Deyan Vatchkov ( bg, Деян Вачков; born April 8, 1979) is a Bulgarian
bass
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Fish
* Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species
Music
* Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range:
** Bass (instrument), including:
** Acoustic bass gui ...
opera singer.
Vatchkov was born on April 8th, 1979 in
Sofia,
Bulgaria. A Sofia native, he studied vocal technique in the Conservatory of Sofia with professor Karapetrov and later in the Academy of
La Scala
La Scala (, , ; abbreviation in Italian of the official name ) is a famous opera house in Milan, Italy. The theatre was inaugurated on 3 August 1778 and was originally known as the ' (New Royal-Ducal Theatre alla Scala). The premiere performan ...
with
Leyla Gencer and
Luciana Serra
Luciana Serra (born 4 November 1946, in Genoa) is an Italian coloratura soprano.
Career
Serra made her international debut in 1966 as Eleonora in Cimarosa's ' at the Hungarian State Opera House in Budapest, but did not achieve general acclaim u ...
. He won international competitions including the Iris Adami Corradetti's First Prize, the special Arrigo Boito Prize in Padua, and Belvedere's Verdi Prize and Special Chamber Opera Prize. As a result, he made his debut in the role of Don Basilio in Il Barbiere di Siviglia in Wien.
He has performed in
Teatro alla Scala
La Scala (, , ; abbreviation in Italian of the official name ) is a famous opera house in Milan, Italy. The theatre was inaugurated on 3 August 1778 and was originally known as the ' (New Royal-Ducal Theatre alla Scala). The premiere performan ...
,
Arena di Verona, La Fenice di Venezia, Giuseppe Verdi di Trieste,
Teatro Comunale di Bologna,
Teatro di San Carlo,
Teatro Regio di Torino,
Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa, Sferisterio Festival di Macerata,
Festival Puccini in Torre del Lago,
Teatro Real in Madrid, Palau de les Arts di Valencia, ABAO di Bilbao, Amsterdam, Lausanne, Frankfurt, Leipzig, Tokyo, Toronto, Seattle, etc.
References
External links
Imgartists.com
Seattleopera.org
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1979 births
Living people
Musicians from Sofia
21st-century Bulgarian male opera singers
Operatic basses