Lóránt Najbauer: is a graduate of the University of California, San Diego with a B.A. in Economics and a Minor in Music, and Yale University with a Master’s in Music. With Yale Opera he performed the title role in Don Giovanni, Aeneas in Dido and Aeneas, and was seen as Antonio in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro and the Chamberlin in Stravinsky’s Le Rossignol. He has sung the role of Figaro in Le Nozze di Figaro and well as Don Alfonso in scenes from Mozart’s Cosi fan Tutte, both with UCSD Opera Ensemble. He has also performed the role of the Boyar in San Diego Opera’s Boris Godunov as well as the Third Priest in The Magic Flute. Lóránt recently made his Carnegie Hall debut with the Yale Symphony singing the Vaughan Williams Dona Nobis Pacem. Lóránt has performed with such ensembles as the La Jolla Symphony, members of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Bach Collegium San Diego and the Mozart Orchestra, Pécs.

Over the past few summers he has participated in several summer opera programs including the Aspen Music Festival, the American Institute of Music in Graz program, the Bükk Baroque Music Festival in Hungary as well as the Aestas Musica Baroque Festival in Croatia. Lóránt has also participated in masterclasses with James Conlon, Hartmut Höll, Dawn Upshaw and Walter Moore. He has received awards from numerous vocal competitions including 1st place in the Virginia Hawk Vocal Scholarship, Musical Merit Foundation (2010, 2009) and H.B. Goodlin Scholarship Competition, and 2nd place at the La Jolla Young Artists Competition. Also, he received 3rd place in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Western Regional Finals, and won previous Musical Merit Foundation awards 2006-2008.