ELENA CHAVDAROVA - ISA
Mezzosoprano

EDUCATION

1980 – 1985 High Music School of Plovdiv

1985 – 1987 Specialization at the Central Studio for Opera Singers of the National Opera, Sofia

1987 – 1992 Music Academy, Sofia

I am a laureate of three international competitions:

- 11th international competition for young opera singers “Boris Hristov”, Sofia, III prize

- 6th competition for opera singers in Bilbao, Spain, 1996 – 1st special prize

- Tokyo competition, 1996


Since 1992 after a successful competition I am a soloist of the Plovdiv Opera and my first appearance was Maddalena from Verdi’ Rigolleto. Since 1997 I sing at the National Opera, Sofia.

 

Repertoire

 

AZUCENA – Il Trovatore, Verdi

EBOLI – Don Carlos, Verdi

ULRICA – Un ballo in maschera, Verdi

AMNERIS - Aida, Verdi

MESSA DA REQUIEM DI VERDI

FENENA - Nabucco, Verdi

MADDALENA - Rigoletto, Verdi

CARMEN – Carmen, Bizet

SANTUZZA - Cavalleria rusticana, Mascagni

OLA - Cavalleria rusticana, Mascagni

LAURA – La Gioconda, Ponchielli

SUZUKI - Madama Butterfly, Puccini

OLGA - Eugenio Onegin, Tchaikovski

KONTCHAKOVNA – Kniaz Igor, Borodin

EKATERINA I – Pietro I, Petrov

GIOVANNA – Maria Tudor, Gomes

IX SYMPHONY OF BEETHOVEN

STABAT MATER - Pergolesi

JOCASTA – Edipus Rex, Stravinsky

PAULINA – Dame Pique, Tchaikovski

PROKOPIEV - Aleksander Newski