They were born in the difficult time just after the Second World War, they grew up in the countryside in fifties and sixties. How did they end up at the Budapest Music Academy – from the vineyards in Eger, from a pastor family in Nógrad village and from Nyíregyháza? All about first music and singing lessons, family background and initial difficulties from the three great ladies of Hungarian opera history: Livia Budai, Júlia Pászthy and Katalin Schultz.