User:Ivan varbanov

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[edit] Ivan Varbanov,bariton/art name Johnny BULGARO

He was born in 1968 in Sofia,Bulgaria.

EDUCATION: 1990-1995 NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC, Sofia - M.A. (magister) Opera soloist - baritone

SPECIALIZATION: THE EUROPEAN OPERA CENTRE - Manchester, UK MASTER CLASSES & TUTORS: Renatta Scotto, Kostas Pascalis, Marta Lantieri, Margarita Lilova, Prof. Iliya Yossifov, Christina Angelakova

COLLABORATION: European Opera Center, "COMPANIONS BV" - The Netherlands, "PROMMUSIC" - Belgium, "OPERA 2001" - Spain, "RASKOV MUSIC MANAGEMENT" - Austria, "CLASSIC OPEN AIR”,Theater Vevey,Theater Winterthur-Switzerland

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND ACTIVITIES: from 2001-permanent soloist of the NATIONAL OPERA AND BALLET - Sofia

PRIZES/AWARDS: 1992 First Prize for Canzonetta "THE GOLDEN CHRYSANTHEMUM" International Competition 1993 Second Prize for operetta at the "Emerih KALMAN International Competition"

CONDUCTORS: Kent Nagano, Cris Nance, Emil Tabakov, Nayden Todorov, Ivan Angelov, G. Croci, G.Notev

GASTROLES: UK, The Netherlands, Belgium, France, Spain, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Romania.

Roles of the stage:

"Faust"- Gounod - Valentin; "Tosca" - Puccini – Scarpia;"La Traviata" - Verdi - G. Germont; “Carmen” - Bizet - Morales, Dancairo, Escamiglio; ”Rigoletto - Verdi- Marullo, Rigoletto;”Un Ballo In Maschera” - Verdi - Silvano, Renato;"Fedora" - Giordano - De Sirex;"Il Barbiere di Seviglia” - Rossini - Figaro;"Vespri Siciliani” - Verdi - Roberto;"Pagliacci" - Ruggero Leoncavallo - Silvio, Canio;"Dido and Aeneas" - Pursel - Aeneas;"Die Zauberflöte" - Mozart - Papageno;"L'Italiana In Algeri" - Rossini - Taddeo...

" I believe in God, family and friends!The Music is my world! Opera is my passion! "

www.johnnybulgaro.com