/ world immediately information/ The good Bulgarian bass opera singer Nikola Guselev died this morning.
Nikola Gyuzelev was born in Pavlikeni on August 17, 1936. His curiosity in opera was woke up on the age of 15, when he heard on the radio the monologue of Boris from the opera “Boris Godunov” by Mussorgsky, carried out by Edmond Kosovsky.
In 1954, Gyuzelev graduated from secondary training in Sofia, and 4 years later he graduated from the Artwork Academy with a serious in portray. In 1955 he started to review singing with the opera singer Iliya Yosifov (tenor), and in 1960 with the baritone Hristo Brambarov.
Whereas learning, he participated as a soloist within the “Georgi Dimitrov” Educational Choir and within the Music and Dance Ensemble on the Ministry of the Inside. From 1960 he was a trainee, and from 1961 – a daily artist on the Nationwide Opera, the place he made his debut on June 27, 1961 with the function of Timur in Verdi’s opera “Turandot”. In 1966, he achieved nice success with the Sofia Opera in Paris and through his tour within the USA.
In 1962, Gyuzelev was awarded a gold medal from the Worldwide Youth Competition in Helsinki, and the next yr – with first prize and a gold medal from the II Worldwide Competitors for Younger Opera Singers in Sofia for his function of Philip II in “Don Carlos”.
In 1968, for the primary time, he took half in a manufacturing on the stage of the “Reggio” theater in Parma and had an enormous success with the function of Attila from Verdi’s opera of the identical title. In 1973, in Tehran, Gyuzelev stood on the identical stage along with his inspiration, Edmond Kosovski. This time Gyuzelev performs the function of Boris Godunov, and Kosovski performs Pimen.
In 1994, once more in Parma, Gyuzelev acquired the “Golden Verdi” award, a distinction with which few on the earth have been awarded. Among the many honors with which the bass has been awarded are the Order of Cyril and Methodius – 1st diploma, the Order of Stara Planina – 1st diploma, the Dimitrov Prize, the awards “Golden Lyre”, “Golden Muse”, “Golden Feather”, “Commandatore” of the Republic of Italy” and others.
Tribute to his vivid reminiscence!
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