From: Pernik, Bulgaria. LA Opera: Count di Luna in Il Trovatore (2021, debut).
Praised by the New York Times for his “warm, attractive voice” and by Opera News for his “gorgeous legato sound and remarkable breath control”, Vladimir Stoyanov has gained international recognition as one of today's leading baritones. He has appeared with the Opéra de Paris, Vienna State Opera, Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Metropolitan Opera, Baden Baden Festival, Teatro Real de Madrid, Gran Teatre del Liceu de Barcelona, Bayerische Staatsoper of Munich, Deutsche Oper and Staatsoper Berlin, San Francisco Opera, New National Theatre Tokyo, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, the Arena of Verona and many others.
His major roles include Rigoletto (Bregenz Festspiele, ROH Muscat, NCPA Beijing, Palau de les Arts Valencia, Maggio Musicale fiorentino Florence, Sofia Opera House, Terme di Caracalla Rome, Center of Performing Arts, Macerata Sferisterio, Teatro Comunale in Bologna), Iago in Otello (New National Theatre of Tokyo, Royal Opera of Stockholm, Arena di Verona-Philharmonic Theatre, Baden-Baden Festival with Berliner Philharmoniker), Macbeth (San Carlo in Naples, Festival Verdi in Parma, Berlin State Opera, Teatro Colon in Bogotà, ABAO Bilbao), Giorgio Germont in La Traviata (La Scala Milan, Vienna State Opera, San Carlo in Naples, Bavarian State Opera, Arena di Verona, Hamburg State Opera, San Francisco Opera, La Fenice in Venice), Rodrigo in Don Carlo (Verdi Festival Parma, Zurich Opera House, Bunka Kaikan Tokyo, Municipal de Sant Jago Chile, Macerata Sferisterio, ABAO Bilbao), Don Carlo di Vargas in La forza del destino (Paris Opèra, Israeli Opera Tel Aviv, Liceu de Barcelona), Renato in Un ballo in maschera (La Fenice Venice, Zurich Opera House, Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Teatro Regio Parma), Ezio in Attila (Hungarian State Opera Budapest, Festival Verdi Parma), Prince Yeletsky in The Queen of Spades (ROH in London, Metropolitan Opera, Dutch National Opera Amsterdam), Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor (Metropolitan Opera, Palau des les Artes of Valencia, Deutsche Opera of Berlin).
Vladimir Stoyanov was born in Pernik (Bulgaria). He studied singing at the Academy of Music of Sofia, and he later studied at the Academy Boris Christoff at Rome under the guidance of famous opera singer Nicola Ghiuselev, who was his mentor and source of inspiration in his youth years. Vladimir’s soft and extended baritone voice, and his natural talent for singing legato and drama accent, led him to the bel canto repertoire with particular attention to Verdi’s repertoire.
In 1998 he made his debut at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples (Italy) in the title role of Verdi’s Macbeth. This successful Italian debut quickly led to engagements at the major opera houses around the world.
Learn more at VladimirStoyanov.info.
