Eduard Tumagian

Eduard Tumagian (05.02.1942-11.02.2024)[1] was [2] a Romanian Baritone opera and concert singer.

Tumagian was born in Bucharest and studied at the Conservatory of Music "Porumbescu".[3] He made his operatic debut in Bucharest. After winning several singing competitions, he joined the Opéra of the Rhine in Strasbourg where he sang leading baritone roles including Posa in Don Carlos, Germont in La traviata, Scarpia in Tosca, and the title role in Rigoletto. Tumagian made his début at La Scala in the title role of Nabucco in 1986 and went on to sing there in the premiere Flavio Testi's opera Richard III (1987), in I due Foscari (1988), and I vespri siciliani (1989).[4] He has also appeared at the Paris Opera, and in the opera houses of Lyon, Toulouse, Montpellier, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Munich, Vienna, Zurich, and Amsterdam and has worked with conductors including Riccardo Muti, Claudio Abbado, Alain Lombard, Nayden Todorov, Nello Santi and Mstislav Rostropovich.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ Hall, Charles J. (2002). Chronology of Western classical music, Volume 2, p. 1327. Routledge
  2. ↑ https://www.radioromania.ro/cultura/s-a-stins-din-viata-baritonul-eduard-tumagian-id11315.html
  3. ↑ compendium.ro. Eduard Tumagian. Retrieved 24 February 2013 (in Romanian).
  4. ↑ Naxos Records. Eduard Tumagian. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  5. ↑ "S-a stins din viaţă baritonul Eduard Tumagian". Radio România Muzical (in Romanian). 12 February 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2026.
  6. ↑ "Grigore Constantinescu – cronici muzicale". cIMeC (in Romanian). 18 January 2007. Retrieved 28 May 2026.

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