?tefan Margita is a Slovak opera singer who has had an active international career since 1981. He began his career singing mostly roles from the lyric tenor repertoire but in recent years he has tackled a number of dramatic tenor roles. His career has taken him to the stages of many of the world's best opera houses, including La Scala, the Royal Opera, London, the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Liceu, and the Op�ra Bastille. Margita is scheduled to make his debut performance at the Metropolitan Opera in November 2009 as Luka Kuzmi? in Leo? Jan�?ek's From the House of the Dead. 

August 3rd, 1956 in Ko?ice (Age 68)