Central Sofia Cemetery 42°42′48.1″N023°19′58.5″E / 42.713361°N 23.332917°E / 42.713361; 23.332917
Citizenship
Bulgarian, Italian
Education
Sofia University, Kingdom of Bulgaria (D.JUR.)
Occupation
Opera singer (bass)
Spouse
Franca de Rensis
Relatives
Tito Gobbi (brother-in-law)
Awards
Léonie Sonning Music Prize; Commendatore Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana
Website
borischristoff.com
Boris Christoff (Bulgarian: Борис Кирилов Христов, romanized: Boris Kirilov Hristov, IPA:[boˈrisˈkiriɫofˈxristof]; 18 May 1914 – 28 June 1993) was a Bulgarian opera singer, widely considered one of the greatest basses of the 20th century.[1][2][3][4]
^Rosenthal, Harold; Blyth, Alan (2001). "Christoff, Boris (Kirilov)". In Sadie, Stanley (ed.). New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Vol. 5 (2nd ed.). Macmillan Publishers Limited. p. 812.
^Kozinn, Allan (June 29, 1993). "Boris Christoff, Bass, Dies at 79; Esteemed for His Boris Godunov". The New York Times.
^Forbes, Elizabeth (29 June 1993). "Obituary: Boris Christoff". The Independent.
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"Obituary: BorisChristoff". The Independent. Archived from the original on 18 June 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2011. Kozinn, Allan (29 June 1993). "Boris Christoff...
of his famous colleagues at Covent Garden, the Bulgarian-born bass, BorisChristoff. Gobbi retired in 1979 and died in Rome in 1984, aged 70. Tito Gobbi...
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historical operas continued by works such as Serov's Rogneda, Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov, Rimsky-Korsakov's Maid of Pskov, Tchaikovsky's The Oprichnik or...
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