KRASSEN KARAGIOZOV

BARITONE Krassenk@gmail.com Krassenkaragiozov.com

STAGE Macbeth* Escamillo Don Pizzaro Michele Count Almaviva Rigoletto Papageno Conte di Luna Enrico Sharpless Schaunard Danielle Valentin Marquis/Germont* Silvio Gianni Schicchi Marcello Figaro Angelotti Vronsky Rambaldo Count Almaviva Dandini Lescaut Escamillo Guglielmo Belcore Eugene Onegin Marcello Masetto Germont Peter Raoul de Gardefeu Sharpless Schaunard Schaunard Silvio Count Almaviva Raven/Prometheus* Marco Harlekin* Tarquinius Don Giovanni

OPERA | Composer Macbeth | VERDI Carmen | BIZET Fidelio | BEETHOVEN Il Tabarro | PUCCINI Le Nozze di Figaro | MOZART Rigoletto | VERDI Die Zauberflöte | MOZART Il Trovatore | VERDI Lucia di Lammermoor | DONIZETTI Madama Butterfly | PUCCINI La Boheme | PUCCINI Ciro in Babilonia | ROSSINI Faust | GOUNOD La Traviata | VERDI I Paggliacci | LEONCAVALLO Gianni Schicchi | PUCCINI La Boheme | PUCCINI Il Barbiere di Seviglia | ROSSINI Tosca | PUCCINI Anna Karenina | CARLSON La Rondine | PUCCINI Le nozze di Figaro | MOZART La Cenerentola | ROSSINI Manon | MASSENET Carmen | BIZET Cosi fan tutte | MOZART L’elisir d’amore | DONIZETTI Eugene Onegin | TCHAIKOVSKY La Boheme | PUCCINI Don Giovanni | MOZART La Traviata | VERDI Handel und Gretel | HUMPERDINCK La Vie Parisienne | OFFENBACH Madama Butterfly | PUCCINI La Boheme | PUCCINI La Boheme | PUCCINI I Pagliacci | LEONCAVALLO Le Nozze di Figaro | MOZART Die Vögel | BRAUNFELS Gianni Schicchi | PUCCINI Ariadne auf Naxos | STRAUSS Rape of Lucretia | BRITTEN Don Giovanni | MOZART

COMPANY, YEAR Teatro Regio di Parma, 2018 West Bay Opera, 2018 West Bay Opera, CA 2018 West Bay Opera, CA, 2017 West Bay Opera, CA, 2017 West Bay Opera, CA, 2015 Hawaii P. Arts Festival, 2015 West Bay Opera, CA, 2014 West Bay Opera, CA, 2013 Opera Santa Barbara 2012 Livermore V. Opera, 2012 Caramoor Opera Fest, 2012 Opera San Jose, CA, 2012 New York City Opera, 2012 Opera San Jose, CA, 2012 Hawaii P. Arts Festival, 2011 Opera San Jose, CA, 2011 Opera San Jose, CA, 2011 Opera San Jose, CA, 2010 Opera San Jose, CA, 2010 Opera San Jose, CA, 2010 Opera San Jose, CA, 2010 Opera San Jose, CA, 2009 Opera San Jose, CA, 2009 Opera San Jose, CA, 2009 Opera San Jose, CA, 2009 Opera San Jose, CA, 2008 Opera San Jose, CA, 2008 Bulgarian Radio-Symphony Opera Carolina, NC, 2008 Capital Opera Raleigh, 2007 Opera Roanoke, VA, 2007 Lake George Opera 2007 Capital Opera Raleigh, 2007 Opera Company of NC, 2007 Opera Roanoke, VA, 2006 Capital Opera Raleigh, 2006 Capital Opera Raleigh, 2005 Spoleto Festival, SC, 2005 Capital Opera Raleigh, 2004 Spoleto Festival, SC, 2004 A.J. Fletcher Opera Ins. 2004

