Boris Christoff was a bass from Plovdiv. Opera houses cast him in the great low roles, and stage photographs and recordings are the timeline of that work. He sang Boris Godunov as if the part had been waiting for his voice. He died in 1993.
Gând
A sample thought. Someone who was taught, or helped, would leave a few lines here.
Nora
Gând
A sample thought. A colleague would remember the work, and the way it was done.
Paul
Poveste
The walk home
This is a sample story, so the page can show a longer memory. A daughter would write the walk home, the song in the kitchen, and the sentence that is still repeated.
Anna
Fotografie
неизвестен · Public domain
Fotografie
Unknown author · Public domain
Fotografie
Unknown author · Public domain
Lumânare
A lasting sample light, so the page is not dark.
Thomas
Lumânare
A sample light for the name we still say.
Mira
Videoclipuri
A recording the family kept
A sample film for Boris Christoff. The family would put here a song or a piece of footage they still play.
Muzică
Music for a quiet afternoon
The family
Dar
Lumânare
A sample gift of light.
Helen
Dar
Carte
A sample card for Boris Christoff.
Mark
Dar
Floare
A sample flower, left on the page.
Iris
Cronologie
Born in Plovdiv
Boris Christoff was born in Plovdiv.
Cronologie
A voice on the great stages
By the end of the 1940s he was singing the bass roles of the Italian and Russian repertory on major stages.
Cronologie
Died
He died in Rome in 1993.
Întâlnire
An evening of remembrance
A sample gathering for Boris Christoff. The family would write the time, the place, and who is welcome.
The family
1914
1949
1993