Tenor Istvan Horváth studied at the University of Pécs. His career as an opera singer was launched with the opera company of the National Theatre of Pécs, and he later made his debut in the role of Count Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia in Miskolc. He sang the title role in Le Comte Ory to great acclaim at the National Theatre of Szeged and the Budapest Spring Festival.
As a regular guest artist with the Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Zoltán Kocsis, he appeared in Brussels and Rome, and performed rarities such as Schoenberg’s Moses und Aron and Richard Strauss’s Daphne.
Horváth has been a soloist with the Hungarian State Opera since 2010. He has also been a guest soloist with several orchestras, and appeared at numerous prestigious international festivals. In 2012, he was invited by György Selmeczi and the Cluj-Napoca Hungarian Opera to sing the title role in the recording of György Orbán’s opera Prince Pikkó.
He has collaborated with numerous renowned artists such as Andrea Rost, Roberto Scandiuzzi and Roberto Abbado.