Boiko Zvetanov

Boyko Tzvetanov (Bulgarian: Бойко Цветанов) is a Bulgarian operatic tenor.^[1] He studied at the Bulgarian Music Academy in his native city of Sofia with Professor Hadjiev and was taken on as a soloist with the Sofia National Opera as early as 1982.

He began his career with major roles in Verdi operas such as the Duke in Rigoletto, Foresto in Attila and Radames in Aida, also Lindoro in Rossini's Italiana in Algeri, Fernando in Donizetti's La Favorita and Pollione in Bellini's Norma. He was equally successful from the beginning as a singer in concerts and oratorios. Tzvetanov continued his studies with Boris Hristov in Rome, Prof. G. Lehmann and Margarita Lilova in Vienna, also with Carlo Bergonzi at the Verdi Academy in Busseto. Alongside his many performances in his home country, he has made guest appearances in Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Netherlands, France, Spain, Portugal, Denmark, Sweden, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Russia. He has also won prizes in international singing competitions. Since 1991 he has been a member of the ensemble of the Zurich Opera House.^[2] Other roles in which Boyko Tzvetanov has excelled include interpretations of Lenski in Tchaikovsky's Eugeny Onegin, Alvaro in Verdi's La Forza del Destino, the Italian Singer in the Rosenkavalier and in Capriccio by Richard Strauss, Arnoldo in Rossini's William Tell, Rodolfo in La Bohème, Pinkerton in Madame Butterfly, Luigi in Il Tabarro by Puccini, Maurizio in Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea, Gualtiero in Il Pirata by Bellini, Sobinin in Glinka's A Life for the Czar, Riccardo in Un Ballo in Maschera by Verdi and Edgardo in Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor. In 2000 Tzvetanov recorded a CD production for MMO Music Group with the orchestra of the Sofia National Opera under the direction of Nayden Todorov.

References

1. "Il giorno del giudizio nell'affresco di Verdi", L'Arena, April 9, 2009
2. David Stevens, "A Triumphant 'Sly' in Zurich", New York Times, June 3, 1998