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By Laman Ismayilova

Azerbaijani tenor Yusif Eyvazov has been included in the book of World’s Best Tenors, Azertac reported.

Published by RIFKO printing house, the book also features such opera stars as Roberto Alagna, Plácido Domingo and Jose Carreras.

The book includes interviews with 44 tenors and their photo sessions.

Yusif Eyvazov received his musical education at the Baku Academy of Music. In 1997, he moved to Italy and continued his studies there.

In the 2015/16 season, Eyvazov made a series of important debuts. He performed as Canio in Los Angeles Opera’s production of Pagliacci conducted by Plácido Domingo, made his first appearances at the Metropolitan Opera and the Wiener Staatsoper singing Calaf in Turandot, and debuted at both the Paris Opera and at the Staatsoper Berlin as Manrico in Il Trovatore.

The beautiful voice and eye-opening temperament of musician draws great attention from the western countries.

His other recent performances include Turiddu in Cavalleria Rusticana with the Symphony Orchestra LaVerdi in Milan, Radamès in Aida for Opera Fiesole, Cavaradossi in Tosca at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, the title role of Verdi’s Otello for the Ravenna Music Festival, Manon Lescaut (Des Grieux) alongside Anna Netrebko at the Teatro dell’ Opera in Rome under the baton of Riccardo Muti, and Canio in I Pagliacci at Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari, Italy under the baton of Paolo Carignani.

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Laman Ismayilova is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow her on Twitter: @Lam_Ismayilova

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