Nikolai Gyaurov

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Nikolaj Gjaurow monument in his birthplace

Nikolaj Georgiev Gjaurow , international Nicolai Georgiev Ghiaurov , Bulgarian Николай Георгиев Гяуров (born September 13, 1929 in Ladzene , Bulgaria ; † June 2, 2004 in Modena , Italy ) was a Bulgarian-Austrian opera singer. He was considered one of the best bass players in the world.

Life

Gjaurow studied singing in Sofia and from 1950 to 1955 at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory . In 1956 he made his first appearance as Don Basilio in Il Barbiere di Siviglia ( The Barber of Seville ) . In 1957 he went to the Vienna State Opera . This was followed by the Moscow Bolshoi Theater in 1958 , La Scala in Milan in 1959 , Verona in 1961 , London in 1962 and the New York Metropolitan Opera in 1965 . In this year he also made his breakthrough as Boris Godunow at the Salzburg Festival under the direction of Herbert von Karajan .

Gjaurow was known as "Re di Bassi" ("King of the Basses"). He shone as Don Giovanni , Boris Godunow, as Mephisto in Gounod's Faust and as Philip II in Verdi's Don Carlos .

In 1985 he acquired Austrian citizenship . In 1989 the Vienna State Opera made him an honorary member . The son Vladimir Gyaurov from his first marriage is a conductor . In his second marriage, the bassist was married to the Italian soprano Mirella Freni (1935–2020) since 1978 .

In October 2000, at the age of 71, Gjaurow performed at the 1st Herbert von Karajan Memorial Concert conducted by James Allen Gähres in Ulm , where he sang opera arias and duets by Cilea , Tchaikovsky and Verdi with Mirella Freni .

Ghiaurov Peak on Livingston Island in Antarctica bears his name in his honor.

Discography (selection)

  • The Art Of Nikolaï Ghiaurov , audio CD, Forlane 1995

repertoire

Operatic repertoire
role Opera composer
Conte Rodolfo La sonnambula Bellini
Oroveso Norma Bellini
Sir Giorgio I puritani Bellini
Papa ClementeVII Benvenuto Cellini Berlioz
Mefistofele Mefistofele Boito
Khan Konchak Prince Igor Borodin
Principe Gremin Eugene Onegin Tchaikovsky
Creonte Medea Cherubini
Arkel Pelléas and Mélisande Debussy
Enrico VIII Anna Bolena Donizetti
Raimondo Bidebent Lucia di Lammermoor Donizetti
Baldassarre La favorite Donizetti
Méphistophélès fist Gounod
Goryantchikov Since una casa di morti Janáček
Il cieco iris Mascagni
Indra Le roi de Lahore Massenet
Le Prieur Le juggler de Notre-Dame Massenet
Don Quixote Don Quixote Massenet
Marcello The Huguenots Meyerbeer
Seneca L'incoronazione di Poppea Monteverdi
Don Giovanni Don Giovanni Mozart
Boris Godunov
Varlaam
Pimen		 Boris Godunov Mussorgsky
Ivan Chovansky Khovanshchina Mussorgsky
Alvise Badoéro La Gioconda Ponchielli
Colline La bohème Puccini
Timur Turandot Puccini
Don Basilio The Barber of Seville
Cunt Moïse et Pharaon Rossini
Gualtiero Guillaume Tell Rossini
Zaccaria Nabucco Verdi
Don Ruy Gomez de Silva Ernani Verdi
Attila Attila Verdi
Banco Macbeth Verdi
Sparafucile Rigoletto Verdi
Ferrando Il trovatore Verdi
Jacopo Fiesco Simon Boccanegra Verdi
Filippo II
Il Grande Inquisitore		 Don Carlo Verdi
Padre Guardiano La forza del destino Verdi
Ramfis Aida Verdi

Web links

Commons : Nikolaj Gjaurow  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary of June 2, 2004 to Le Penseur , accessed January 1, 2016
  2. ^ Official Herbert von Karajan - online archive 1. Herbert von Karajan Memorial Concert. Accessed May 25, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Gyaurov, Nikolay
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gjaurow, Nikolay Georgiev (full name); Ghiaurov, Nicolai Georgiev; Гяуров, Николай Георгиев (Bulgarian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bulgarian-Austrian opera singer
DATE OF BIRTH September 13, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Ladzene , Bulgaria
DATE OF DEATH June 2, 2004
Place of death Modena , Italy