Vesselin Stoykov
Vesselin Stoykov ( Bulgarian Веселин Стойков , Wesselin Stojkow ; born November 1, 1973 in Stara Sagora ) is a Bulgarian- German opera singer ( bass baritone ).
Life
The Bulgarian-born German bass-baritone Vesselin Stoykov first completed a degree as a concert violinist, which was followed by vocal studies at the Sofia Music Academy and the Detmold University of Music . He then completed a master's degree in vocal pedagogy at the New Bulgarian University in Sofia. In March 2010 Vesselin Stoykov received her doctorate in musicology from the NBU Sofia. For his vocal achievements he has received numerous prizes and awards in competitions, including in Cologne (I Cestelli) and Graz (Ferruccio Tagliavini). Since his debut as Don Basilio in Il barbiere di Siviglia (1994) at the Stara Sagora State Opera, various guest and festival engagements followed.
He has performed at the Wiener Konzerthaus , the Musikhuset Stockholm , the Gothenburg Philharmonie, the Musikhalle Hamburg and with the Symphony Orchestra of the West German Radio Cologne, the Symphony Orchestra of the North German Radio Hamburg, the Sofia Philharmonic , the Gürzenich Orchestra , the Cologne Philharmonic and the Jenaer Philharmonic . In 1997 he sang Rossini's Stabat Mater in the Musikhalle Hamburg under the direction of Claus Bantzer , then he sang the roles of Komtur and Masetto in Mozart's Don Giovanni under the direction of Lothar Zagrosek .
He developed central roles in his subject at the Cologne Opera, the National Theater San Jose, Costa Rica, the National Theater Guatemala City, the State Theater Hanover , the Frankfurt Opera , the Sofia Philharmonic, the Detmold State Theater , the Giessen City Theater , the Heidelberg Opera , the Bremen Opera , the Görlitz City Theater , the Schwerin State Theater , the Bremerhaven City Theater and the Klagenfurt City Theater - such as B. Don Basilio ( Il barbiere di Siviglia ), Colline ( La Bohème ), Ramphis ( Aida ), Sparafucile ( Rigoletto ), Verdi's Requiem as well as title roles in Le nozze die Figaro, Don Giovanni, Verdi's Attila and Mendelssohn's Elias .
Since February 1, 2007, Vesselin Stoykov has been general director of the Stara Sagora State Opera.
Concerts
Vesselin Stoykov is also a concert and oratorio singer at home and abroad and also works as a singing teacher. In November 2004 he gave a benefit concert in Tokyo , the proceeds of which went to sick and disabled children. On the occasion of the Mozart Year 2006 he gave several concerts in Japan in February and March, among others. a. in Tokyo, Osaka , Yokohama and Nagoya . In February 2007 a solo evening followed in the Nikkei Hall Tokyo with Schubert's Winterreise.
criticism
Orpheus, Attila - criticism: “So it was reserved for the 27-year-old Vesselin Stoykov as the only one not to sell his vocal cords on the ramp, but to hold up the flag of really cultivated singing. It was amazing how expressively the young singer was able to shape the title role into a presentable character. Thanks to his flexible, elegantly managed basso cantante, the dream scene turned into a highlight of the evening. "
Opernglas, Don Giovanni review: “Vesselin Stoykov, who showed the required facets and nuances in the title role, is representative of all of them. Dressed in black, an expansive hat adorned with fine black feather down on his head, which underlined his intangibility and which he only took off in the last minutes of his life, then unprotected from death as the last communication partner, everything exhausted. Stoykov's velvety, powerful baritone voice, flexibly led, still capable of development in depth, combined with acting talent and sensitivity, was the ideal embodiment of the multi-layered figure. It is hard to believe that the 35-year-old German-Bulgarian is also general manager of the opera in Stara Sagora, which burned down in 1991 and is now in the process of being rebuilt, that he is devoting himself to this grueling task with passion and gently and successfully. "
Awards
- Premio internazionale città di Sofia 2007 (Prize for Cultural Merit of the Region of Umbria Italy)
- 2010 Golden Book for Cultural Merit as General Director of the State Opera Stara Sagora
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stoykov, Vesselin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stojkow, Wesselin; Стойков, Веселин (Bulgarian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bulgarian-German opera singer (bass baritone) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st November 1973 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stara Sagora |