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Classical

Bulgaria

Boris Christoff

Latest Release

2024

Gounod: Faust, Act II: "La kermesse" (Résumé) - SingleOrchestre et Chœurs de l'Opéra national de Paris, André Cluytens, Victoria de los Ángeles, Nicolai Gedda & Boris Christoff

Top Songs By Boris Christoff

Listen to Ernani : Act II by Mario del Monaco, Boris Christoff, Ettore Bastianini, Orchestra E Coro Del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino & Dimitri Mitropoulos, see lyrics, music video & more!

Ernani : Act IIMario del Monaco, Boris Christoff, Ettore Bastianini, Orchestra E Coro Del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino & Dimitri Mitropoulos

Listen to Ernani : Che Mai veggio!... Infelice... Infin che un brando vindice by Boris Christoff, Anatole Fistoulari & Philharmonia Orchestra, see lyrics, music video & more!

Ernani : Che Mai veggio!... Infelice... Infin che un brando vindiceBoris Christoff, Anatole Fistoulari & Philharmonia Orchestra

Listen to Messa Da Requiem: Lacrymosa by Margarete Klose, Herbert von Karajan, Hilde Zadek, Helge Rosvaenge, Boris Christoff, Vienna Philharmonic & Wiener Singverein, see lyrics, music video & more!

Messa Da Requiem: LacrymosaMargarete Klose, Herbert von Karajan, Hilde Zadek, Helge Rosvaenge, Boris Christoff, Vienna Philharmonic & Wiener Singverein

Listen to Faust: Rondo of Mefistofele by Boris Christoff, see lyrics, music video & more!

Faust: Rondo of MefistofeleBoris Christoff

Listen to Messa Da Requiem: Confutatis by Herbert von Karajan, Boris Christoff, Vienna Philharmonic & Wiener Singverein, see lyrics, music video & more!

Messa Da Requiem: ConfutatisHerbert von Karajan, Boris Christoff, Vienna Philharmonic & Wiener Singverein

Listen to Don Carlo: Aria of King Philip by Boris Christoff, see lyrics, music video & more!

Don Carlo: Aria of King PhilipBoris Christoff

Listen to Aida: La fatal pietra sovra me si chiuse by Jonel Perlea, Zinka Milanov, Fedora Barbieri, Jussi Björling, Leonard Warren, Boris Christoff, Plinio Clabassi, Mario Carlin, Bruna Rizzoli, Orchestra of the Rome Opera House & Coro del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, see lyrics, music video & more!

Aida: La fatal pietra sovra me si chiuseJonel Perlea, Zinka Milanov, Fedora Barbieri, Jussi Björling, Leonard Warren, Boris Christoff, Plinio Clabassi, Mario Carlin, Bruna Rizzoli, Orchestra of the Rome Opera House & Coro del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Listen to Saul & David: Who Brought You to Me? - Saul (Act One) by Alexander Young, Boris Christoff, Elisabeth Soderstrom & Jascha Horenstein, see lyrics, music video & more!

Saul & David: Who Brought You to Me? - Saul (Act One)Alexander Young, Boris Christoff, Elisabeth Soderstrom & Jascha Horenstein

Listen to Faust, Act 2: "Le veau d'or est toujours debout" (Méphistophélès, Chorus) by Boris Christoff, Chœurs de l'Opéra national de Paris, André Cluytens & Paris Opera Orchestra, see lyrics, music video & more!

Faust, Act 2: "Le veau d'or est toujours debout" (Méphistophélès, Chorus)Boris Christoff, Chœurs de l'Opéra national de Paris, André Cluytens & Paris Opera Orchestra

Listen to Simon Boccanegra, Act 1: "Il Doge vien" (Gabriele, Andrea, Simone, Paolo, Amelia) by Tito Gobbi, Boris Christoff, Walter Monachesi, Gabriele Santini, Orchestra of the Rome Opera House, Victoria de los Ángeles & Giuseppe Campora, see lyrics, music video & more!

