With his voluminous bass, imposing presence, innate musicality and commanding delivery, the Bulgarian singer Nicolai Ghiaurov, who has died of heart failure aged 74, was an indispensable figure on the ...

Bulgarian-born opera singer Nicolai Ghiaurov, one of the great basses of the post-World War II era who specialized in late 19th century works and did wonders with Russian roles, died Wednesday in ...

Bulgarian-born opera singer Nicolai Ghiaurov, who played memorable roles in Milan's La Scala and continued singing until earlier this year, died today (June 2) at a private clinic near his home in… By ...

Bassos, by nature’s design, are made-to-order heavies — big, beefy, barrel-chested; bouncers who can carry a tune. The foghorn pitch of their voices suggests heartaches not heroics, lechery not love.

Nicolai Ghiaurov, the Bulgarian-born singer who died in Italy on Wednesday aged 74, was one of the world's two or three leading bass singers over a quarter of a century from 1960. He performed in all ...

Nicolai Ghiaurov, a Bulgarian-born opera singer with a sumptuous voice who became one of the great basses of the post-World War II era, died Wednesday in central Italy of a heart attack. He was 74. Mr ...

One of the finest bass singers of the second half of the 20th century, Nicolai Ghiaurov was born in Bulgaria but adopted Italy as his second country, both in his professional and personal lives. He ...

Nicolai Ghiaurov (or Nikolai Gjaurov, Nikolay Gyaurov, Bulgarian: Николай Гяуров) (September 13, 1929 – June 2, 2004) was a Bulgarian opera singer and one of the most famous basses of the postwar ...