Our Artists
KALUDI KALUDOW
Background: Born in Varna (Bulgaria). Studied at the State Academy of Music in Sofia. Made his stage debut as Alfredo Germont in La traviata for Sofia National Opera. Launched his international career in 1984 which has seen him perform with some of the greatest singers of our time including Mirella Freni, Ghena Dimitrova, Placido Domingo, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Renato Bruson, Sherrill Milnes, Piero Cappuccilli, Samuel Ramey and Giorgio Zancanaro. Currently resides in Bulgaria where he is a soloist with Sofia National Opera and Rousse State Opera. Also teaches singing at Sofia University. Engagements/Australia: Gustavus III in A Masked Ball (Opera Queensland and State Opera of South Australia). International: Foresto in Attila (La Scala, Teatro La Fenice and in Japan and Bulgaria), Dimitri in Boris Godunov (in Chicago and Houston), Radamès in Aida (Berlin State Opera, in Philadelphia, Korea and Poland, and with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra), Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly (in Rome and Buenos Aires), Cavaradossi in Tosca (German State Opera and in Dresden, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Romania, Estonia and Poland), Manrico in Il trovatore (Hamburg State Opera), Macduff in Macbeth (Vienna State Opera and in Florence), Rodolfo in La bohème (in Barcelona and Tokyo), title role in Andrea Chénier (Theatro Municipal São Paulo and in Amsterdam), Des Grieux in Manon Lescaut (La Scala, Teatro Massimo di Palermo and in Trieste and Nant), Lefebvre in Madame Sans-Gêne (in Zurich), Gustavus III in Un ballo in maschera (Sofia National Opera and in Copenhagen and Dresden), Erik in The Flying Dutchman (in Spain), Alvaro in La forza del destino, Canio in Pagliacci (Savonlinna Opera Festival in Finland), Turiddu in Cavalleria rusticana (Dalhalla Opera Festival in Sweden), Paolo in Francesca da Rimini (in Amsterdam), Arrigo in I vespri siciliani (in Palermo), Enzo in Gioconda (Theatro Municipal São Paulo), Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto (Sofia National Opera and in Japan), Calaf in Turandot (in Finland and Bulgaria), title role in Don Carlos (in Finland and Bulgaria), Don Alvaro in La forza del destino (in Poland), Pollione in Norma (in Estonia). Concert engagements: Verdi’s Requiem (in Finland). Also performed in concerts in Vienna, Poland, Hamburg and Bulgaria. Recordings: Mussorgsky’s Khovanshchina and Borodin’s Prince Igor (Sony Classic Label), Puccini’s Manon Lescaut (Naxos), Janáček’s Glagolitic Mass and Rachmaninoff’s The Bells (Decca). Video recording of La Scala’s 1991 production of Attila under the direction of Riccardo Muti (Videora Label). Upcoming engagements: Macduff in Macbeth in Concert (Opera Queensland).