Kiril Manolov

Kiril Manolov (10 0ctober, 1976) is a Bulgarian opera singer (baritone voice), currently performing at various music theaters and scenes across the world. Mr. Manolov is born in Sofia, where he graduated the Bulgarian State Academy of Music. He lives with his wife in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Biography

Early life

Manolov is born in Sofia, Bulgaria and is the first of two sons to intellectually based family. As a child, he exhibited strong and various musical talents. In addition to singing, he enjoyed playing piano, tuba and drums. Although he performed on several musical instruments, singing was his preferred choice from early age.

Career

Kiril Manolov Todorov (Kiril Manolov) is born on October 10, 1976 in Sofia ("Bulgaria") and received his education at the Bulgarian State Academy of Music. During his education he won several special prizes in various national and international competitions. Meanwhile he was involved in several opera house productions across Bulgaria where he performed the focal baritone parts in the operas “Don Juan”, “The Marriage of Figaro” by Mozart, “The Barber of Seville” by Rossini and “The Troubadour” by Verdi among others. During the same period he was invited to participate in the converts of Raina Kabaivanska, which are part of the Plovdiv – Europe’s Cultural Capital (1999) festival and the Varna summer festival. Mr. Manolov specialized in Milano (Italy) with the Bulgarian mezzo-soprano Adriana Stamenova and in Vienna under the great prima of the Vienna opera – PhD. Olivera Miljakovic. During his engagements, Mr. Manolov has the pleasure to work with the two of the great names on the international opera scene – Raina Kabaivanska, Anna Tomova-Sintova, Inva Mula, Olga Romanko, Svetla Vasileva, Tomislav Muzek and the conductors Kuns Kessel, Ivo Lipanovic, David Kresgenti and others. Manolov’s brilliant voice and his wonderful stage presence created a strong impression on the management team of the Sofia opera house and in 2004 he was granted the opportunity to perform as a soloist for the National Opera. Since 2000, Kiril Manolov has been a guest performer on various opera stages across Bulgaria as well as those in Belgrade, Skopje, Nicosia, Thessaloniki and numerous festivals in Larnaca (Cyprus), Rhodes (Greece), Palma de Mallorca (Spain), Gars an Camp (Austria) and others. Since 2006, Mr. Manolov has been a regular guest in the performances of the National Opera House in Zagreb (Croatia) and the opera house in Split (Croatia) where he continues to perform with huge success in the premiere performances of “The Barber of Seville” – Figaro, “Lucia di Lammermoor” – Enrico, “Faust” – Valentine, “Simon Boccanegra” – Simon, “A Masker Ball” – Renatto, “Nabucco” – Nabucco, “Aida” – Amonasro, “The Troubadour” – Count di Luna, “La Boheme” – Marcello, “Gianni Schicchi” - Gianni Schicchi, “Manon Lescaut” – Lescaut and others.For his performance of the part of Figaro from the opera “The Barber of Seville”, the State Opera House in Zagreb awarded Mr. Manolov with the prestigious “Best Male Performance of the 2006-2007” season. The acknowledgment he received from critics brought him a constant stream of invitations from all opera houses in Croatia. For the 2008-2009 seasons, Mr. Manolov has planned performances in the premieres of the State Opera House in Zagreb – “La Cenerentola” – by Rossini and “Falstaff” by Verdi, the opera house in Split – “Gianni Schicchi” by Puccini, the opera house in Rijeka – “Madama Butterfly” by Puccini. Among his future plans are also invitations from Japan Arts for a tour in Japan with performances of “A Masked Ball”, an invitation for performances of “Nabucco” in Brussels (Belgium) and auditions for performances in Sydney (Australia) and Italy.

Repertoire

Performances

2007-2008/premier performance/During 2007, Manolov participated in several Opera events in the National Opera Zagreb – Croatia, Puccini – “Gianni Schicchi” - Gianni Schicchi, National Opera Split – Croatia, Gounod – “Faust” – Valentin, National Opera Split – Croatia, Puccini – “Manon Lescout” - Lescout and the National Opera Sofia – Bulgaria, Verdi – “Un Ballo in Masckera” – Renato.

