Born in Bulgaria, graduated from the Academy of Music in Sofia, won numerous competitions, among which " Belvedere " - Vienna (1987), prize that brought him an invi - tation to Graz, Klagenfurt, Saarbrucken and Essen for the title role in Don Carlo . In 1990 he debuted in the US (at Denver, in Un ballo in maschera and Rigoletto ), then sang in the great European the - atres - Munich, Paris, Vienna, London, Zürich, Helsinki, Venice etc. , improving his knowledge at Milan with Luisa Cioni and Roberto Negri. He also approached the French repertoire - Werther, Carmen (debut in Leipzig). He was on tours with the Arena di Verona in Germany, singing in Boema (together with Katia Ricciarelli), and in 2000 he performed the role Mario Cavaradossi in Tosca at the Torre del Lago Festival. During the following season he appeared for the first time at Rio de Janeiro (Turandot )and in Liége (Attila, Il Trovatore ), Rome Opera (Francesca da Rimini ), Parma (Il Corsaro , conducted by Renato Palumbo), Bergamo Andrea Chénier ), Catania (Norma ). In 2005 he will perform in Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa, Teatro Reggio - Torino, , Teatro San Carlo - Naples, , Deutsche Oper Berlin and at the Bregenz Festival.

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