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Nicolai Ghiaurov

1929 to 2004 3 documented presences 3 places

Quo Fuit places 3 dated presences for Nicolai Ghiaurov across 3 places, from 1949 to 1950. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.

Nicolai Ghiaurov (or Nikolai Gjaurov, Nikolay Gyaurov, September 13, 1929 – June 2, 2004) was a Bulgarian opera singer and one of the most famous basses of the postwar period.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Nicolai Ghiaurov was documented, and when

1949year
National Academy of Music (Bulgaria)attested “He began his musical studies at the Bulgarian State Conservatory in 1949 where he studied under Prof.” source: Wikipedia: Nicolai Ghiaurov
1950 to 1955period
Moscow Conservatoryattested “Ghiaurov was awarded a state scholarship and from 1950 until 1955 he studied at the Moscow Conservatory.” source: Wikipedia: Nicolai Ghiaurov
1950 to 1955period
Moscowattested “Ghiaurov was awarded a state scholarship and from 1950 until 1955 he studied at the Moscow Conservatory.” source: Wikipedia: Nicolai Ghiaurov

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Places Nicolai Ghiaurov is documented in

Moscow1 presence · 1950Moscow Conservatory1 presence · 1950
National Academy of Music (Bulgaria)1 presence · 1949

Other places tied to Nicolai Ghiaurov in the record

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Parismentioned “Ghiaurov's career was launched in 1955, when he won the Grand Prix at the International Vocal Competition in Paris and the First Prize and a gold medal at the Fifth World Youth Festival in Warsaw.” source: Wikipedia: Nicolai Ghiaurov
1955year
Sofiamentioned “Ghiaurov made his operatic debut in 1955 as Don Basilio in Rossini's The Barber of Seville in Sofia.” source: Wikipedia: Nicolai Ghiaurov
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Bolshoi Theatrementioned “In 1956 he moved to the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, singing his first Mephistopheles.” source: Wikipedia: Nicolai Ghiaurov
1958year
La Scalamentioned “He made his Italian operatic debut in 1958 in Teatro Comunale Bologna, before starting an international career with his rendition of Varlaam in the opera Boris Godunov at La Scala in 1959.” source: Wikipedia: Nicolai Ghiaurov
1961year
Genoa, Italymentioned “Ghiaurov first shared a stage with Mirella Freni in 1961 in Genoa.” source: Wikipedia: Nicolai Ghiaurov
1962year
Salzburgmentioned “1962 marked Ghiaurov's Covent Garden debut as Padre Guardiano in Verdi's La forza del destino as well as his first appearance in Salzburg in Verdi's Requiem, conducted by Herbert von Karajan.” source: Wikipedia: Nicolai Ghiaurov

Documented at the same place, the same year

Jean-Paul SartreSoviet Union · 1950Gustav Ludwig HertzSoviet Union · 1950Sergey LavrovSoviet Union · 1950PujieSoviet Union · 1950

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