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Nicolai Ghiuselev (Pavlikeni
Pavlikeni

'Pavlikeni' is a town in northern Bulgaria, part of Veliko Tarnovo Province. It is 41 kilometers away from Veliko Tarnovo.Pavlikeni was a centre of Ceramics and pottery in Antiquity as evidenced by the remains from Ancient Rome and Thracians times, the modern town emerged in the 13th-14th century as a village initially called Marinopoltsi...
, August 14, 1936) is a Bulgarian opera
Opera

Opera is an Performing arts in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work which combines a text and a musical score. Opera is part of the Western classical music tradition....
tic bass, particularly associated with the Italian and Russian repertories.

He studied first painting at the Academy of Arts in Sofia
Sofia

Sofia , is the Capital and largest city of the Bulgaria, with 2,5 million people living in the Capital Municipality. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of the mountain massif Vitosha, and is the administrative, cultural, economic, and educational centre of the country....
, and later voice at the school of the National Opera
National Opera and Ballet Sofia

The National Opera and Ballet Sofia is an opera and ballet company located in Sofia Bulgaria. It was founded in 1890 in the Western European and Russian opera theatre traditions following the collapse of Ottoman Empire domination....
 of Sofia, with Christo Brambarov. He made his stage debut with that company, as Timur in Turandot
Turandot

Turandot is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, set to a libretto in Italian by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni. Though Puccini's first interest in the subject was based on his reading of Friedrich Schiller's adaptation of the play, his work is most nearly based on the earlier text Turandot by Carlo Gozzi....
, in 1960.

In 1965, with the Sofia Opera, he toured Germany, the Netherlands and France, and made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera
Metropolitan Opera

The Metropolitan Opera Association of New York City, founded in April 1880, is a major presenter of all types of opera including Grand Opera. Peter Gelb is the company's general manager and James Levine is music director....
 of New York, as Ramfis in Aida
Aida

Aida an Arabic female name meaning "visitor" or "returning") is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni, based on a scenario written by French Egyptologist Auguste Mariette ....
, quickly followed by King Philip II in Don Carlo, and the title role in Boris Godunov
Boris Godunov (opera)

Boris Godunov is an opera by Modest Mussorgsky . The work was composed between 1868 and 1874 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is Mussorgsky's only completed opera and is considered his masterpiece....
.






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Nicolai Ghiuselev (Pavlikeni
Pavlikeni

'Pavlikeni' is a town in northern Bulgaria, part of Veliko Tarnovo Province. It is 41 kilometers away from Veliko Tarnovo.Pavlikeni was a centre of Ceramics and pottery in Antiquity as evidenced by the remains from Ancient Rome and Thracians times, the modern town emerged in the 13th-14th century as a village initially called Marinopoltsi...
, August 14, 1936) is a Bulgarian opera
Opera

Opera is an Performing arts in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work which combines a text and a musical score. Opera is part of the Western classical music tradition....
tic bass, particularly associated with the Italian and Russian repertories.

He studied first painting at the Academy of Arts in Sofia
Sofia

Sofia , is the Capital and largest city of the Bulgaria, with 2,5 million people living in the Capital Municipality. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of the mountain massif Vitosha, and is the administrative, cultural, economic, and educational centre of the country....
, and later voice at the school of the National Opera
National Opera and Ballet Sofia

The National Opera and Ballet Sofia is an opera and ballet company located in Sofia Bulgaria. It was founded in 1890 in the Western European and Russian opera theatre traditions following the collapse of Ottoman Empire domination....
 of Sofia, with Christo Brambarov. He made his stage debut with that company, as Timur in Turandot
Turandot

Turandot is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, set to a libretto in Italian by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni. Though Puccini's first interest in the subject was based on his reading of Friedrich Schiller's adaptation of the play, his work is most nearly based on the earlier text Turandot by Carlo Gozzi....
, in 1960.

