Background
GULYAS, Denes was born on March 31, 1954. Son of Dbnes Gulyas and Maria Szitar.
music educator politician opera singer
GULYAS, Denes was born on March 31, 1954. Son of Dbnes Gulyas and Maria Szitar.
A native of Budapest, he studied at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in that city. He completed locksmith trade school.
He had an international career in the 1970s, and sang at the Metropolitan Opera, among other houses. One of his performances there, a Manon in which he replaced Neil Shicoff as Des Grieux to the Manon of Catherine Malfitano, was broadcast live as part of the company"s Saturday radio broadcast series. At age 19, he was admitted to the Music Academy, where in 1978 he was awarded diplomas in Opera Singing and Artistic Instructor.
He was a soloist at the Budapest Opera House as well as the Szeged National Theater, led the Gyor Kisfaludi Theater Opera Association, and as Musical Advisor to the National Theater, he revived the Chamber Music Series at the refectory.
Since 1995, he has been teaching voice at the Liszt Ferenc Music Conservatory. Gulyás is married and has three children.
He was also a member of Parliament, representing the Fidesz party, between 2006 and 2014. Until 2003, he had no party affiliation. However, at the (then) Fidesz Congressional Convention, he joined the party.
Since March 30, 2006, he had been a member of Parliament"s Cultural and Media committees.
Married Judit Szekeres.