Anton Radev

A baritone of the Bulgarian repertory theatres, Anton Radev has sung with the opera companies of Stara Zagora and Burgas in the lyric and supporting roles of the Italian repertory, among them Sharpless in Madama Butterfly. His work has been in repertory seasons and concert programmes at home. Born in Stara Zagora, he graduated in 1991 from the Pancho Vladigerov National Academy of Music in Sofia, from Chavdar Hadzhiev's opera singing class, and went on to Ancona to work with Giuseppe Melani. His solo career began at the Varna Opera, and he has been a soloist of the Stara Zagora Opera and of Sofia Opera and Ballet. His repertoire includes baritone parts in operas by Verdi — La traviata, La forza del destino, Aida, Il trovatore, Falstaff — beside Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia, Puccini's Tosca, Madama Butterfly, La boheme and Turandot, Mozart's Die Zauberflote, Cosi fan tutte and Le nozze di Figaro, Gounod's Faust, Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore and Lucia di Lammermoor, and Bizet's Les pecheurs de perles and Carmen. He has sung in the Netherlands, Albania, Switzerland, Germany, Israel, Greece, Italy and Japan.