Ivanka Ninova () is a

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mezzo-soprano A mezzo-soprano (, ), or mezzo ( ), is a type of classical music, classical female singing human voice, voice whose vocal range lies between the soprano and the contralto voice types. The mezzo-soprano's vocal range usually extends from the A bel ...

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singer born in

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Education

She began her musical education at a music school and later at the Pancho Vladigerov National Academy of Music in

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Career

Since 1989 she has been a soloist at the

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. Her roles include Princess Eboli in ''Don Carlo'', Preziosilla in ''La Forza del Destino'', Amneris in ''Aida'', Azucena in ''Il Trovatore'', Fenena in ''Nabucco'', Suzuki in ''Madame Butterfly'', and

Carmen ''Carmen'' () is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. The opera was first performed by the O ...

. Ninova has given many concert hall performances, including roles in the requiems of Mozart, Verdi, and Dvorak, in Rossini's Stabat Mater, Handel's ''Messiah'', Beethoven's 9th Symphony and many others. More recently she has been a lecturer at the Pancho Vladigerov Music Academy. Though she has performed abroad and throughout Europe, her career has been largely limited to Bulgaria.

References

Ivanka Ninova's Art
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