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Nicola Ghiuselev
Person · male · Bulgaria · Pavlikeni · born 1936 · died 2014 · recording since 1991
Bulgarian opera singer (1936–2014)
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Also known as Nicolai Ghiuselev · Nikola Ghyuselev · Nikola Gjusselew · 니콜라 규젤레프
Timeline
4 events◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1▣ Album 1† Death 1
1930s
1990s
· Debut release
Debut release: La bohème
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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2010s
Biography
English biography456 words · 4 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1356033189
Biography
Nicola Ghiuselev (Bulgarian: Никола Гюзелев) (also Gyuzelev; 17 August 1936 – 16 May 2014) was a Bulgarian operatic bass, particularly associated with the Italian and Russian repertories.
Biography
Ghiuselev was born on 17 August 1936 in Pavlikeni. He was the son of Nicolai Ghiuselev and Elisaveta 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 La bohème.
Important debuts followed at the Berlin State Opera, La 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 Petersburg, Prague, Budapest, Warsaw, Marseille, Toulouse, Chicago, Houston, among others.
Other notable roles include; Narbal in Les Troyens, Mephistopheles in Faust, Creonte in Medea, Padre Guardiano in La forza del destino, Banquo in Macbeth, Zaccaria in Nabucco, Silva in Ernani, Enrico in Anna Bolena, Galitzky in Prince Igor, the four villains in The Tales of Hoffmann, Mosè in Mosè in Egitto, Marcel in Les Huguenots, Gremin in Eugene Onegin, etc.
He died on 16 May 2014, aged 77.
Selected recordings
1967 - La Gioconda - Renata Tebaldi, Carlo Bergonzi, Robert Merrill, Marilyn Horne, Nicola Ghiuselev - Coro e Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Lamberto Gardelli - (Decca)
1969 - Les Huguenots - Joan Sutherland, Martina Arroyo, Huguette Tourangeau, Anastasios Vrenios, Nicola Ghiuselev, Gabriel Bacquier, Dominic Cossa - Ambrosian Opera Chorus, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Richard Bonynge - (Decca)
1973 - "Boris Godunov" - Nicola Ghiuselev, Dimeter Damyanov, Alexandrina Milcheva - Sofia National Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Assen Naidenov - (Fidelio)
1986 - Faust - Alfredo Kraus, Ana Maria Gonzalez, Nicola Ghiuselev, Roberto Coviello - Orchestra Sinfonica dell'Emilia Romagna Arturo Toscanini e Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma, Alain Guingal - (Hardy Classic Video, Milan)
2004 - a new digital recording of the Bulgarian national anthem, with Raina Kabaivanska, Nicola Ghiuselev, Roberta and Orlin Goranov, with the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra and the National Philharmonic Choir under Nayden Todorov.
Honours
Mount Ghiuselev on Brabant Island, Antarctica is named after Nicola Ghiuselev.
