Kaludi Kaludov and his Tosks
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Kaludi Kaludov - on his birthday /15 March/ in Stara Zagora
The world tenor performs the role of Cavaradossi in the premiere performance of the opera Tosca
Kaludi Kaludov is coming to Stara Zagora to take part in the preparations for the upcoming premiere of Puccini's opera Tosca, which will take place on 18 March at 7 p.m. on the Opera House stage. The tenor will play one of the landmark roles of his career - that of the artist Mario Cavaradossi. A role that the singer always performs with pleasure because it is also close to his artistic soul. Outside of singing and vocal pedagogy, the Maestro enjoys painting, writing poems and short stories.
Kaludi Kaludov and his Tosks
Kaludi Kaludov made his debut in the role of Cavaradossi at the time when he was at the height of his international career - he was invited by the director of the Poznan Opera, Poland to participate in a tour of the theatre in Belgium and the Netherlands with performances of the opera Tosca.
"I will never forget my first performance in Utrecht with soprano Sofia Kujawinska as Tosca and Jurek Mechlinski as Scarpia. Travelling to Holland I was still finishing my last lines. Although already after a dress rehearsal in Poznan. I sang eight performances. It was more than wonderful. After that, engagements in different countries and theatres came. I have sung with amazing singers - in Bulgaria and around the world! Galina Kalinina made a huge impression on me. A Russian beauty with incredible finesse in her stage presence. She was thin and subtle and had an incredible temperament. We sang in Malaga - the city of the great and inimitable Carlos Alvarez.
One day my agent called and offered me a concert performance of Tosca, conducted by Pappano. I accepted, of course. It happened in Israel. The soprano who performed the role of Tosca was Alexandra Mark. This amazing singer, she created magic with her voice.
The Romanian singer Nelly Miricioiu, who had already sung with me in the opera Francesca da Rimini, was my next Tosca. Similar to Callas, but with a much softer and warmer character, she won me over not only with her vocal skill, but also with her charm as a person.
Many years passed until fate decided to introduce me to our unique and amazing singer Ana Tomova - Sintov in the role of Tosca. That was the "icing on the cake" for me. We sang at the Stätsoper Unter den Linden. It was unforgettable! The joy of being together with Ana Tomova on stage is indescribable. Prepossessing and honest, making music and singing with the passion of a great fighter and competitor, not whining but dedicated, she dragged after her. I am grateful to my fate for allowing me to touch a colossus in this opera."
On March 18, Kaludi Kaludov will sing on the stage of the Stara Zagora Opera with soprano Tanya Ivanova in the role of Tosca. The talented singer has already made her successful debut in this role on the stage of the Sofia Opera. The role of Scarpia will be performed by Alexander Krunev - the baritone is considered by the experts as one of the best interpreters of this role in Bulgaria. At the conductor's desk will stand the great Argentinian conductor Mario de Rosse, who is visiting Stara Zagora for the first time. The new production of the opera Tosca is directed by Ognyan Draganov, who has conceived an original telling of the exciting dramatic story and a complete transformation of the stage space with an impressive and impressive three-dimensional vision. The stage adaptation is by the artist Todor Demerov. Also taking part are the soloists Alexander Marulev, Stoyan Bonchev, Evgeniy Arabadzhiev, Milko Mikhailov, Georgi Dinev, Ivaylo Yovchev, Teodor Petkov, Lyubomir Petkov, Bogomil Rusenov, the Vocal Formation of the DYSSOB "Margaritki" under the direction of Zornitsa Zhelyazkova, the Pre-Bulgarian Survival School "Baga-Tour", the orchestra, choir and ballet of the State Opera-Stara Zagora.
KALUDI KALUDOV grew up in Varna, where his first singing performances began. It was Vesselina Zafirova, then a singing teacher at the Music School in Varna, who introduced him to classical singing. In 1978 he graduated from the Music Academy in Sofia as a student of Assoc. Liliana Zhablenska. Later she worked with Nikola Nikolov. He debuted on the Plovdiv stage in the role of Alfred from Verdi's opera La Traviata. From December of the same year he was a soloist of the National Opera - Sofia, on whose stage he sang for 12 seasons. The start was aspiring, ascending, he received six roles a year and became one of the main performers in the theatre.
Kaludi Kaludov's active international career began in 1983 with Verdi's Requiem at Covent Garden, London and the role of Foresto from Verdi's Attila at the Vienna Staatsoper. Years of unstoppable rise on the world's great opera stages followed. He was already under contract at the Scala di Milano in 1985 and sang in Dvorak's Les Misérables and later Verdi's Attila and Masque Ball, Puccini's Manon Lescaut. He has sung in the major European opera houses as well as in the USA, Japan, South Korea, Chile and Australia.
Kaludi Kaludov is the only Bulgarian opera singer who has been the leading tenor in the programme of the Savonlinna Opera Festival in Finland for more than 10 years. He has performed many times with the most famous singers in the world and with conductors such as Claudio Abado, Charles Makeras, Riccardo Muti, Fabio Luisi and others. Zubin Mehta was particularly attracted by the talent of Kaludi Kaludov, with whom he did many performances and concerts.
Kaludi Kaludov has over 60 tenor parts in his repertoire. Starting with Verdi's - Alfred from "La Traviata", Radames from "Aida", Don Carlos, Don Alvaro from "The Power of Destiny", Manrico from "Il Trovatore", The Duke from "Rigoletto", Riccardo from "Masque Ball", Ernani and others.., Puccini's Cavaradossi in Tosca, Rudolph in La Boheme, De Greio in Manon Lescaut, Calaf in Turandot, Pinkerton in Madame Butterfly. To these should be added the principal tenor roles from operas by Donizetti, Rossini, Bellini, Bizet, Ponchielli, Leoncavallo, Mascagni, Giordano, Offenbach, etc., and from the Russian classics - Dmitri from Boris Godunov, Vladimir from Prince Igor, Prince Golitsyn from Khovanshchina, Lensky from Eugene Onegin. His concert repertoire is also impressive, with Mozart's and Verdi's Requiems, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, Stabat Mater by Rossini and Dvořák, Janacek's Glagolitsa Mass, and Rachmaninov's The Bells.
There are studio recordings and releases on Balkanton, NAXOS, Sony Classic, Decca, Bulgarian National Radio, Radio Katowice, Radio RAI, Gega New Music House, a video recording on RAI of Verdi's opera Attila in the Milanese Scala, etc.
Founder and long-time artistic director of the opera festival Viva il Canto in Cheshin, Poland. He has been a vocal pedagogue for nearly 20 years. In 1995, for the first time, he conducted a Master Class in Savonlinna, Finland at the invitation of the prestigious opera festival. Doctor of the Conservatory in Katowice, Poland, he has been invited to conduct Master Classes in Bulgaria, Poland, Italy, Romania, Finland, Estonia, Ukraine, etc.
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