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Nicola Ghiuselev (Bulgarian: Никола Гюзелев) (also Gyuzelev; 17 August 1936 – 16 May 2014) was a Bulgarian operatic bass, particularly associated with the Italian and Russian repertories. Ghiuselev was born in Pavlikeni. He studied painting at the Academy of Arts in Sofia, and later voice at the school of the National Opera of Sofia, with Christo Brambarov. He made his stage debut with that company, as Timur in Turandot, in 1960. In 1965, with the Sofia Opera, he toured Germany, the Netherlands and France, and made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera of New York, as Ramfis in Aida, quickly followed by King Philip II in Don Carlo, and the title role in Boris Godunov. In two seasons with the Met, he sang as Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor, the Commendatore in Don Giovanni, Colline in La bohème.
Important debuts followed at the Berlin State Opera, La Scala in Milan, the Vienna State Opera, the Monte Carlo Opera, the Palais Garnier in Paris, the Liceo in Barcelona, the San Carlo in Naples, the Royal Opera House in London, the Verona Arena, the Salzburg Festival, the Holland Festival, he also appeared in Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Prague, Budapest, Warsaw, Marseille, Toulouse, Chicago, Houston, among others.
Other notable roles include; Mephistopheles in Faust, Creonte in Medea, Padre Guardiano in La forza del destino, Banquo in Macbeth, Zaccaria in Nabucco, Silva in Ernani, Enrico in Anna Bolena, Galitzky in Prince Igor, the four villains in The Tales of Hoffmann, Mosè in Mosè in Egitto, Marcel in Les Huguenots, Gremin in Eugene Onegin, etc.
He died on 16 May 2014, aged 77.
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- Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Act IV, Scene One: Elle a fui, Ia tourterelle - J. Offenbach
- Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Act Two: La! dors en paix - Andre Cluytens
- Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Act One:Va pour Kleinzach! Legende de Kleinzach - Andre Cluytens
- Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Acat Two: Ils se sont éloignés enfin! - Andre Cluytens
- Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Act IV, Scene Two: Voilà quelle fut l'histoire ... - J. Offenbach
- Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Act Two: Tu me fuis? qu'ai-je fait? - Andre Cluytens
- Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Act IV, Scene One: Malheureuse enfant! - J. Offenbach
- Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Act III: Morbleu! ... Au jeu! - J. Offenbach
- Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Act Two: Allons! courage et confiance - Andre Cluytens
- Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Act One: Le conseiller Lindorf, morbleu! - Andre Cluytens
- Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Act IV, Scene One: Qu'as-tu donc? - Andre Cluytens
- Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Act IV, Scene One: Entr'acte - J. Offenbach
- Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Act Two: Les oiseaux dans Ia charmille - Chanson de la poupee - Andre Cluytens
- Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Act One: Vive Dieu, mes amis - Andre Cluytens
- Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Act III: Aujourd'hui, cependant ... - J. Offenbach
- Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Act One: Deux heures devant moi - Andre Cluytens
- Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Act Two: Voici les valseurs! - Andre Cluytens
- Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Act IV, Scene One: Mon enfant! ma fille! - J. Offenbach
- Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Act III: Schlémil!... J'en étais sûr! - J. Offenbach
- Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Act Two: C'est moi, Coppelius... - Andre Cluytens
- Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Act One: Oui, l'ont devient digne d'envie - Andre Cluytens
- Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Act IV, Scene One: Tu ne chanteras plus? - J. Offenbach
- Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Act IV, Scene One: Frantz! ... c'est ici! - J. Offenbach
- Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Act Two: Mesdames et messieurs - Andre Cluytens
- Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Act Three: Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour - Andre Cluytens
- Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Act III: Cher ange! - J. Offenbach
- Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Act One: Drig, drig, drig - Andre Cluytens
- Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Act Two: Vous serez satisfaits, messieurs - Andre Cluytens
- Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Act IV, Scene One: Ne plus chanter! - J. Offenbach
- Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Act III: Scintille, diamant! - J. Offenbach