Boris Christoff
Boris Christoff (Bulgarian: Борис Кирилов Христов, romanized: Boris Kirilov Hristov, IPA: [boˈris ˈkiriɫof ˈxristof]; 18 May 1914 – 28 June 1993) was a Bulgarian opera singer, widely considered one of the greatest basses of the 20th century.
Genre: opera
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Top Tracks
- Borodin: The Sea Princess
- Borodin: The Sea Princess
- Mussorgsky: The Nursery: No. 7, Sailor the Cat
- Faust - opera in five acts (1989 Digital Remaster), Act II: Le veau d'or est toujours debout! (Méphistophélès/Choeur)
- Gounod: Faust, Act 2: Ronde du veau d'or. "Le veau d'or est toujours debout" (Méphistophélès, Chœur)
- Gounod: Faust, Act 1: "Me voici !" (Méphistophélès, Faust)
- Prince Igor, Act II: Polovtsian Dances
- Gounod: Faust, Act 5: "Jusqu'aux premiers feux du matin" (Mephistophélès, Chœur, Faust)
- Gounod: Faust, Act 5: "Dans les bruyères" (Chœur, Faust, Méphistophélès)
- Gounod: Faust, Act 4: "Que voulez-vous, messieurs ?" (Valentin, Méphistophélès, Faust)
- Gounod: Faust, Act 4: "Vous qui faites l'endormie" (Méphistophélès)
- Gounod: Faust, Act 4: "Qu'attendez-vous encore ?" (Méphistophélès, Faust)
- Gounod: Faust, Act 4: "Quand du Seigneur le jour luira" - "Seigneur, accueillez la prière" (Chœur, Marguerite, Méphistophélès)
- Gounod: Faust, Act 4: "Seigneur, daignez permettre à votre humble servante" - "Souviens-toi du passé" (Marguerite, Méphistophélès, Chœur)
- Gounod: Faust, Act 3: "Tête folle !" - "Tu nous écoutais ?" (Méphistophélès, Faust, Marguerite)
- Gounod: Faust, Act 3: "Il était temps !" (Méphistophélès)
- Gounod: Faust, Act 3: "Eh quoi ! toujours seule ?" (Méphistophélès, Marthe, Marguerite, Faust)
- Gounod: Faust, Act 3: "Prenez mon bras un moment !" (Faust, Marguerite, Méphistophélès, Marthe)
- Gounod: Faust, Act 3: "Dame Marthe Schwerlein, s'il vous plaît ?" (Méphistophélès, Marthe, Marguerite, Faust)
- Gounod: Faust, Act 3: "Alerte ! La voilà !" (Méphistophélès, Faust)
Albums (47)
- Gounod: Faust (1953 Version) (2023-11-10)
- Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov (2024-01-26)
- Verdi: Ernani (Recorded 1957) [Live] (2015-02-01)
- Verdi: Don Carlos (Recorded 1961) (2015-03-01)
- Tchaikovsky: Mazeppa (Sung in Italian) [Recorded Live 1954] (2015-02-01)
- Verdi: Don Carlo (2014-08-01)
- Meyerbeer: Roberto le Diable (Live) (2022-06-03)
- Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg sung in Italian (2022-03-11)
- Les plus belles musiques du monde : Splendeurs du chant russe, Vol. 1 (2019-09-03)
- Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg, WWV 96 (Sung in Italian) (2018-03-09)
- Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina (Sung in Italian) (Live) (2017-07-14)
- Verdi - Don Carlo (2017-04-03)
- Mussorgsky: The Complete Songs (2015-09-01)
- Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (2001-01-09)
- Verdi: Don Carlos (Live Recordings 1958) (2014-10-28)
- Glinka: A Life for the Tsar (Arr. N. Rimsky-Korsakov) (2014-10-01)
- Verdi: Aida (Excerpts) (2013-11-01)
- Icon: Boris Christoff (2013-02-04)
- Mikhail Glinka : Songs (1959) (2013-01-21)
- Lebendige Vergangeneit - Boris Christoff (Vol. 4) (2009-10-06)
- Claudio Monteverdi, L'Incoronazione Di Poppea (2009-02-16)
- Gounod: Faust (2009-02-03)
- Lebendige Vergangenheit - Boris Christoff (Vol.3) (2008-07-15)
- Verdi: Ernani (2008-06-10)
