Nicolai Ghiaurov

Acting

14 Movies 2 TV Shows

Born

September 13, 1929

Died

June 2, 2004

Place of Birth

Velingrado, Bulgaria

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Biography

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. He was admired for his powerful, sumptuous voice, and was particularly associated with roles of Mussorgsky and Verdi. Ghiaurov married the Bulgarian pianist Zlatina Mishakova in 1956 and Italian s…