brother-in-law of the Italian baritone Tito Gobbi. Recordings Many recordings are available. The following list contains just a few. His complete songs by Mussorgsky are available, produced by EMI. He recorded the Verdi Requiem 3 times, once under Tullio Serafin in Rome 1959, once with Herbert von Karajan and once with Bruno Bartoletti. Two recordings of Boris Godunov are available with Christoff singing three roles: Boris, Pimen, and Father Varlaam. Two performances in major Wagner roles are available, both sung in Italian: Gurnemanz in Parsifal conducted in Rome 1950 by Vittorio Gui, and Pogner the goldsmith in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, conducted (studio) by Lovro von Matačić in Torino 1962. Lugano Recital 1976 [DVD] Awards Sonning Award (1969; Denmark) Honors A rocky cliff forming Aytos Point on the coast of Bransfield Strait, eastern Livingston Island, Antarctica is named after him. Notes External links Museum Boris Christoff (Sofia, Bulgaria) Borischristoff.dir.bg Discography of opera recordings (Capon's Lists of Opera Recordings) http://www.boris-christoff.net Boris Christoff - Life and Creative Work (Film of Ludmil Trifonov) The Voice That Prays for Bulgaria (Film of BNT on 100 Years From His Birth) His page on the Stars of Bulgarian Opera site with mp3 audio clips of selected arias BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs, Boris Christoff, 21 August 1979 "The Song of the Volga Boatman" (YouTube) Gounod aria from FAUST (YouTube) 1914 births 1993 deaths Operatic basses 20th-century Bulgarian male opera singers Bulgarian emigrants to Italy Sofia University alumni Musicians from Plovdiv Recipients of the Léonie Sonning Music Prize