Micheal Letchford Artists

Tsvetelina Maldzhanska

The Bulgarian soprano Tsvetelina Maldzhanska is a highly accomplished and experienced singer. She is a fine musician and possesses an attractive and vibrant personality together with an impressive stage presence. She is fluent in Russian, Italian, English and Bulgarian.

Listen:

1. La Boheme: Act 1 Si mi chiamano Mimi (Rousse Opera - 2018)

2. Tosca: Act 1 Duet (with Andrea Bocelli) Sofia Philharmonic – 2017)

3. Carmen: Act 3 Micaela’s Aria (Sofia – 2013)

At the age of 6 Tsvetelina began studying piano and solfeggio. She graduated as a medical doctor in 1999 at the Medical Academy in Sofia and occasionally practiced as a physician until the year 2000, but remained truly dedicated to systematically developing her vocal technique. During her medical studies she started singing lessons at the Private Musical Academy Sacra with the world famous Bulgarian mezzo soprano Alexandrina Milcheva. In this inspiring environment Tsvetelina quickly gained a remarkably controlled vocal technique and impressive results. She was noticed not only by music critics, but also by the George Soros Open Society Foundation, which awarded her a scholarship and gave her the opportunity to attend the Boris Christoff Musical Academy in Rome. She won her first prizes at the International Competition for Singers Cristo Brambarov in Sofia (jury chaired by Ghena Dimitrova) and the Francesco Paolo Neglia International Competition for Singers in Enna-Italy (jury chaired by Rolando Panerai). She attended the summer course of Prof. Norman Schetler in Essen-Germany, where she gave a recital of Schubert songs to the accompaniment of Prof. Schetler. The same year the Bulgarian National Radio proclaimed Tsvetelina Young Musician of the Year.

In 1998 Ms Maldzhanska received the special prize of the Jury at the International Competition for Singers in Marmande, France. In 2004 she was awarded a scholarship by the Giuseppe di Stefano competition in Trapani, Italy.

Current repertoire

La Boheme: Mimi & Musetta
Carmen: Micaëlà
Madama Butterfly: Cio-Cio-San
Tosca: Floria
Turandot: Liu
Also Russian & French songs and German Lieder

Other roles studied include:

Desdemona (Otello), Countess (Le Nozze di Figaro),
Antonia (Les Contes d’Hoffman)

Early professional experience.

Ms.Maldzhanska made her stage debut at Rousse State Opera (Bulgaria) as Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor. Her next appearance was as Gilda (Rigoletto) and Cecília (Il Guarany - Gomes) at the National Opera in Sofia .She also sang a Leila (Les Pêcheurs de Perles ), Musetta (La Boheme), in Italy (Enna) and Violetta (La Traviata) and Mimi (La Boheme) in the National Opera in Sofia.

Further appearances.

In 2005 José Carreras personally selected Ms Maldzhanska as a partner to sing duets with him and solos in his first concert in Bulgaria. In 2006 Andrea Bocelli invited her to perform with him in a gala concert in Sofia. Since then Ms Maldzhanska has performed at the Sofia National Opera House and in major cities in Bulgaria. She has also appeared in several opera houses outside Bulgaria.

Subsequent important engagements

Sao Paul, Opera House Brazil.
Il Guarani (Gomes) Role of Cecilia Conductor Giulio Madaglia
Madrid, Auditorio
La Traviata Role of Violetta Conductor Boris Ivanoff
Barcelona, Palao de la Musica
Rigoletto Role of Gilda
Madrid, Teatro Real
Rigoletto Role of Gilda Conductor Roland Boer
Carmina Burana (Orff) Role of Helena Conductor Josep Sozansky
La Boheme Role of Musetta
Catania, Italy Teatro Massimo Conductor Davide Crescenzi
Vienna, Musikverein Opera Gala, Sofia Philharmonic Conductor Peter Dimitrov
Carmen Role of Micaela Conductor Wolfgang Seelinger
Düsseldorf Rhine Festival
Verdi Requiem Conductor Wolfgang Seelinger
Darmstadt
The Bells (Rachmaninov) RSNO Conductor Rossen Milanov
Edinburgh and Glasgow
North Ossetia, Russia. Concert given by invitation of Larisa Gergieva
Piccola Scala, Milan
Requiem (Mozart) Conductor Fuat Mansurov

Ms Maldzhanska was invited to appear in concerts with North Israeli Symphony Orchestra, the Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra in Poland and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in Edinburgh and Glasgow and also at the Musikverein in Vienna. She has also performed in Barcelona, Bergan, Dubrovnik, Granada, Helsinki, Madrid and Valencia.

Ms Maldzhanska has recorded operatic arias for the Golden Fund broadcast by Bulgarian National Radio. Ms.Maldzhanska has also released a series of recordings by the American Sound Recording Company MMO, New York.

During the promotion tour recitals with MMO, prior to recordings CDs, the assistant Musical Director of the Los Angeles Opera, William Vendice, discovered her unique talent and proposed an audition with the Artistic Director of the Opera, Placido Domingo. This audition resulted in an invitation to sing the role of Antonia in Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann.

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