YUSIF EYVAZOV

Yusif Eyvasov was born in Algeria in 1977 and raised in Baku, Azerbaijan. After his studies at the musical academy in Baku, he moved to Italy in 1997, where he continued his vocal education with Franco Corelli and famous soprano Ghena Dimitrova.

He made his opera debut in the season of 2015/16 with multiple important performances for example in “I Pagliacci” conducted by Plácido Domingo, in the role of Calaf in “Turandot” at the Met Opera as well as at the opera in Paris and in Verdi’s “Troubadour” at the Staatsoper Berlin. In spring 2016 he was successfully touring Asia alongside Anna Netrebko.

In the season of 2014/15 Yusif Eyvasov performed as Turiddu in “Cavalleria rusticana” at the Verona Festival – the opera was also performed in Milan beforehand alongside the La Verdi Symphonic Orchestra. Together with the same ensemble he sang the requiem of Guiseppe Verdi at the Auditorium di Milano as well as a recital at the Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona alongside Anna Netrebko and supervised by Massimo Zanetti.

Recently, Yusif Eyvasov shined as Radamès in Verdi’s “Aida” at the Opera Fiesole near Florence and at the Opera in Rome, as Cavaradossi in Puccini’s “Tosca” at the Bolshoi Theater, as lead role in Verdi’s “Othello” at the Music Festival in Ravenna, as Des Grieux in Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut” alongside Anna Netrebko at the Opera in Rome conducted by Riccardo Muti and as Canio in “I Pagliacci” at the Teatro Petruzelli in Bari under supervision of Paolo Carignani.