Giorgi Kirof, Bass back/zurück
Bulgarian Bass Giorgi Kirof has sung on stages such as the Metropolitan Opera New York (Timur/Turandot), Großes Festspielhaus in Salzburg (Il Grande Inquisitore /Don Carlo), at the Savonlinna Opéra Festival (Varlaam/Boris Godunov), with Munich Philharmonie in Gasteig (Sir Talbot/Maria Stuarda), and many others in USA, Spain, France, Austria, Italy, Germany, Netherlands and Japan.
Mr. Kirof studied voice at the Academy of Arts, Rome, Italy.
On the stage of the Sofia National Opera he has sung the main bass roles such as Zaccaria/Nabucco, Fiesco/Simon Boccanegra, Sparafucile/Rigoletto, Timur/Turandot, Don Basilio/Barbiere di Siviglia as well as Osmin/Die Entfuehrung aus dem Serail and Fafner/Rheingold.
In 2019/20, Mr. Kirof made his house debut at Teatro Real Madrid (Timur/Turandot), sang at the Sofia National Opera (Sparafucile/ Rigoletto) and in Denmark, he performed Verdi’s Requiem with Aarhus Symphony.
Two roles of Mr. Kirof have been televised—Il Commendatore (Don Giovanni) for ARTE TV and Zaccaria (Nabucco) for the Spanish TV.
Recently, Mr. Kirof could be heard a.o. in Verdi's "Messa da Requiem" with the Tampere Philharmonia in Finland and in Shostakovich's Symphony n°14 at the international Wratislavia Cantans Festival in Poland.
In 2022, he will appear as Zaccaria in "Nabucco" at Opera de Massy, as well as in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with Tampere Philharmonie at Tampere Hall.
Mr. Kirof received the international prize "musician of 2019" from the foundation of world famous bass Nicola Ghiuselev.
"“... priceless for me, most of all, because is on the name of my Maestro...” (Kirof).
Among the singers with whom G.Kirof has collaborated are Placido Domingo, Anna Netrebko, Matti Salminen, Krassimira Stoyanova, Iréne Theorin and Gregory Kunde. Kirof performed under the baton of conductors such as James Levine, Carlo Rizzi, Ruslan Raichev, Nicola Luisotti and Leif Segerstam.
Kirof has sung for:
Metropolitan Opera, New York – Timur (Turandot)
Savonlinna Opera Festival – Varlaam (Boris Godunov)
Teatro Real Madrid – Timur (Turandot)
arte TV – Il Commendatore (Don Giovanni)
Spanish TV - Zaccaria (Nabucco)
Season 2016/2017
Padre Guardiano (La Forza del Destino) - Tampere Hall
Sarastro (Die Zauberfloete) - Immling Festival, Germany
Zaccaria (Nabucco) c. - Metropolitan Opera, New York
Gremin (Eugeni Onegin) c. - Metropolitan Opera, New York
Season 2017/2018
Timur (Turandot) - Metropolitan Opera, New York
Verdi Requiem Bass c. - Metropolitan Opera, New York
Timur (Turandot) – Sofia National Opera
Gremin (Eugene Onegin) – Sofia National Opera
Ramfis (Aida) – Sofia National Opera
Zio Bonzo (Madama Butterfly) – Savonlinna Opera Festival
Season 2018/2019
Ramfis (Aida) c. – Metropolitan Opera, New York
Old Hebrew (Samson et Dalila) c. – Metropolitan Opera, New York
Timur (Turandot) – Teatro Real Madrid
Season 2019/2020
Sparafucile (Rigoletto) – Sofia National Opera and Ballet
Verdi Requiem – Aarhus symphony
Season 2021/2022
Shostakovich, Symphony 14 – NFM Wratislavia Cantans
Verdi Requiem – Tampere Hall
Zaccaria – Opera de Massy
Beethoven 9th – Tampere Hall
Roles on Stage:
G. Verdi:
Zaccaria (2002, 2003, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2022)
Ferrando (2004; 2005)
Sparafucile (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2014, 2019)
Ramphis (2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2019)
Il Re (2004, 2011, 2014)
Grande Inquisitore (2002, 2003, 2008)
Fiesco (2008, 2009, 2010, 2019) Padre Guadiano (2016)
Requiem (2017, 2019, 2021)
R. Wagner:
Fafner (2010; 2011; 2015)
W.A. Mozart:
Osmin (2000; 2001)
Sarastro (2002, 2016, 2019)
Il Commendatore (2008; 2009; 2010, 2019)
G. Rossini:
Don Basilio (2001; 2002; 2006; 2010)
G. Puccini:
Timur (2006; 2010; 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019)
Zio Bonzo (2007; 2012, 2018)
Angelotti (2009)
V. Bellini:
Oroveso (2007)
G. Donizetti:
Sir Talbot (2011)
Borodin:
Kontchaak (2010)
P. Tchaikovski:
Gremin (2007; 2008, 2017, 2018)
M. Mussorgsky:
Varlaam (2015)
Songs and Dances of Death (2018)
C. Saint-Saëns:
Old Hebrew (2018)
D. Shostakovich:
Symphony 14 (2021)
Ludwig van Beethoven:
Symphony 9 (2022)
Mr. Kirof studied voice at the Academy of Arts, Rome, Italy.
