- The Metropolitan Opera
- Sofia National Opera Orchestra, Ivan Marinov, Nicola Ghiuselev, Lilyana Vassileva, Alexandrina Milcheva, Nicola Nikolov
- Ivan Marinov, Yulia Wiener-Chenisheva, Nicola Ghiuselev, Sofia National Orchestra, Sofia National Opera Chorus, Alexandrina Milcheva, Nicola Nikolov
- Sofia National Opera Orchestra, Stefka Popangelova, Ivan Marinov, Tsvetanka Arshinkova, Nicola Ghiuselev, Milen Paounov, Nikola Nikolov, Alexandrina Milcheva, Verter Vrachovsky, Georgi Genov, Pavel Gerdjikov, Liliana Vassileva
- Stefan Tsiganchev, Alexandrina Milcheva, Nikolay Smochevsky, Verter Vrachovsky, Maria Dimchevska, Sofia National Opera Orchestra, Ivan Marinov, Yulia Wiener-Chenisheva, Nicola Ghiuselev
- Dimitar Petkov, Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra, Choir Ensemble for Songs, Rouslan Raychev, Nicola Ghiuselev
Nicola Ghiuselev
Biography
Nicola Ghiuselev had the rich, full timbre and seemingly effortless low notes that characterize the classic Slavic bass voice. It also had a strong enough top that he could perform bass-baritone roles such as the four villains in Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann, and even Mozart's Don Giovanni. He first studied both painting and music at the State Conservatory in Sofia, but after deciding he had better career prospects as a singer, he concentrated on that. He made his opera debut at the Bulgarian National Opera in 1960 as Timur in Puccini's Turandot, and soon rose to starring roles with that company. In 1965, he made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Ramfis in Verdi's Aida during a company tour, followed two years later by his Covent Garden debut as Pagano in Verdi's I Lombardi.