- Edition Herbert von Karajan, Vol. II (Verdi: Messa di Requiem) (2008-05-14)
- Boris Christoff - Arias form Russian Classical Operas (2007-04-29)
- Lebendige Vergangenheit - Boris Christoff (Vol.2) (2007-02-27)
- Russian Melodies (2000-01-01)
- Bulgarian And Russian Orthodox Chants (2007-01-01)
- Lebendige Vergangenheit - Boris Christoff (2006-09-04)
- Boito: Mefistofele (2005-01-01)
- Boris Christoff - The Great Russian Bass Roles (2004)
- Mussorgsky : Songs (2003-02-15)
- Attila (2000-11-14)
- Saul & David (2000-03-14)
- Verdi: Aida (2000-01-01)
- Tsar And Kings (2000-01-01)
- The 1949-1952 Recordings (2000-01-01)
- Songs of Tchaikovsky (2000-01-01)
- Songs Of Rachmaninoff (2000-01-01)
- La Forza Del Destino (2000-01-01)
- Verdi: Don Carlos (1886 Version, Mono Version) (1962-01-01)
- Balakirev: Melodies (2000-01-01)
- Aida (2000-01-01)
- Singers of the Century: Boris Christoff - Italian & Russian Opera Recital (2024-05-10)
- Weber: Der Freischütz, Op. 77, J. 277 (Sung in Italian) [Live] (2005-09-10)
- Boito & Bellini & Bellini: Great Voices of the Century - Baritones & Basses Vol. 3 (2004-01-01)
Recordings with proof (23)
- Gounod: Faust, Act 1: Introduction; ISRC FRZ115307117; CopyrightID 0xa35898aaee0aad779f247aaf50ebf6b7d6a492c985144a017e3a40069b40de2e; Bitcoin block 957145; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov, Prologue: "Nu, chtozh vy?" (Officier, Chorus); ISRC FRZ115206628; CopyrightID 0xa9f3a78576fe843ccde40f63fa5197227578d92610c8f6cff5cf38afae7fbce0; Bitcoin block 957118; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov, Prologue: Shchelkalov's Adress. "Pravoslavnye! Ne umolim boyarin" (Shchelkalov); ISRC FRZ115206629; CopyrightID 0xd152b6c5252c4570cd6e3ecb6ad1d53e7ac5242e729d8dbe21066996d1f39f89; Bitcoin block 957118; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov, Prologue, Coronation Scene: "Da zdrastvuet tsar' Boris Fedorovich!" (Shuysky, Chorus); ISRC FRZ115206632; CopyrightID 0xddab92317cd7432f691362f17e332de866c2eb16c3d379c10a199bb301b715f5; Bitcoin block 957124; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov, Act 1: Pimen's Monologue. "Eshche odno poslednee skazan's" (Pimen); ISRC FRZ115206635; CopyrightID 0xdfc94d47fea6bedcd550a90a6239fe6624c24a7382669051458a05d11b061731; Bitcoin block 957118; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov, Act 1: Grigoriy's Dream. "Bozhe krepkiy pravyi" (Chorus, Grigoriy, Pimen); ISRC FRZ115206636; CopyrightID 0xcea2a37e9999b8089dbb7f5efe440b8f0f4edfc68f0dcb102f01067c7eea23b3; Bitcoin block 957118; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov, Act 1: Grigoriy's Dream. "Ty vse pisal i snom ne pozabylsa" (Grigoriy, Pimen); ISRC FRZ115206637; CopyrightID 0x8e10e129de7eff851388bf762fc2607ddc189ca1bec23fbc602018e3e2f17a4d; Bitcoin block 957120; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov, Act 1: "Zvonyat k zautreni" (Chorus, Grigoriy, Pimen); ISRC FRZ115206639; CopyrightID 0xf77bf5fd13aec58fcdc02ee99c1d79898bff49f2b0ee3f3c96fa050369339d32; Bitcoin block 957118; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov, Act 1: "Kak edet en" (Varlaam, Grigoriy, The Hostess); ISRC FRZ115206643; CopyrightID 0x7556565ae697cb2fc64fd261393443a6ae1fc6542d6b1cef5f3cc06c654cd181; Bitcoin block 957120; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov, Act 