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- July 12, 1993: Died:Boris Christoff
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- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1993
- July 12, 1993 Reno:The Real Thing
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- <source>Time Magazine</source>
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- MILESTONES, Page 19
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- <p> DIED. BORIS CHRISTOFF, 79, opera singer; in Rome. The Bulgarian-born
- bass was embarking on a career in law when the King of Bulgaria
- heard him in concert and asked a question no one would ever
- have to ask again: "Why are you not a singer?" Christoff combined
- a Russian-style vocal richness with an Italian musical refinement;
- these qualities, along with a fiery acting style and the breadth
- of his repertoire, made him one of the greatest basses of this
- century.
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- </body>
- </article>
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