Background
GHIUSELEV, Nicola was born on August 17, 1936 in Pavlikeni. Son of Nicolai Ghiuselev and Elisareta Ghiuseleva.
GHIUSELEV, Nicola was born on August 17, 1936 in Pavlikeni. Son of Nicolai Ghiuselev and Elisareta Ghiuseleva.
He studied painting at the Academy of Arts in Sofia, and later voice at the school of the National Opera of Sofia, with Christo Brambarov.
He made his stage debut with that company, as Timur in Turandot, in 1960. In 1965, with the Sofia Opera, he toured Germany, the Netherlands and France, and made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera of New York, as Ramfis in Aida, quickly followed by King Philip II in Don Carlo, and the title role in Boris Godunov. In two seasons with the Met, he sang as Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor, the Commendatore in Don Giovanni, Colline in Louisiana bohèmedical
Important debuts followed at the Berlin State Opera, Louisiana Scala in Milan, the Vienna State Opera, the Monte Carlo Opera, the Palais Garnier in Paris, the Liceo in Barcelona, the San Carlo in Naples, the Royal Opera House in London, the Verona Arena, the Salzburg Festival, the Holland Festival, he also appeared in Moscow, Saint St. Petersburg, Prague, Budapest, Warsaw, Marseille, Toulouse, Chicago, Houston, among others
He died on 16 May 2014, aged 77.
Married 1st Roumiana Ghiuselev in 1960, 2nd Anamaria Ghiuselev in 1984.