Commendatore dell'Ordine della Stella d'Italia
Doctor Honoris Causa of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
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| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 8 | 49.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 3 | 77.1th |
| Studio albums | 2 | 78.8th |
| Awards recorded | 4 | 96.3th |
| Timeline events | 4 | 75.9th |
| Recording span (years) | 1 | 13.7th |
| Genres | 0 | 0th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (3 release groups · 2 studio albums)
Albums · 2
1992 · studio album
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Tracklist · 60 tracks · 3:01:04
Disc 11Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act I: Overture6:252Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act I: Notte e giorno faticar (Don Giovanni, Leporello, Donna Anna, Commendatore)6:193Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act I: Leporello, ove sei (Don Giovanni, Leporello)0:444Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act I: Ma qual mai s'offre, oh Dei (Donna Anna, Don Ottavio)6:375Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act I: Orsù, spicciati presto (Don Giovanni, Leporello)1:416Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act I: Ah! Chi mi dice mai (Don Giovanni, Donna Elvira, Leporello)3:487Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act I: Chi è là? - Stelle! Che vedo! (Don Giovanni, Donna Elvira, Leporello)3:058Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act I: Madamina, il catalogo è questo (Leporello)6:049Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act I: In questa forma, dunque (Donna Elvira)0:3310Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act I: Giovinette che fate all'amore (Zerlina, Masetto, Chorus)1:3711Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act I: Manco male è partita (Don Giovanni, Leporello, Zerlina, Masetto)2:2812Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act I: Ho capito, signor si (Masetto)1:5913Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act I: Alfin siam liberati (Don Giovanni, Zerlina)2:0114Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act I: Là ci darem la mano (Don Giovanni, Zerlina)3:0315Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act I: Fermati, scellerato (Don Giovanni, Donna Elvira, Zerlina)0:5316Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act I: Ah, fuggi il traditor (Donna Elvira)1:1917Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act I: Mi par ch'oggi il demonio (Don Giovanni, Donna Anna, Don Ottavio)1:1518Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act I: Non ti fidar, o misera (Don Giovanni, Donna Anna, Donna Elvira, Don Ottavio)4:3219Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act I: Povera sventurata! (Don Giovanni)0:2120Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act I: Don Ottavio, son morta! (Donna Anna, Don Ottavio)5:5621Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act I: Come mai creder deggio (Don Ottavio)0:37Disc 21Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act I: Dalla sua pace (Don Ottavio)4:192Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act I: Io deggio ad ogni patto (Don Giovanni, Leporello)2:033Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act I: Fin ch'han dal vino (Don Giovanni)1:254Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act I: Masetto. senti un po! (Zerlina, Masetto)1:245Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act I: Batti, batti, o bel Masetto (Zerlina)4:206Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act I: Guarda un po (Don Giovanni, Zerlina, Chorus)0:407Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act I: Presto, presto, pria ch'ei venga (Masetto, Zerlina, Chorus)2:058Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act I: Tra quest'arbori celata (Don Giovanni, Masetto, Zerlina)2:469Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act I: Bisogna aver coraggio (Don Giovanni, Donna Anna, Donna Elvira, Don Ottavio, Leporello)1:0510Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act I: Menuett3:4211Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act I: Riposate, vezzose ragazze! (Don Giovanni, Leporello, Donna Anna, Donna Elvira, Don Ottavio, Zerlina,1:2612Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act I: Venite pur avanti (Don Giovanni, Leporello, Donna Anna, Donna Elvira, Don Ottavio, Zerlina, Masetto)6:0913Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act I: Trema, trema, o scellerato! (Don Giovanni, Leporello, Donna Anna, Donna Elvira, Don Ottavio, Zerlina,1:5614Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act II: Eh via, buffone (Don Giovanni, Leporello)1:0615Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act II: Leporello - Signore (Don Giovanni, Leporello)2:2116Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act II: Ah, taci, ingiusto core? (Don Giovanni, Donna Elvira, Leporello)5:0717Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act II: Amico, che ti par? (Don Giovanni, Donna Elvira, Leporello)2:2118Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act II: Deh, vieni alla finestra (Don Giovanni)2:0519Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act II: V'e gente alla finestra! (Don Giovanni)1:2320Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act II: Meta di voi qua vadano (Don Giovanni)3:0721Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act II: Zitto! Lascia ch'io senta (Don Giovanni, Masetto)2:2222Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act II: Vedrai, carino (Zerlina)3:3823Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act II: Di molte faci il lume (Leporello, Donna Elvira)0:3524Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act II: Sola, sola, in buio loco (Donna Elvira, Donna Anna, Don Ottavio, Leporello, Zerlina, Masetto)8:42Disc 31Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act II: Dunque quello sei tu (Zerlina, Donna Elvira, Don Ottavio, Masetto)0:252Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act II: Ah, pieta, signori miei (Leporello)2:233Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act II: Ferma, perfido, ferma (Donna Elvira, Zerlina, Don Ottavio, Masetto)0:434Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act II: Il mio tesoro intanto (Don Ottavio)4:215Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act II: In quali eccessi, o Numi (Donna Elvira)5:586Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act II: Ah, ah, ah, ah, questa e buona (Don Giovanni, Leporello, Commendatore)2:397Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act II: Di rider finirai (Don Giovanni, Leporello, Commendatore)2:268Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act II: O statua gentilissima (Don Giovanni, Leporello)3:519Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act II: Calmatevi, idol mio (Don Ottavio, Donna Anna)1:0410Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act II: Crudele! - Ah no, mio bene! (Donna Anna)5:3411Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act II: Ah, si segua il suo passo (Don Ottavio)0:1712Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act II: Gia la mensa e preparata (Don Giovanni, Leporello)5:1413Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act II: L'ultima prova dell'amor mio (Don Giovanni, Donna Elvira, Leporello)4:0514Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act II: Don Giovanni, a cenar teco m'invitasti (Don Giovanni, Commendatore, Leporello)7:4615Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act II: Ah! dove e il perfido (Donna Anna, Donna Elvira, Don Ottavio, Zerlina, Masetto, Leporello)6:54Les Grands Airs de la Khovantchina
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Tracklist · 8 tracks
A1Les Grands Airs de la Khovantchina: OuvertureA2Les Grands Airs de la Khovantchina: L'Écrivain public, Chaklotivi & Les Streltsi (Acte I, Sc.2)A3Les Grands Airs de la Khovantchina: Le Prince Ivan Khovansky, Les Streltsi & Le Peuple (Acte I, Sc.5)A4Les Grands Airs de la Khovantchina: Marfa & Dosidei (Acte I, Sc.6)B1Les Grands Airs de la Khovantchina: La Plainte de Marfa (Acte III, Sc.1)B2Les Grands Airs de la Khovantchina: Marfa & Dosidei (Acte III, Sc.4)B3Les Grands Airs de la Khovantchina: Les Danses persanes (Acte IV, Sc.3)B4Les Grands Airs de la Khovantchina: Scène finale au bûcher (Acte V, Fin.)
Album · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | La bohèmeSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 24 tracksDisc 1 1La bohème: Atto I. “Questo Mar Rosso mi ammollisce e assidera” 2La bohème: Atto I. “Legna! … Sigari … Bordo!” 3La bohème: Atto I. “Si può? Chi è la? Benoît!” 4La bohème: Atto I. “Non sono in vena” 5La bohème: Atto I. “Che gelida manina” 6La bohème: Atto I. “Si. Mi chiamano Mimì” 7La bohème: Atto I. “Ehi! Rodolfo!” 8La bohème: Atto I. “O soave fanciulla” 9La bohème: Atto II. “Aranci, datteri! Caldi i marroni!” 10La bohème: Atto II. “Parpignol, Parpignol!” 11La bohème: Atto II. “Signorina Mimì, che dono raro” 12La bohème: Atto II. “Quando men vo’ soletta” Disc 21La bohème: Atto III. “Ohé, là, le guardie!… Aprite!…” 2La bohème: Atto III. “Mimì?! Son io” 3La bohème: Atto III. “Marcello. Finalmente!” 4La bohème: Atto III. “Donde lieta uscì” 5La bohème: Atto III. “Dunque è proprio finita?” 6La bohème: Atto IV. “In un coupé?” … “Con pariglia e livree” 7La bohème: Atto IV. “Eccoci” … “Ebben?” 8La bohème: Atto IV. “Musetta! / C’è Mimì…” 9La bohème: Atto IV. “Vecchia zimarra, senti” 10La bohème: Atto IV. “Sono andati? Fingevo di dormire” 11La bohème: Atto IV. “Dorme?” … “Riposa” 12La bohème: Atto IV. “Che ha detto il medico?” | Live | 1991 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Nicola Ghiuselev head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 8 | 49.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 3 | 77.1th |
| Studio albums | 2 | 78.8th |
| Awards recorded | 4 | 96.3th |
| Timeline events | 4 | 75.9th |
| Recording span (years) | 1 | 13.7th |
| Genres | 0 | 0th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | Order of Cyril and Methodius | won | |
| — | Order of Cyril and Methodius | won | |
| — | Order of Stara Planina | won | |
| — | Order of Stara Planina | won |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicola_Ghiuselev
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