Valeri Turmanov

Baritone

After graduating from the National Music Academy “Prof. Pancho Vladigerov” – Sofia, he specialized in Classical Singing and Acting at “Accademia Teatro alla Scala” in Italy. His debut was at “Teatro alla Scala“ in Milan as Martino in “L’occasione fa il ladro” by Rossini. He specialized in the masterclasses of Mirella Fregni, Luciana Serra, Renato Bruson and Luigi Alva in Milan, Italy, as well as in the third academic masterclass of Anna Tomowa-Sintow in Sofia. There followed the role of Haly in L’italiana in Algeri” again by Rossini.

He won the First Prize at the Music of Austria and Germany International Competition “Magic” and the Second Prize at the 20th National Competition for Singers and Instrumentalists – Provadiya.
He participated in the festivals in the cities of Como and Martina Franca, Italy, guest-performed at “Teatro dell’Opera”, Rome, and “Theater Erfurt”, Germany, and with “Teatro alla Scala” he visited Tokyo, Japan.

Opera repertoire:
Agamemnon (“La belle Helene”)
Alfio (“Cavalleria rusticana”)
Belcore (“L’elisir d’amore”)
Don Giovanni (“Don Giovanni”)
Count Almaviva (“Le nozze di Figaro”
Eugene Onegin (“Eugene Onegin”)
Enrico (“Lucia di Lammermoor”)
Escamillo (Carmen”)
Giorgio Germont (“La traviata”)
Martino (“L’occasione fa il ladro”)
Kovalyov (“The Nose”)
Marcello (“La boheme”)
Nelusko (“L’Africaine”)
Robert (“Iolanta”)
Silvio (“La pagliacci”)
Taddeo (“L’italiana in Algeri”)
Figaro (“Il barbiere di Siviglia”)
Franz Joseph (Sisi – Soul of the Empress”)
Sharpless (“Madama Butterfly”)

Cantata-oratorio works:
Carmina Burana (Carl Orff)