Boris Christoff Devil, Monk And Czar (10CD)

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Boris Christoff - Devil, Monk and Czar

Excerpts from:
Faust, Mefistofele, Boris Godunov, Schisn sa zarja, Jewgeni Onjegin, Sadko
Skasanije o newidimom Grade Kiteshe i dewe Fewronii
Knjas Igor, Khovanshchina, La forza del destino, Nabucco, Aida
Simon Boccanegra, Macbeth, Ernani, I vespri siciliani, Don Carlo
Don Giovanni, Norma, La sonnambula, La Boheme, Iphigenia in Aulis
Parsifal, Don Quichotte

and Russian Songs

Recording between: 1949 - 1958

Boris Christoff was born in Plovdiv in Bulgaria in 1914. The country‘s king, King Boris, recognized the uniqueness of Christoff‘s voice and financed the young bass singer‘s studies; just a few years later Christoff himself was crowned - as the reigning king of basses.
This 10CD box covers the entire range of the repertoire with which Boris Christoff took the world by storm; from his first opera role in La Boheme over the important Verdi roles and his devilish portrayal of Mephisto to the major roles in Russian operas; Christoff took part in no less than 600 performances of Boris Godunov.
Christoff‘s services to the songs of Modest Mussorgsky also remain unforgotten and are documented on this compilation - the singer himself declared that Mussorgsky‘s compositions also changed his life. Boris Christoff died in Rome in 1993. ( Music Alliance Membran GmbH )