Tenor
Biography
In 2003 Marcho Apostolov appeared at the Sofia National Opera in casts with Emil Ugrinov, Ludmila Hadjieva, Ivan Varbanov and Radostina Nikolaeva. In 2015 he also appeared with the State Opera Rousse in Bansko. He was born in Varna in 1970, studied at the Dobri Hristov secondary music school there, and graduated from the Pancho Vladigerov State Academy of Music in Sofia, making his professional debut in 1994 in the title roles of Monteverdi's Orfeo and Weber's Abu Hassan. From 1998 he sang as a soloist of the Stefan Makedonski State Musical Theatre in Sofia: Danilo in Die lustige Witwe, Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus, Tassilo in Gräfin Mariza, and among the musicals Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar, Che in Evita and Chris in Miss Saigon. For his Jesus and his Danilo he received the Crystal Lyre in 2002. He has sung as soloist with the Sofia, Plovdiv, Sliven and Vratsa philharmonics, and has recorded for Bulgarian National Radio, Bulgarian National Television and the Gega New label. His concert repertoire also includes the duet of Saffi and Barinkay from Der Zigeunerbaron, which he performed with Elena Mehandzhiyska in Sofia in 2025.