Nicolai Ghiaurov
Actor
Born Sep 13, 1929 · Velingrado, Bulgaria
Active 1971–2004 · Awards: Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, Hero of Socialist Labour of Bulgaria, Order of Georgi Dimitrov, Order of Stara Planina
Nicolai Ghiaurov (or Nikolai Gjaurov, Nikolay Gyaurov, Bulgarian: Николай Гяуров) (September 13, 1929 – June 2, 2004) was a Bulgarian opera singer and one of the most famous basses of the postwar period.
Filmography
Khovanshchina (1989) — Prince Ivan KhovanskyLa Boheme (1988) — CollineGreat Performances (1971) — RamfisDon Carlo (1983) — Philippe IIVerdi Ernani (1982) — Don Ruy Gomez de SilvaAida (1985) — RamfisIl Barbiere di Siviglia (2001) — Don BasilioVerdi: Simon Boccanegra (1978) — Jacopo FiescoEugene Onegin (1989) — Prince Gremin (singing voice)Gounod: Faust (1973) — MéphistophélèsMacbeth (1979) — BancoFrom the House of the Dead — Alexandre Petrovic Goriantchikov