Desislava Stefanova

The Sopranos

At the age of 11 she started cello lessons with Nadezhda Zafirova and piano lessons with Tanya Naydenova at the music school in Kyustendil. Later she participated in the city symphony orchestra under the direction of Roza Mircheva. She graduated from the language school "Petar Beron" with English and from the secondary school "St. Kliment Ohridski", English Philology (2002). The following year she graduated from the Pancho Vladigerov Academy of Performing Arts, Sofia, majoring in Classical Singing.

She debuted in the role of "Queen of the Night" in the opera "Magic Flute" by Mozart in a production of the State Opera Stara Zagora.

She was a finalist at the Belvedere International Competition, Vienna (2002) and a prize-winner at the Mimi Balkanska Competition, Sofia (2002).

In the period 2004 - 2006 he was a soloist at the State Opera Stara Zagora. From 2006 to 2012 he participated in foreign productions (Italy, Austria, Germany, France, USA and Slovenia).

Since 2012 he is again a soloist at the State Opera Stara Zagora.

Repertoire:
Adina ("Love Potion")
Violetta ("La Traviata")
Gilda ("Rigoletto")
Giulia ("The Silken Ladder")
Donna Anna ("Don Giovanni")
Constanza ("Abduction from Sarai")
Liu ("Turandot")
Lucia di Lammermoor ("Lucia di Lammermoor")
Micaela ("Carmen")
Mimi ("Bohemi")
Musetta ("Bohemi")
Neda ("Pagliacci")
Norina ("Don Pasquale")
Pamina ("The Magic Flute")
Rosina ("The Barber of Seville")
Elvira ("The Italian of Algiers")
Leila ("Hunters Pearl Fishers)
Fiordiligi ("Everybody Does It")
Susanna ("The Marriage of Figaro")
Queen of the Night ("The Magic Flute")
Zerlina ("Don Giovanni")