Éva Balatoni
Éva Balatoni (born 20 June 1957 in Hatvan) is a Hungarian mezzo-soprano and music teacher. She first studied the piano then started to sing when she was 14. After matriculating from secondary school in Miskolc, she earned a teaching diploma from the Zak Teacher Training College in Debrecen in 1978, after which she taught music for a number of years. Her career as a singer began in 1986 at the Csokonai Theatre in Debrecen where she performed the role of Judith in Bartók's opera "Bluebeard's Castle". In 1991 she joined the ensemble of the Hungarian  Opera House. Notable roles include Amneris in Verdi's "Aida", Eboli in Verdi's "Don Carlos", Sinaide in Rossini's "Mosè in Egitto", and Örzse in Kodály's "Háry János". Since 2013 with the Hungarian National Opera she has appeared in "La traviata", "Mefistofele", "Jenůfa", "Der fliegende Holländer", "Elektra", "Blood Wedding", "The Barber of Seville", "The Marriage of Figaro" and "Andrea Chénier".