In 1965, with the Sofia Opera, he toured Germany, the Netherlands and France, and made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera
Metropolitan Opera

The Metropolitan Opera Association of New York City, founded in April 1880, is a major presenter of all types of opera including Grand Opera. Peter Gelb is the company's general manager and James Levine is music director....
 of New York, as Ramfis in Aida
Aida

Aida an Arabic female name meaning "visitor" or "returning") is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni, based on a scenario written by French Egyptologist Auguste Mariette ....
, quickly followed by King Philip II in Don Carlo, and the title role in Boris Godunov
Boris Godunov (opera)

Boris Godunov is an opera by Modest Mussorgsky . The work was composed between 1868 and 1874 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is Mussorgsky's only completed opera and is considered his masterpiece....
. In two seasons with the Met, he also sang as Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor
Lucia di Lammermoor

Lucia di Lammermoor is a dramma tragico in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Salvatore Cammarano wrote the Italian language libretto loosely based upon Sir Walter Scott's historical novel The Bride of Lammermoor....
, the Commendatore in Don Giovanni
Don Giovanni

Don Giovanni is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and with Italian language libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. It was premiered in the Estates Theatre in Prague on October 29, 1787 in music....
, Colline in La boheme
La bohème

La boh?me is an opera in four acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on Sc?nes de la vie de boh?me by Henri Murger....
.

Important debuts followed at the Berlin State Opera
Berlin State Opera

Staatsoper Unter den Linden is a prominent Germany opera company. Its permanent home is the Opera House on the Unter den Linden boulevard in Berlin....
, La Scala
La Scala

The Teatro alla Scala , in Milan, Italy, is one of the world's most famous opera houses. The theatre was inaugurated on 3 August 1778, under the name Nuovo Regio Ducal Teatro alla Scala with Antonio Salieri Europa riconosciuta....
 in Milan, the Vienna State Opera
Vienna State Opera

The Vienna State Opera is an opera house - and opera company - with a history dating back to the mid 19th century. It is located in the centre of Vienna, Austria....
, the Monte Carlo Opera, the Palais Garnier
Palais Garnier

The Palais Garnier, also known as the Op?ra de Paris or Op?ra Garnier, but more commonly as the Paris Op?ra, is a 2,200-seat opera house on the Place de l'Op?ra in Paris, France....
 in Paris, the Liceo in Barcelona, the San Carlo
San Carlo

San Carlo is the Italian for Saint Charles, and may refer to:*Charles Borromeo, also known as San Carlo Borromeo*Teatro di San Carlo, an opera house in Naples, Italy...
 in Naples, the Royal Opera House
Royal Opera House

The Royal Opera House is an opera house and major performing arts venue in the London district of Covent Garden. The large building, often referred to as simply "Covent Garden", is the home of Royal Opera, London , Royal Ballet, London and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House....
 in London, the Verona Arena
Verona Arena

The Verona Arena is a Ancient Rome amphitheatre in Verona, Italy, which is internationally famous for the large-scale opera performances given there....
, the Salzburg Festival
Salzburg Festival

The Salzburg Festival is a prominent festival of music and drama. It is held each summer within the Austrian town of Salzburg, the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart....
, the Holland Festival
Holland Festival

The Holland Festival is The Netherland's oldest and largest performing arts festival, and takes place every June in Amsterdam. It comprises theater, music, opera and modern dance....
, he also appeared in Moscow
Moscow

Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....
, Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg is a types of inhabited localities in Russia and a federal subjects of Russia of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea....
, Prague
Prague

Prague is the Capital and World's largest cities of the Czech Republic. Its official name is Hlavn? mesto Praha, meaning Prague, the Capital City....
, Budapest
Budapest

Budapest is the Capitals of Hungary of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it serves as the country's principal political, cultural, commerce, Industry, and transportation center and is considered an important hub in Central Europe....
, Warsaw
Warsaw

Warsaw is the Capital and World's largest cities of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River roughly from both the Baltic Sea coast and the Carpathian Mountains....
, Marseille
Marseille

"Marseille" is the second-largest city of France and forms the third-largest aire urbaine, after those of Paris and Lyon, with a population recorded to be 1,516,340 at the 1999 census and estimated to be 1,605,000 in 2007....
, Toulouse
Toulouse

Toulouse is a commune of France in southwest France on the banks of the Garonne, half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea....
, Chicago
Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States, as well as the List of United States cities by population city in the United States with more than 2.8 million residents....
, Houston, etc.

