Emil Ivanov

Rome-born and trained at the Pancho Vladigerov National Academy of Music in Sofia, Emil Ivanov made his debut at the Sofia National Opera as Foresto in Attila and won the Belvedere Competition in Vienna in 1986. Radamès at the Sferisterio in Macerata came in 1989, the Arena di Verona in 1990, a long association with the Vienna State Opera from 1991, the Metropolitan Opera as Cavaradossi in 1992, La Scala as Enzo in La Gioconda in 1997 and Covent Garden in I masnadieri in 2002. Manrico, Ernani and Don Carlo belong to a repertoire of more than forty-five operatic titles, which he has also carried into oratorio and the concert hall; a recital of operatic arias survives on the Gega New label. His roles also include the title role of Andrea Chénier.