2006-2007/premier performance/The year 2006, was a cornerstone year for the baritone Kiril Manolov because he managed to introduce himself at various opera halls, which included participations in the National Opera Split Verdi - "Simon Boccanegra" - Simon, 52th Split Summer Festival - Croatia Verdi - "Nabucco" - Nabucco, 52th Split Summer Festival - Croatia Verdi - "Aida" - Amonasro, 17th Summer Festival "Gars am Kamp" Austria Verdi - "Nabucco" - Nabucco,National Opera Zagreb Rossini - "Il Barbiere di Siviglia" - Figaro,National Opera Split Donizetti - "L'Elisir d'Amore" - Belcore, National Opera Sofia Donizetti - "Lucia di Lammermoor" - Enrico,Opera Theatre Plovdiv Donizetti - "L'Elisir d'Amore" - Belcoreand in the National Opera Belgrad Verdi - "La Traviata" - George Garmont.

2005/premier performance /The year 2006, was marked with opera performances in the National Opera Sofia in the roles of Bizet - “Carmen” - Escamilio, Rossini - “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” – Figaro, Puccini – “La Bohème” – Marcello, Gounod – “Faust” – Valentin, Leoncavallo – “Pagliacci” – Silvio, Puccini – “Madama Butterfly” – Sharples and in the Opera Theatre Ruse and Plovdiv, which included Mascagni – “Cavalleria Rusticana” – Alfio, Mascagni – “Cavalleria Rusticana” – Alfio.

2004 /premier performance /Performances in Plovdiv, Bourgas, Ruse and Sofia included, Verdi –“La Traviata” – George GarmonBizet - “Carmen” – Escamilio, Rossini - “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” – Figaro, Verdi – “Nabucco” – Nabucco, Verdi – “Aida” – Amonasro.

Awards

2007 - Scholarship holder of the CEE Musiktheatre (Wiener Staatsoper (Vienna State Opera) and Deutsche Bank 2006 - First Prize - First Competition for young singers "Gena Dimitrova"- Pleven,Bulgaria

2006 - First Prize - Fourth International Competition for young singers "Hristo Brambarov"- Sofia, Bulgaria

2005 - Special Prize – Second International Competition for young singers “Paldin” – Plovdiv,Bulgaria 2004 – Special Prize – Second International Competition for young singers ”Capriolo" - Brescia, Italy;

2004 – Third prize – VII International Competition for singers “Manuel Ausensi” – Barcelona, Spain;

2001 – Special Prize – IV-th International Singing Competition“ Stanislav Moniushko” - Warsaw, Poland;

2001 – Gold Prize – The 19-th April Spring Friendship Art Festival, DPR of Korea;

2001 – First Prize – International Master Class – Laukaa, Finland;

2000 – First Prize – Academic Competition for singers “Lubomir Pipkov” – Sofia, Bulgaria;

2000 – First and Special Prize – “Casinos Austria” International Summer Academy – Wien - Prague – Budapest, Austria;

1998 – First and the Big Prize – Bulgarian National Competition for singers and instrumentalists.

References

1. Biographical information from the personal site on http://www.kirilmanolov.com

2. Information from: http://www.mat-opera.com/pageartiste.php?ID=53&lang=en

3. http://www.splitsko-ljeto.hr

4. http://www.cee-musiktheater.at/en/stipendiaten/index.php4

5. http://www.jirikovacs.cz/manolov.html

6. National Opera Sofia - http://www.cee-musiktheater.at/en/partnerhaeuser/nationalopersofia.php4

7. http://www.vjesnik.hr/pdf/2006%5C05%5C16%5C54A54.PDF

8. National Opera Ruse (Bulgaria) - http://avtora.com/artists/biografii/kiril_manolow

9. Interview in Bulgarian newspaper - http://www.balgari.eu/ArchivPDF/0604/www/0604-24-25.pdf

10."Interconcert" Agency - http://www.interconcert.bg/profile.php?id=7&lang=

11.An article called "Time to grow" by the Central and Eastern European Theatre - http://www.cee-musiktheater.at/en/foerderprogramm/zeitzuwachsen.php4

Youtube video

* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=EhzcdWy4Kec Nabucco rehearsal Splitsko Ljeto 2006]
* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=3c7ZgboW6E0 Un ballo in maschera, Verdi]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kULnnKBzDBY Il barbiere di Siviglia, Rossini]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvpjTuK_pMk Aida opera-Kiril Manolov and Olga Romanko]