Nicolai Ghiaurov - Faust 'Le veau d'or' - Gounod - 1977

Nicolai Ghiaurov (or Nikolai Gjaurov, Bulgarian: Николай Гяуров) (September 13, 1929 June 2, 2004) was a Bulgarian bass-baritone. He was a bass baritone because he could sing both bass and baritone. Nowadays bass baritone means you are really neither one!LOL!

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[stevevandien]

I could be wrong here, but the only bass-baritones I know of who sang more than a couple roles in each fach were Michael Bohnen, Jose van Dam and James Morris --

[MrCafiero]

@stevevandien Most great singers are zwischenfach. Mardones, Journet and many of the older singers sang both bass and some baritone. Siepi sang Don Giovanni. Ramey also sang both as did George London.

[bckm54]

ok ok so it wasn't WRITTEN for him...but it might as well have been... The BEST Mephistopholes, without question!

[yoheliomcr]

Ghiaurov The BEST EVER

[stevevandien]

Ghiaurov was actually a basso cantante, meaning that he was most at home in high-lying bass roles. As far as I'm able to discern, he never sang any true baritone role.

If you're thinking of Escamillo, its tessitura is low enough so that high-lying basses can sing it comfortably.

If, however, I am wrong regarding NG's "baritone" roles, please tell me:).

[znamoperu]

Fantastic!!

[irinakuzmina58]

Потрясающий певец, потрясающий драматический актер.Его Мефистофеля можно сравнивать только с Мефистофелем Шаляпина.Браво, Гяуров!

[Andemephis]

Гяуров каваен, конечно :3 ...но вот с качеством видео явно не сложилось...

[MrCafiero]

@samuelrosat Journet was great, but you would have to have heard both of them live to really compare.

[samuelrosat]

@bckm54 have you ever listen to Marcel Journet? Ghiaurov is second best I reckon, but sorry Journet is first ;)