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Ivo Stanchev

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  BIOGRAPHY  

 

 In the season 2024/25 Ivo Stanchev can be seen a.o. as SPARAFUCILE in “Rigoletto”, ZIO BONZO in “Madama Butterfly” and KING RENÉ in “Jolanthe” at the Vienna State Opera.

He returns to the Prague State Opera as ZACCARIA in “Nabucco”.  In 2024  he made his successful debut in this very role in Prague  in a new production.  He also returns to the Leipzig Opera as POPE in “Lady Macbeth of Mzensk”.  The premiere here took place in spring 2024.

 In 2022 Ivo Stanchev made his debut as COLLINE in “La Bohème” at the  Glyndebourne Festival and returned here as the COMMENDATORE in “Don Giovanni” in 2023.  

Moreover, recently he portrayed BORIS GODUNOV at the Innsbruck Theatre, JÖRG in “Stiffelio” in Aachen, the GRAND INQUISITORE in “Don Carlo” at the Freiburg Theatre and FILIPO in “Don Carlo” at the Sophia National Opera, SURIN in “Pique Dame” at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona.  In concerts with IVAN LE TERRIBLE he enjoyed great successes with the Orchestre National de France at the Paris Philharmonic. 

From 2018 to 2021 he was FERRANDO in “Il Trovatore” at the Heidenheim Festival, TIMUR at the  Aachen Theatre, the OLD HEBREW in “Samson and Delilah”at the Rheinoper Düsseldorf-Duisburg. He sang  Prokofief’s IVAN LE TERRIBLE with the National Radio Symphony Orchestra Madrid and at the Bolshoi Theatre in Minsk he performed in a gala opera concert.  At the Hagen Theatre he was the GOLD DEALER in “Cardillac”, the SACRISTAN in “Tosca” and LUTHER and CRESPEL in “The Tales of Hoffmann”. 

He was BASILIO in “Il barbiere di Siviglia” at the Opéra de  Toulon,  SPECTRO in “Hamlet” at the Gran Teatre de Liceu Barcelona,  TOM in “Un ballo in maschera” (Daniel Oren conducting) at the Israeli Opera Tel Aviv, IL FRATE at the Mannheim National Theatre and TIMUR in “Turandot” at the International Music Festival Gut Immling.

He also portrayed RAMFIS in “Aida” at the Teatro Principal Palma de Mallorca,  LEONE in “Attila” in concerts at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, ZABULÓN in “La dogaresa”  and CANO in “Juan José” under the  musical direction of Miguel Gómez Martinez at the Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid. Here, he also enthralled as SALIERI in Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera “Mozart and Salieri”.

After his studies at the Music Academy  ‚Pantscho Vladigerov‘ in Sofia he attended master classes with Vladimir Galousine, Roberto Scandiuzzi, Teresa Berganza and Deborah Polaski.

His first opera performances included  DOCTOR GRENVIL in ”La Traviata” and RAIMONDO in “Lucia di Lammermoor” in concerts in the Royal Palace in La Granja de San Ildefonso (Spain).

In Salamanca he made his debut as IL RE in “Aida”.  He was  SIMONE in “Gianni Schicchi” at the  Opera Festival in Calviá in Palma de Mallorca and STEPÁN in Mussorgsky's  “The Wedding”  at the Teatro Real Madrid, where he could also be admired in “Der Rosenkavalier” under the musical direction of  Jeffrey Tate, in concerts of Roberto Devereux together with Edita Gruberova and Josep Bros and in Britten’s “Death in Venice”  under the musical direction of Alejo Pérez.
He made his debut in Italy in Bottesini’s opera “Ero e Leandro”  in Crema.

 

  
 
