Mária Tiboldi, Jásza Prize-winning actress, Hereditary Member of the Budapest Operetta Theater, member of the Society of the Immortals, died at the age of 85.
Mária Tiboldi, private singer, Jásza prize winner, Hereditary Member of the Budapest Operetta Theatre, member of the Society of the Immortals, Robert Stolz Gold Medalist and Imre Kálmán Commemorative Plaque Awarded Artist, Honorary Citizen of the City of Venice, Artist Awarded with the Gold Order of Merit of the City of Szolnok, died quietly today in the afternoon in the 85th year of her life - informed the grieving family, according to the atv.hu report.
Since childhood, he lived under the spell of Imre Kálmán's music. After graduating from the Academy of Dramatic Arts, he joined the National Theater in Szeged, where he immediately jumped into the lead role of the Circus Princess, and then played the role of Szilvia Vereczki in the Tavern Queen. The Capital Operetta Theater followed, and then Imre Kálmán toured the whole world with his roles, from Moscow to Israel, from Vienna to Amsterdam, from Berlin to Tokyo.
His permanent repertoire included the Tavern Queen, the Circus Princess and, of course, Countess Marica. He sang these operettas all over the world in three languages until 2001. On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Imre Kálmán's birth, he also participated as the singer-host of the Kálmán Show, co-produced by German, Austrian and Hungarian television. His biographical book entitled Artist's Entrance was published in 2018.
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