Simon Boccanegra, Act 1: "Il Doge vien" (Gabriele, Andrea, Simone, Paolo, Amelia)Tito Gobbi, Boris Christoff, Walter Monachesi, Gabriele Santini, Orchestra of the Rome Opera House, Victoria de los Ángeles & Giuseppe Campora

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Single

2024

Gounod: Faust, Act II: "La kermesse" (Résumé) - SingleOrchestre et Chœurs de l'Opéra national de Paris, André Cluytens, Victoria de los Ángeles, Nicolai Gedda & Boris Christoff

Live Album

2022

Meyerbeer: Roberto le Diable (Live)Giorgio Merighi, Renata Scotto, Boris Christoff, Gianfranco Manganotti, Stefania Malagu, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino & Nino Sanzogono

Compilation Album

2018

Glinka: A Life for the TsarBoris Christoff, Nicolai Gedda, Teresa Stich-Randall, Lamoureux Orchestre & Igor Markevitch

Album

2018

Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg, WWV 96 (Sung in Italian)Boris Christoff, Giovanni Ciavola, Vito Susca, Walter Brunelli, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI di Torino, Lovro von Matačić, Luigi Infantino, Bruna Rizzoli, Fernanda Cadoni, Silvio Maionica, Carlo Franzini, Renato Capecchi, Giuseppe Taddei & Vito Tatone

Live Album

2017

Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina (Sung in Italian) (Live)Boris Christoff, Mario Petri, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI di Roma & Artur Rodzinski

Live Album

2015

Tchaikovsky: Mazeppa (Sung in Italian) [Recorded Live 1954]Giorgio Algorta, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Jonel Perlea, Ettore Bastianini, Boris Christoff, Oliviero de Fabritiis, Fausto Flamini, Magda Olivero, David Poleri, Marianne Radev & Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Compilation Album

2014

Verdi: Don Carlos (Live Recordings 1958)Gre Brouwenstijn, Joseph Rouleau, Jeannette Sinclair, Roger Beardsley, Lord Harewood, Carlo Maria Giulini, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Jon Vickers, Fedora Barbieri, Robert Allman, Boris Christoff, Edgar Evans, Tito Gobbi, Ava June & Michael Langdon

Compilation Album

2014

Glinka: A Life for the Tsar (Arr. N. Rimsky-Korsakov)Teresa Stich-Randall, Nicolai Gedda, Melanie Bugarinovich, Boris Christoff, Belgrade National Opera Chorus, Orchestre Lamoureux & Igor Markevitch

Album

2014

Mozart: La betulia liberata, K. 118/74c (Recorded 1954)Mario Rossi, Myriam Pirazzini, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Cesare Valletti, Boris Christoff, Luigia Vincenti, Coro di Torino della RAI & Orchestra Sinfonica Di Torino Della RAI

Compilation Album

2014

Verdi: Don CarloGabriele Santini, Boris Christoff, l'Orchestra della Scala di Milano, Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Antonietta Stella, Flaviano Labo, Fiorenza Cossotto, Ettore Bastianini, Aurora Cattelani & Franco Piva

Album

2013

Verdi: Aida (Excerpts)Gabriele Santini, San Carlo Theatre Orchestra, Gino Penno, Boris Christoff, Elena Nicolai, Anita Cerquetti, San Carlo Theatre Chorus & Giangiacomo Guelfi

Compilation Album

2013

Icon: Boris ChristoffBoris Christoff

Album

2011

Massenet: Don QuichotteBoris Christoff, Teresa Berganza, Carlo Badioli, Choir of Milan's RAI, Orchestra of Milan's RAI & Alfredo Simonetto

Album

2011

Mussorgsky: Boris GodunovBoris Christoff, Ludmila Lebedeva, Eugenia Zareska, Orchestra National de la Radiodiffusion Francaise & Issay Dobrowen

Album

2011

Verdi: ErnaniMario del Monaco, Boris Christoff, Ettore Bastianini, Orchestra E Coro Del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino & Dimitri Mitropoulos

Album

2010

Verdi: AidaJussi Björling, Zinka Milanov, Boris Christoff, Leonard Warren, Orchestra of the Rome Opera House, Coro del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma & Jonel Perlea

Album

2010

Gounod: FaustChœurs de l'Opéra national de Paris, Paris Opera Orchestra, André Cluytens, Victoria de los Ángeles, Nicolai Gedda & Boris Christoff

Album

2010

Verdi: Don CarlosCoro e Orchestra del Teatro dell 'Opera di Roma, Gabriele Santini, Tito Gobbi, Mario Filippeschi, Antonietta Stella & Boris Christoff

Compilation Album

2009

Lebendige Vergangeneit - Boris Christoff (Vol. 4)Boris Christoff

Album

2009

Tchaikovsky: MazeppaOrchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Jonel Perlea & Ettore Bastianini

Album

2009

Gounod: FaustNicolai Gedda, Victoria de los Ángeles, Boris Christoff, Paris Opera Orchestra, Chœurs de l'Opéra national de Paris & André Cluytens

