Background
Ghiaurov, Nicolai was born on September 13, 1929 in Velingrad, Bulgaria.
Ghiaurov, Nicolai was born on September 13, 1929 in Velingrad, Bulgaria.
Student, Academy Music, Sofia, Bulgaria. Student, Moscow Conservatory.
Debut at Sofia Opera House as Don Basilio in Barber of Seville 1955, debut in Bologna 1958, debut at La Scala, Milan as Varlaam in Boris Godunov 1959. Regular appearances at La Scala, Metropolitan Opera, New York, Vienna State Opera. Major roles include title role in Boris Godunov, Mephistopheles in Faust.
Debut at Sofia Opera House in Barber of Seville, 1955. Roles include Don Basilia in The Barber of Seville, King Philip in Don Carlo, Ramfis in Aida, Varlaanin Boris Godunov. Appearances in major opera houses include La Scala, Lyric Opera Chicago, Metropolitan Opera, Philadelphia Lyric Opera, London Royal Opera, Bolshoi Opera.
Recordings include (with various Bulgarian orchestras) The Art of Nikolai Ghiaurov, Opera aarias & Songs, Public Performances (1966-1970), Russian Romances.
Married Zlatina Ghiaurov. 2 children.