A.J. Fletcher Opera Ins. 2004

CONDUCTOR | STAGE DIR. Phillipe Auguin | D. Abbado Jose Luis Moscovich | R. Harell Jose Luis Moscovich | R. Conde Jose Luis Moscovich | M. Mori Jose Luis Moscovich | I. Viera Michael Singher | D. Oswald Paul Floyd | J. McGregor Jose Luis Moscovich | I. Viera Jose Luis Moscovich | D. Ostwald Sara Jobin | K. Stickan Alex Katsman | E. Brancoveanu Will Critchfiled |D. Livermore David Rohrbaugh | T. Near Steven White | E. Araoz Brian Nies | C. Stokes Chris Crans | J. McGregor David Rohrbaugh | T. Near Brian Nies | J.M Condemi David Rohrbaugh | P. Kozma Stewart Robertson | B. Dalton David Rohrbaugh | J.M Condemi David Rohrbaugh | P. Kozma Anthony Quartuccio | S. Bengochea Joseph Marcheso | D. Shuster David Rohrbaugh | S. Bengochea David Rohrbaugh | B. Dalton Anthony Quartuccio | D. Shuster Bryan Nies | P. Kozma Metody Matakiev Robert Lyall | C. Calvert Wayne Wyman Steven White | H. Binder John Douglas | N. Sheeley Scott Tilley | W. Wyman Francesco Colombo | B. Galbraith

Steven White | R. Boudreaux Al Sturgis | W. Wyman Al Sturgis | W. Wyman Julius Rudel | J. Eaton Lisa Fredenburgh | J. Creagh E. Viilaume | C. Ruobaud Scott Tilley | W. Graham Jamie Allbritten | S. LaCosse

Concert Reqiuem Missa Solemnis Carmina Burana Fire Psalm Leona Mitchell Gala Messiah Creation Christmas Oratorio Don Giovanni Magnificat Vespers Vespers Israel in Egypt Reqiuem In Terra Pax Requiem

COMPOSER Faure Beethoven Orf Grieg n/a Handel Haydn Bach Mozart C.P.E Bach Mozart Mozart Handel Brahms Finzi Mozart

COMPANY, YEAR Conductor San Jose Chamber Orchestra, 2017 San Jose Symphonic Choir, 2017 Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, 2017 San Jose Symphonic Choir, 2016 Enid Symphony, 2015, Fresno Symphonic Choir, 2014 San Jose Symphonic Choir, 2014 Chapel Hill Symphonic Choir, 2013 North Carolina Symphony, 2012 Santa Clara Chorale, 2012 Symphony Silicon Valley, 2006 Winston- Salem Symphony, 2005 North Carolina Chorale, 2005 Carolina Chamber Symphony, 2005 Baton Rouge Symphony Orch, 2004 SE Louisiana Symphony, 2003

Barbara Day Turner Leroy Kromm Vinzenz Praxmarer Zane Fiala Douglas Newell Anne Hamre Leroy Kromm Sue Kalusmeyer William H. Curry Anne Hamre Leslie Dunner Joel Levine Jamie Allbritten Edi Huss Chuck Effler Dirk Garner

EDUCATION

North Carolina School of the Arts, nC Masters in Music, Vocal Performance, 2003 Artist Certificate, Vocal Performance, 2004 Southeastern Louisiana university, LA Masters in Music, Piano Performance, 2001 State academy of Music, Sofia, Bulgaria Bachelors of Music, Voice Performance, 1999

State Academy of Music, Sofia, Bulgaria Bachelors of Music, Vocal Performance, 1996 Sofia national school of music, Bulgaria Diploma, Piano Performance, 1992

Awards and acknowledgements

Irene Dalis Competition Finalist, San Jose CA, 2012 Heinz Rehfuss Competition Finalist, Orlando, Florida, 2006 Bulgarian Radio Orchestra Recording, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2008 Charlotte Opera guild Competition First Prize, Charlotte, North Carolina, 2004 Met Competition District Finals, N. Carolina, 2004

ASPEN Music Festival Scholarship, 2000 NATS Competition Second Place, Southern Region, Louisiana, 1999 Bulgarian National Radio Recording and Concert, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1997/1998 Academic Competition Prize Winner, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1996 International Competition Prize Winner, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1996