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Born in Bulgaria, Zwetan Michailov studied at the Conservatory of Sofia and in Italy, and won first prize in the Belvedere Competition in Vienna (1997). He performs throughout Europe at leading opera houses and festivals including Vienna State Opera, Opéra Bastille, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Hamburg State Oper, Stuttgart, Semperoper Dresden, Frankfurt, Bordeaux, Avignon and for many opera companies throughout Italy.

His repertory includes Paolo in Francesca da Rimini (Rome), Radamès (Bucharest, Liège), Cavaradossi (Teatro San Carlo, Naples, Hamburg, Bologna), Don Carlo (La Fenice, Venice, Zürich), Pinkerton (Deutsche Oper Berlin, Hamburg), Rodolfo in La bohème (Vienna, Dresden, Berlin), Calaf (Rio de Janeiro), Turridù (Teatro San Carlo, Naples), Don José (Deutsche Oper Berlin), Manrico (Bregenz Festival, Turin), Ernani (Verona), Andrea Chénier (Bologna, Deutsche Oper Berlin), Alfredo (Helsinki), Werther (Gran Canaria) and Hoffmann (Salzburg Festival, Berlin, Hamburg, Royal Opera House Covent Garden).