Album

2008

Verdi: ErnaniBruno Prevedi, Montserrat Caballé, Boris Christoff, RAI Symphony Chorus, Milan, RAI Symphony Orchestra, Milan, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Peter Glossop, Mirella Fiorentini, Franco Ricciardi & Giuseppe Morresi

Live Album

2005

Weber: Der Freischütz, Op. 77, J. 277 (Sung in Italian) [Live]Sena Jurinac, Boris Christoff, Sesto Bruscantini, Francesco Albanese, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI di Torino & Vittorio Gui

Compilation Album

2005

The Very Best Of Boris ChristoffBoris Christoff

Compilation Album

2003

Choral Music (Sacred) - Schubert, F. - Brahms, J. - Mendelssohn, Felix - Verdi, G. - Monteverdi, C. - Bruckner, A. - Mozart, W.A. - Grieg, E.Roland Büchner, Regensburg Cathedral Choir, David Cordier, Vienna Boys' Choir, Helmuth Froschauer, Cologne Radio Orchestra, Martin Flämig, Dresdner Kreuzchor, Michael-Christfried Winkler, Emil Tabakov, Bulgarian National Choir, Frankfurt Vocal Ensemble, Ralf Otto, Basso, Il, Berlin Singakademie, Staatskapelle Berlin, Dietrich Knothe, Berlin Radio Choir, Marcus Creed, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, RIAS Kammerchor, Jorg-Peter Weigle, Leipzig Radio Chorus, male section, Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, Peter Marschik, Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Knapp, Ernst Jankowitsch, RIAS Symphony Orchestra, Rheinische Kantorei, Das Kleine Konzert, Hermann Max, CantArte Regensburg, Hubert Velten, Gabriele Ferro, Cologne Radio Chorus, Cappella Coloniensis, Herbert Lippert, Ildikò Raimondi, Bernarda Fink, Martin Haselbock, Vienna Academy, Helmut Wildhaber, Hugo Distler Choir, Uwe Gronostay, Janos Ferencsik, Bratislava Philharmonic Chorus, Bratislava Philharmonic Orchestra, Rudolf Barshai, Russian National Orchestra, Ursula Fiedler, Jakob Stampfli, Barbara Hölzl, Werner Hollweg, Sveshnikov Boys and Men's Choir, Celina Lindsley, Franco de Grandis, Vincente Ombuena Valls, Stefania Toczyska, Olga Romanko, Moscow Rybin Choir, Georgi Robev, Boris Christoff, Todor Grigorov, Sofia Orthodox Ensemble, Miroslav Popsavov & Nicola Ghiuselev

Compilation Album

1989

Verdi: Aida (Highlights)Jonel Perlea, Boris Christoff, Bruna Rizzoli, Coro del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Fedora Barbieri, Jussi Björling, Leonard Warren, Mario Carlin, Orchestra of the Rome Opera House, Plinio Clabassi & Zinka Milanov

Single

1987

Князь Игорь: Ария Галицкого - SingleBoris Christoff

1987

Тебе Поем - SingleBoris Christoff, Choir of The Alexander Nevsky Cathedral & Yoan Kukuzel-Angeloglassniyat Ensemble

Single

1986

Князь Игорь: Ария Галицкого - SingleBoris Christoff

1986

Интерхотели '86 - EPBoris Christoff, Choir of The Alexander Nevsky Cathedral & Yoan Kukuzel-Angeloglassniyat Ensemble

Single

1986

Князь Игорь, Акт I: Ария Князя Галицкого - SingleBoris Christoff, Rouslan Raichev & Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra

1986

Български И Руски Църковни Песнопения - EPBoris Christoff, Mixed Choir at the Patriarchal Cathedral St. Alexander Nevsky & Sofia Male Chamber Chorus

Single

1984

Князь Игорь, Акт I: Грешно таить, я скуки не люблю (Галицкий Ария) - SingleBoris Christoff, Sofia National Opera Chorus, Jiří Semkov & Sofia National Opera Orchestra

1984

Boris Christoff: Selected Arias - SingleBoris Christoff, Sofia National Opera Chorus, André Cluytens, Jiří Semkov & Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra

Single

1954

Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos, Act III: Ella giammai m'amo (Filip) - SingleBoris Christoff

About Boris Christoff

Hometown

Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Born

1914

Genre

Classical

Boris Christoff was a Bulgarian operatic bass of the 20th century who specialized in roles from Verdi and Mussorgsky. He was also active as a recitalist and made several recordings of songs by Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky, and other Romantic era composers.