4: Council of Boyars. "Chto zh, poydem na golosa, boyare" (Chorus); ISRC FRZ115206675; CopyrightID 0xa6926e0018cbf0651ab9a0315f5f7f3d3af4b0aaba7aa48e92fd424c261ebe8f; Bitcoin block 957124; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov, Act 1: Boris' Crime. "Davno, chestnoy otets" (Grigoriy, Pimen); ISRC FRZ115206638; CopyrightID 0xb6924c75feedde9dd322fd2cab43793ec7bb3fec78a7e7db22764fe85d83bc47; Bitcoin block 960481; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov, Act 1: Song of the Hostess. "Poymala ya siza seleznya" (The Hostess, Varlaam, Misail); ISRC FRZ115206640; CopyrightID 0x5da36e44ccc88221ea8aac284971d1634a708d82f0bb7668f5ceb6309ee91c30; Bitcoin block 960455; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov, Act 1: "Zheno, mir domu tvoemu!" (Varlaam, Misail, The Hostess, Grigoriy); ISRC FRZ115206641; CopyrightID 0x20d83e2366e2d290a3f12640799fc281c1d1e105038d17f08072340e4a198e60; Bitcoin block 960397; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov, Act 1: Drinking Song. "Kak vo gorode bylo vo Kazani" (Varlaam, Grigoriy, Misail); ISRC FRZ115206642; CopyrightID 0x528c65ca794db3b7e1ffaea197f6b4ab806a7d33adc6010eedec9e96abfffd9a; Bitcoin block 960352; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov, Act 2: Clock Scene. "Uf, tyazhelo!" (Boris); ISRC FRZ115206657; CopyrightID 0x6df8164bea89b0081a32b65af427d92fe0d49731afe184f4111e75b91369a516; Bitcoin block 960441; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Blazhen Mouzh (Blessed Is the Man); ISRC BGA260704003; CopyrightID 0x9ba0e848790bd48f0d62d6ea30069c3f58fd4af9fa1bdc3b2d526e88e9775b06; Bitcoin block 957118; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Hvalite Imya Gospodne (Praise the Name of God); ISRC BGA260704004; CopyrightID 0x63bf3fb94abfc728c974da4154b2e6a41a4f91f75140ff3c4a17da33ceb1939e; Bitcoin block 957118; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Zhertva Vechernyaya (Evening Sacrifice); ISRC BGA260704001; CopyrightID 0xea50c70e596cd550ef88a777c24c6cd0beebb92af565ddbae8e07825bcb71da7; Bitcoin block 960334; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Tebe Poem (We Hymn Thee, We Bless Thee); ISRC BGA260704002; CopyrightID 0x112368ae4d640c1fd79e07756e7d9b555f18bfea476870ebea4f701dc032b1d2; Bitcoin block 960459; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Razboinika Blagorazoumnago (The Jubilicious Villain); ISRC BGA260704005; CopyrightID 0xc6003c20e1b57aa22e5742f2a8f4e6ccf8f64fc15a09469ed8bc8f88d6afd814; Bitcoin block 960448; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Veliko Slavoslovenie (The Great Glorification); ISRC BGA260704006; CopyrightID 0xf1f9e1caafc166e881f20a660b1934a6b649f3d939ce7483cdf3ac689e1fc977; Bitcoin block 960455; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Mnogaya Leta (Grant, Oh Lord, Many Years); ISRC BGA260704009; CopyrightID 0x54feb511cdc7b24cb1e9959d836b3d0dee573b1a2fe37015eb69cc2dbebf6c39; Bitcoin block 960334; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Mussorgsky: Cradle Song; ISRC FRZ110300011; CopyrightID 0x18ffd73825a923a6edf9b7169112cea4c8b1b122cd04060595ec03e875bfef95; Bitcoin block 957120; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
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Popularity-0 recordings of Boris Christoff in everplay, described from supplier metadata.