Vesselin Stoykov

Vesselin Stoykov (born 1 November 1973 in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria) is a German opera singer from bulgarian origin.

Education

In 1992 Stoykov graduates the MusicAL High School "Hristina Morfova" in Stara Zagora, specialty of violin. In 1996 he completes his bachelor degree in classical singing in the Bulgarian National Musical Academy "Pancho Vladigerov". In 1995-97 he holds a postgraduate specialization in classical singing in the Musical Academy of Detmold, Germany. In 2007 Stoykov defends master's degree on classical singing education in New Bulgarian University, having taken Raina Kabaivanska's master class in opera singing.

Stoykov's stage debut is in 1995 in the State Opera of Stara Zagora, playing Don Basilio in The Barber of Seville. Later, he performed as a solo singer in various opera halls in Germany: Colon, Detmold, Görlitz, Gießen, Hanover, Frankfurt, Bremen, Heidelberg, Schwerin, Bremerhaven.

He has been the director of the State Opera in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria, since 2007.

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