Stoyan Daskalov

Two instruments run through Stoyan Daskalov's working life: the tenor voice and the accordion, which he plays professionally. Twenty-five years in the Italian repertoire have taken him through the United States, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and Portugal in leading tenor roles in Aida, Il trovatore, Rigoletto, Un ballo in maschera, Lucia di Lammermoor, Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci, with Carmen alongside them and Neapolitan song never far away. He is based in Hong Kong. He began at the Plovdiv State Opera in small parts, with the Duke in Rigoletto as his first leading role, and from 2001 to 2004 was a soloist of the state operas in Stara Zagora and Plovdiv before invitations followed from other Bulgarian houses. His work abroad has also taken him to Switzerland and Austria, and he is one of the singers in the touring production Die Nacht der 5 Tenöre.