmz.de
Theater Chemnitz - Die Drei Wünsche - ADOLPHE
...the dashingly singing Adolphe (Daniel Pataky)...
Opernwelt 1/2024, Werner Kopfmüller
Theater Regensburg – Der Prozess - JOSEF K.
Just like Anthony Perkins with Orson Welles in 1962, in Regensburg Daniel Pataky in his white suit and with his bleached hair, is a John Doe who ignores the increasing threat until the end. As if he were uninvolved, he sings and plays a person, who does not know what is going on.
OPER! 11/2022, Klaus Kalchschmid
…the whole is more like a declamatory recitative – the play is so to speak entirely psalmodied. I admire the excellent singers, who are able to perform for two hours beyond reproach….
Particularly outstanding was Daniel Pataky’s performance of Josef K. A brilliant, dramatically convincing appearance. How did he sing? No idea. In fact what he offered here with over 90 % stage presence (all actors) , truly deserved the applause.
Der Neue Merker 10/22 – Rüdiger Ehlert
Theater Heidelberg – I Capuleti e i Montecchi - TEBALDO
Daniel Pataky’s Tebaldo radiates tenoral brilliance.
Mannheimer Morgen
www.mannheimer-morgen.de
Theater Bielefeld - DON CARLO
With clear peaks Daniel Pataky easily meets the challenges of the title role and credibly plays the young man's troubles.
OMM
www.omm.de
Tenor Daniel Pataky gives a touching portrayal of the desperate title character.
NW
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Eutin Festival - Der Freischütz - MAX

'...his facial play and his gestures personify Max' youth, naivety and desperation in such an impressive way, it turns his acting really into something outstanding.'

NDR
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Bielefeld Theatre - Macbeth - MACDUFF
Daniel Pataky presented Macduff with quiet granduer'
NW
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Bielefeld Theatre - Eugen Onegin - LENSKI
'The best vocal impression made the tenor Daniel Pataky as Lenski. Not only with his touching Kuda, kuda but also by his metamorphosis from an enthusiast in love to a hothead boiling with rage.'
Opernnetz
www.opernnetz.de
'... he succeeded in imprressing the audience, which brought him plenty of applause.'
Operapoint
www.operapoint.com
'Excellent Daniel Pataky's Lenski'
Capriccio Kulturforum
www.capriccio-kulturforum.de
Bielefeld Theatre - Cosi fan tutte - FERRANDO
'Daniel Pataky's Ferrando sings a rather rigid Italian, which was however compensated by his beautiful tenor voice and his secure sense of style.'
Opernnetz
www.opernnetz.de
Bielefeld Theatre - Die Zauberflöte - TAMINO
'Daniel Pataky sings Tamino with lyrical sensitivity.'
Opernnetz
www.opernnetz.de
'Daniel Pataky performs a brilliant tenor part, sensibely, with delicate melodiousness, rarely showing off.'
NW
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Bielefeld Theatre - Madama Butterfly - PINKERTON
'Pinkerton (Daniel Pataky with enchanting belcanto glaze) ...'
NW
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ON STAGE
Oper Chemnitz - I Pagliacci - CANIO
 
Léhar Festival Bad Ischl – Die blaue Mazur – JULIAN GRAF OLINSKI
 
Oper Chemnitz – Louise – JULIAN
 
Oper Chemnitz – Les Contes d’Hoffmann – HOFFMANN
 
Staatsoperette Dresden – Die polnische Hochzeit – BOLESLAV
 
Oper Chemnitz – Die drei Wünsche – ADOLPHE
Credit: Nasser Hashemi
 
Oper Chemnitz – Die drei Wünsche – ADOLPHE
Credit: Nasser Hashemi
 
Oper Chemnitz – Die drei Wünsche – ADOLPHE
Credit: Nasser Hashemi
 
Staatsoperette Dresden - Die Polnische Hochzeit - Boleslav Zagorsky
 
Eutiner Festspiele - Der Freischütz – MAX
 
Eutin Festival - Der Freischütz - MAX
 
Theater Bielefeld - Die Zauberflöte - TAMINO
 
Theater Bielefeld - Die Fledermaus - ALFRED
 
Theater Bielefeld - Macbeth - MACDUFF