Polgár received the Kossuth Prize in 1990 and won a Grammy Award for a recording of Prince Bluebeard in 1999. In a glittering career he performed at such venues as La Scala, Covent Garden and the Vienna State Opera.

A statement from the Hungarian State Opera said it considered Polgár one of its own."

Source: Hungary Around the Clock.

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