Other notable roles include; Mephisto in Faust
Faust (opera)

Faust is an opera in five acts by Charles Gounod to a French language libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carr? from Carr?'s play Faust et Marguerite, in turn loosely based on Goethe's Faust Part One....
, Creon in Medea
Médée (Cherubini)

M?d?e , or Medea , is an op?ra-comique by Luigi Cherubini.The libretto by Fran?ois-Beno?t Hoffmann was based on Euripides' tragedy of Medea and Pierre Corneille's play M?d?e....
, Padre Guardiano in La forza del destino
La forza del destino

La forza del destino is an Italian opera by Giuseppe Verdi. The libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on a Spanish drama, Don ?lvaro, o La fuerza del sino , by ?ngel de Saavedra, Duke of Rivas, with a scene adapted from Friedrich Schiller's Wallensteins Lager....
, Banquo in Macbeth
Macbeth (opera)

Macbeth is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi, with an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave and additions by Andrea Maffei, based on Shakespeare's Macbeth....
, Zaccaria in Nabucco
Nabucco

Nabucco is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Temistocle Solera, based on the biblical story and the Play by Anicet-Bourgeois and Francis Cornu....
, Silva in Ernani
Ernani

Ernani is an operatic dramma lirico in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on the play Hernani by Victor Hugo....
, Enrico in Anna Bolena
Anna Bolena

Anna Bolena is a tragedia lirica, or opera, in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Felice Romani wrote the Italian language libretto after Ippolito Pindemonte's Enrico VIII ossia Anna Bolena and Alessandro Pepoli's Anna Bolena, both tellings of the life of Anne Boleyn....
, Galitzky in Prince Igor
Prince Igor

Prince Igor is an opera by Alexander Borodin, written in four acts with a prologue. The composer adapted the libretto from the East Slavic peoples epic The Tale of Igor's Campaign, which recounts the campaign of Russian prince Igor Svyatoslavich against the invading Polovtsian tribes in 1185....
, the four villains in Les contes d'Hoffmann
Les contes d'Hoffmann

Les contes d'Hoffmann is an opera by Jacques Offenbach. It was first performed in Paris, at the Op?ra-Comique, on February 10, 1881 in music....
, Mosè in Mosè in Egitto
Mosè in Egitto

Mos? in Egitto is a three-act opera written by Gioacchino Rossini which premiered 5 March 1818 at the recently reconstructed Teatro San Carlo, Naples....
, Marcel in Les Huguenots
Les Huguenots

Les Huguenots is a French opera by Giacomo Meyerbeer, one of the most popular and spectacular examples of the style of grand opera. The libretto was written by Eug?ne Scribe and ?mile Deschamps....
, Gremin in Eugene Onegin
Eugene Onegin (opera)

Eugene Onegin, Op. 24, is an opera in 3 acts , by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The libretto was written by Konstantin Shilovsky and the composer and his brother Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky, and is based on the Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin....
, etc.

An often underrated singer, he possesses a rich and powerful voice used with considerable intelligence and has a strong presence.

Selected recordings


  • 1967 - La Gioconda - Renata Tebaldi, Carlo Bergonzi, Robert Merrill, Marilyn Horne, Nicolai Ghiuselev - Coro e Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Lamberto Gardelli - (Decca)


  • 1969 - Les Huguenots - Joan Sutherland, Martina Arroyo, Huguette Tourangeau, Anastasios Vrenios, Nicolai Ghiuselev, Gabriel Bacquier, Dominic Cossa - Ambrosian Opera Chorus, New Philarmonia Orchestra, Richard Bonynge - (Decca)


Sources


  • Dictionary of Opera & Operetta, James Anderson, (Wings Book, 1993) ISBN 0-517-09156-9