Boyidar Nikolov
Bojidar Nikolov (born March 19, 1959 in Sofia ) is a Bulgarian opera singer (tenor).
Life
Bojidar Nikolov studied at the State Academy of Music in Sofia, where he successfully graduated in 1985 as a student of Rene Penkova . Further studies took place with Nikola Nikolov .
As early as 1987 he sang at the Vienna State Opera , a. a. the Cassio in Verdi's Otello , the Alfredo in La traviata , the Arturo in Lucia di Lammermoor and the Narraboth in Salome .
After winning the second prize in the vocal competition in Miami, Florida (1990), many international guest appearances followed. At the Salzburg Festival in 1992 he appeared for the first time in Leoš Janáček's From a House of the Dead , in Stuttgart in 1992 as Don Jose in Georges Bizet's Carmen . In 1992 and 1996 he sang the Duke in Rigoletto , Cavaradossi in Tosca , Licinius in La vestale , as well as Verdi's Requiem . In 1997 he played Don Alvaro in La forza del destino in Dortmund and in 1998 Tannhäuser in Naples. During a tour to Japan in 1989 he sang in the opera Il viaggio a Reims under the direction of Claudio Abbado .
He made his North American debut in 1997 in the role of Don Jose at the Hamilton Opera in Ontario, Canada, where he was invited again in 1998 to sing Cavaradossi. Later he was also seen in the title role of Hoffmann's stories .
Web links
- Bojidar Nikolov at Operabase (engagements and dates)
- Bojidar Nikolov at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
- Bojidar Nikolov's appearances at the Vienna State Opera
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bojidar Nikolov on the pages of the University of Pittsburgh
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nikolov, boyidar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bulgarian opera singer (tenor) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 19, 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sofia |