REVIEWS
 
Theater Freiburg - Don Carlos- MONK / GRAND INQUISITOR
Ivo Stanchev, as monk and inquisitor, is a nearly ideal cast. He sings from out of the audience area and his extremely voluminous , deep, almost black bass voice is so extensive it reaches even the most remote corners. I am truly fascinated by this voice.
Klassik begeistert
klassik-begeistert.de
Ivo Stanchev’s black, incredibly voluminous Grand Inquisitor bass voice was appropriately contrasting.
OPERNWELT 5/24 – Alexander Dick
Prague State Opera – Nabucco - ZACCARIA
A strong trio of guest singers mirrored the fraught atmosphere, (...) and Bulgarian bass Ivo Stanchev as Zaccaria, the leader of the Israelites.
(...) and Stanchev deftly combined hope and desperation in his vocals.
bachtrack
bachtrack.com
The character Zaccaria, sung singing by the Bulgarian bass Ivo Stanchev with constant sound quality and with a delightful timbre throughout the entire performance, plays an important role. His bass voice was probably the best male voice in the Nabucco opera.
Klasika Plus
klasikaplus.cz
Glyndbourne Festival – Don Giovanni – COMMENDATORE
The Commendatore is a great operatic bass role and Ivo Stanchev has the rich mahogany tones and power to make the most of it. The entrance given for him at the end of the opera is however a little pedestrian after the big the big build-up. The graveside statue of The Commendatore (in the hotel’s fairy-lit garden) has spoken, Stanchev offstage, and Giovanni has brazened it out and invited it to dinner. Dinner comes against the background of a thunderstorm and Leporello and Elvira, who has come to save him, are terrified at the approaching titanic statue crossing the garden. But Stanchev just walks in. Nevertheless, Stabchev makes an impression with his voice, rich and resonant, it puts over all the authority of the dead Commendatore. Ferma un po’! Stop a while, he commands, before giving him one last chance to repent.
Mark Aspen
markaspen.com
Bulgarian Bass Ivo Stanchev as The Commendatore produces a suitably, doom-laden voice for Giovanni’s spectral nemesis.
Opera Wire
operawire.com
Ivo Stanchev makes a worthy Commendatore.
Opera Today
operatoday.com
Tiroler Landestheater Innsbruck – Boris Godunow - BORIS GODUNOW
Ivo Stanchev is a youthful Boris, who paints his part in sonorous, dark grey and who can do in his play without any false expressiveness.
OPERNWELT 5/23, Markus Thiel
In the title role was Bulgarian bass Ivo Stanchev. Although there have been rougher, wilder, more animated vocal characterizations that have brilliantly brought out Boris’ vicious and dominating personality, Stanchev’s more refined approach was no less convincing. He possesses a warm, attractive, versatile voice, which he used to create a multi-layered character. In the early scenes, he presented Boris as calm, cool and controlled, but with a dark undercurrent, which, in the latter scenes, he imbued with an increasingly violent emotional intensity. The contrasts made his dissent into madness very real, very believable and his suffering and isolation became painfully honest. Nothing was overstated. Likewise, his acting was finely crafted to develop his character. His confidence and strong physical presence allowed him to dominate.
Operawire
operawire.com
The Bulgarian bass singer Ivo Stanchev convincingly portrays the title role. His Boris Godunow is at the same time human and ruler, ruthless and marked by madness. His vocal perfection in tonal design and reproduction are simply astounding.
Opera Online
opera-online.com
What is needed in order to work it out, are singers of charisma. And the Innsbruck Theatre does have such artists. Starting with the youthful Ivo Stanchev, who paints the title role into deep grey.
Merkur
merkur.de
Although the cast is truly extensive, the title hero clearly portrays the central role. And by engaging the Bulgarian-born bass singer Ivo Stanchev, the Innsbruck Theatre has succeeded in pulling off another masterstroke. A young singer with a wonderful , perfectly trained voice, who also succeeded in constantly making a present impression as a stage personality. The name of this singer should be noted!
Online Merker
onlinemerker.com
Conductor Oliver von Dohnányi put his entire heart in his interpretation and spared no Pathos. The same can be said of the heavily tasked choir and the 14 soloists, above all the Bulgarian bass singer Ivo Stanchev in the title role…
BR Klassik
br-klassik.de
Philharmonie de Paris – IVAN LE TERRIBLE
...Ivo Stanchev convinces in the popular „Oath of the Oprichniki“ with his engagement on stage and the quality of his bass voice.
ResMusica
resmusica.com
Theater Aachen – Stiffelio – JORG
...the extremely respectable singer soloists landlord Stankar (Benjamin Bevan) and the old preacher Jorg (Ivo Stanchev) show profile.
Aachener Zeitung
aachener-zeitung.de
Glyndebourne Festival – La Boheme - COLLINE
Ivo Stanchev’s Colline offered a tender song to his coat, finding subtle shades and human warmth in his short spotlight moment.
Opera Wire
www.operawire.com
Bulgarian bass Ivo Stanchev as Colline brings a delicious tragi-comic sensibility and plangent tone to his aria ‘Vecchia zimarra, senti’ in which he bids farewell to his old coat that has served him so well before it is sold to fund help for the ailing Mimi.
London Unattached
www.london-unattached.com
Bulgarian bass Ivo Stanchev sang the role of Colline with a delicious warmth.
the arts desk
www.theartsdesk.com
Gran Teatre del Liceu – Pique Dame - SURIN
Bass Ivo Stanchev as Surin with arcuate, rich, dark, vocally decisive sound.
Olyrix
www.olyrix.com
Theater Hagen – Cardillac - GOLDHÄNLDER
The imposing power of Ivo Stánchev’s bass voice, who sings the gold dealer, literally pushes one in one’s chair.
Der Opernfreund
www.deropernfreund.de
Ivo Stánchev impresses as the gold dealer with his powerful bass voice.
Online Musik Magazin
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Nationaltheater Mannheim – Don Carlo – IL FRATE
Impressive, cultivated was the third black voice during the short monk passages (Ivo Stanchev).
Online Merker
www.onlinemerker.com
 
 
ON STAGE
Prague State Opera – Nabucco - ZACCARIA
 
Tiroler Landestheater Innsbruck – Boris Godunow - BORIS GODUNOW
 
Glyndebourne Festival – La Boheme - COLLINE
 
Theater Hagen - Les Contes d´Hoffmann - LUTHER
 
Theater Hagen - Les Contes d´Hoffmann - CRESPEL
 
Theater Hagen - Cardillac - GOLDHÄNDLER