shining, spinto instrument, Kónya had an easy top register placing him the category known as "jugendlicher heldentenor" while affording him the full plangency of the Italian roles as well. Kónya left only a small number of commercial recordings, including a 1963 Die Fledermaus, under Oskar Danon; a 1965 Lohengrin, under Erich Leinsdorf, both for RCA Victor, an aria recital for Deutsche Grammophon (Il Trovatore, Meistersinger, Lohengrin, L'elisir d'amore, Martha, etc.), and a recital of songs by Wagner and Verdi, with Otto Guth at the piano (MCA). He can be heard in a number of live performances, notably as Edgardo, opposite Sutherland. There is one additional recording (Gala) of Der fliegende Holländer at the Met, a live recording on 16 February 1963 under Karl Böhm, Sandor Konya as Erik with George London as Holländer and Leonie Rysanek as Senta – GL 100.728 the CD includes a Bonus Track as Riccardo in Un Ballo in Maschera – recorded on 20 April 1968 under Thomas Schippers. Konya's 3/14/64 performance at the NY Metropolitan Opera as Rodolfo in La Boheme, was recorded live and still can be heard on Metropolitan Opera Radio. Sándor Kónya retired to Ibiza, Spain, where he died on 20 May 2002, at the age of 78. Sources The Metropolitan Opera Encyclopedia, edited by David Hamilton, (Simon and Schuster, 1987). The Metropolitan Opera Guide to recorded Opera, edited by Paul Gruber (W.W. Norton & Company Inc., 1993). Dictionnaire des interprètes et de l'interpretation musicale, Alain Pâris, (Éditions Robert Laffont, 1986). Münsterland Zeitung nr. 192, 21 August 1958 External links Video, singing the Verdi Requiem (YouTube) Lohengrin 1923 births 2002 deaths People from Sarkad, Hungary Hungarian operatic tenors Franz Liszt Academy of Music alumni Hochschule für Musik Detmold alumni 20th-century Hungarian male opera singers Hungarian expatriates in Italy