Nicola Ghiuselev

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.

Biography Ghiuselev was born on 17 August 1936 in Pavlikeni. He was the son of Nicolai Ghiuselev and Elisaveta Ghiuseleva. 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.

Selected recordings 1967 - La Gioconda - Renata Tebaldi, Carlo Bergonzi, Robert Merrill, Marilyn Horne, Nicola Ghiuselev - Coro e Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Lamberto Gardelli - (Decca) 1969 - Les Huguenots - Joan Sutherland, Martina Arroyo, Huguette Tourangeau, Anastasios Vrenios, Nicola Ghiuselev, Gabriel Bacquier, Dominic Cossa - Ambrosian Opera Chorus, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Richard Bonynge - (Decca) 1973 - "Boris Godunov" - Nicola Ghiuselev, Dimeter Damyanov, Alexandrina Milcheva - Sofia National Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Assen Naidenov - (Fidelio) 1986 - Faust - Alfredo Kraus, Ana Maria Gonzalez, Nicola Ghiuselev, Roberto Coviello - Orchestra Sinfonica dell'Emilia Romagna Arturo Toscanini e Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma, Alain Guingal - (Hardy Classic Video, Milan) 2004 - a new digital recording of the Bulgarian national anthem, with Raina Kabaivanska, Nicola Ghiuselev, Roberta and Orlin Goranov, with the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra and the National Philharmonic Choir under Nayden Todorov.

Honours Mount Ghiuselev on Brabant Island, Antarctica is named after Nicola Ghiuselev. Commendatore dell'Ordine della Stella d'Italia Doctor Honoris Causa of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences