Tenor
Biography
Andrey Naydenov has appeared as a soloist with the State Opera Rousse on its home stage in Ruse since 2006, in casts that also held Jolanta Nikolaeva, Stoyan Stoyandzhov, Daniela Karaivanova and Stilian Minchev. Born in Pleven, he took part in a masterclass with Stefano Algieri in 1993 and later worked with the countertenor Jeffrey Gall, and a fellowship from Alexander Pereira took him to the Zurich Opera. His debut came in the first Bulgarian staging of Monteverdi's Orfeo, and he sang in the Bulgarian premiere of Shostakovich's The Nose at the Ruse opera house under Nayden Todorov, as well as in a revival of Rossini's Messa di Gloria and the first performance of Boyko Bogdanov's opera Algara. He has been heard as soloist in Carmina Burana with the Sofia Philharmonic and the Symphony Orchestra of Bulgarian National Radio, and has recorded for Bulgarian National Radio and Television.