On the stage of the Sofia National Opera he has sung the main bass roles such as Zaccaria/Nabucco, Fiesco/Simon Boccanegra, Sparafucile/Rigoletto, Timur/Turandot, Don Basilio/Barbiere di Siviglia as well as Osmin/Die Entfuehrung aus dem Serail and Fafner/Rheingold.
In 2019/20, Mr. Kirof made his house debut at Teatro Real Madrid (Timur/Turandot), sang at the Sofia National Opera (Sparafucile/ Rigoletto) and in Denmark, he performed Verdi’s Requiem with Aarhus Symphony.
Two roles of Mr. Kirof have been televised—Il Commendatore (Don Giovanni) for ARTE TV and Zaccaria (Nabucco) for the Spanish TV.
Recently, Mr. Kirof could be heard a.o. in Verdi's "Messa da Requiem" with the Tampere Philharmonia in Finland and in Shostakovich's Symphony n°14 at the international Wratislavia Cantans Festival in Poland.
In 2022, he will appear as Zaccaria in "Nabucco" at Opera de Massy, as well as in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with Tampere Philharmonie at Tampere Hall.
Mr. Kirof received the international prize "musician of 2019" from the foundation of world famous bass Nicola Ghiuselev.
"“... priceless for me, most of all, because is on the name of my Maestro...” (Kirof).
Among the singers with whom G.Kirof has collaborated are Placido Domingo, Anna Netrebko, Matti Salminen, Krassimira Stoyanova, Iréne Theorin and Gregory Kunde. Kirof performed under the baton of conductors such as James Levine, Carlo Rizzi, Ruslan Raichev, Nicola Luisotti and Leif Segerstam.
Kirof has sung for:
Metropolitan Opera, New York – Timur (Turandot)
Savonlinna Opera Festival – Varlaam (Boris Godunov)
Teatro Real Madrid – Timur (Turandot)
arte TV – Il Commendatore (Don Giovanni)
Spanish TV - Zaccaria (Nabucco)
Season 2016/2017
Padre Guardiano (La Forza del Destino) - Tampere Hall
Sarastro (Die Zauberfloete) - Immling Festival, Germany
Zaccaria (Nabucco) c. - Metropolitan Opera, New York
Gremin (Eugeni Onegin) c. - Metropolitan Opera, New York
Season 2017/2018
Timur (Turandot) - Metropolitan Opera, New York
Verdi Requiem Bass c. - Metropolitan Opera, New York
Timur (Turandot) – Sofia National Opera
Gremin (Eugene Onegin) – Sofia National Opera
Ramfis (Aida) – Sofia National Opera
Zio Bonzo (Madama Butterfly) – Savonlinna Opera Festival
Season 2018/2019
Ramfis (Aida) c. – Metropolitan Opera, New York
Old Hebrew (Samson et Dalila) c. – Metropolitan Opera, New York
Timur (Turandot) – Teatro Real Madrid
Season 2019/2020
Sparafucile (Rigoletto) – Sofia National Opera and Ballet
Verdi Requiem – Aarhus symphony
Season 2021/2022
Shostakovich, Symphony 14 – NFM Wratislavia Cantans
Verdi Requiem – Tampere Hall
Zaccaria – Opera de Massy
Beethoven 9th – Tampere Hall
Roles on Stage:
G. Verdi:
Zaccaria (2002, 2003, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2022)
Ferrando (2004; 2005)
Sparafucile (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2014, 2019)
Ramphis (2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2019)
Il Re (2004, 2011, 2014)
Grande Inquisitore (2002, 2003, 2008)
Fiesco (2008, 2009, 2010, 2019) Padre Guadiano (2016)
Requiem (2017, 2019, 2021)
R. Wagner:
Fafner (2010; 2011; 2015)
W.A. Mozart:
Osmin (2000; 2001)
Sarastro (2002, 2016, 2019)
Il Commendatore (2008; 2009; 2010, 2019)
G. Rossini:
Don Basilio (2001; 2002; 2006; 2010)
G. Puccini:
Timur (2006; 2010; 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019)
Zio Bonzo (2007; 2012, 2018)
Angelotti (2009)
V. Bellini:
Oroveso (2007)
G. Donizetti:
Sir Talbot (2011)
Borodin:
Kontchaak (2010)
P. Tchaikovski:
Gremin (2007; 2008, 2017, 2018)
M. Mussorgsky:
Varlaam (2015)
Songs and Dances of Death (2018)
C. Saint-Saëns:
Old Hebrew (2018)
D. Shostakovich:
Symphony 14 (2021)
Ludwig van Beethoven:
Symphony 9 (2022)
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