Biography
One year after commencing his studies at the Béla Bartók Conservatory in 2008 as a student of Mária Fekete, Zoltán Daragó became the first singer to win admittance to the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music's special programme for young talents, where he studied under Éva Marton. After graduating from the conservatory, he spent a year in The Hague at the Royal Conservatory there, where his teacher was Gerda van Zelm. In 2014, he was again enrolled at the Liszt Academy, studying with Júlia Pászthy.
Zoltán made his debut with the Hungarian State Opera in 2015 in the role of Blindleech in Zsófia Tallér's opera Leander and Linseed, the youngest opera singer in the company at just twenty-two. Darago sang important roles during three seasons with the Hungarian State Opera while still an undergraduate at the Liszt Academy, where he graduated in the spring of 2017.
Zoltán was the first Erasmus scholar to be notified of an award that enabled him to complete his M.A. at Helsinki’s Sibelius Academy in May, 2020, where he graduated with honors. He returned to the Hungarian State Opera for another season 2021-2022.
In 2021, Zoltan Darago sang the lead in Philip Glass’s opera AKHNATEN in Helsinki, Finland’s OperaBOX at the Alexander Theater to critical acclaim. He reprieved this role in Helsinki in September 2022.