Penka Dilowa

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Penka Dilowa ( Bulgarian Пенка Дилова ; scientific transliteration: Penka Dilova ; born February 18, 1943 in Sofia ; † September 17, 1998 ) was a Bulgarian opera singer ( mezzo-soprano ).

Life

Penka Dilowa studied singing at the Sofia State Music Academy with the mezzo-soprano Anna Todorova (1892–1972) and the tenor Ilija Jossifov (1912–1993). In her third year of studies she was engaged at the Sofia State Opera , with whose ensemble she gave guest performances in Hungary , Poland , the German Democratic Republic and the USSR .

In 1971 she became a member of the Bulgarian National Opera Russe (Danube), where she was engaged for almost 30 years and was one of the leading singers in the house. There she sang a total of 55 mezzo-soprano roles. In 1980 she received an invitation to audition at La Scala in Milan , which she had to cancel due to a serious car accident that resulted in almost two years of treatment in various hospitals. In 1985 she had a successful audition at La Scala, where she was to make her debut in 1986, but the Bulgarian authorities refused her an exit visa to the West.

Her main roles on the opera stage included Princess Eboli in Don Carlos , Leonora in La Favorita , Azucena in Il trovatore , Amneris in Aida , Santuzza in Cavalleria rusticana , Dorabella in Così fan tutte and the title role in The Maiden of Orléans by Tchaikovsky . In 1984 she appeared at the Split Summer Festival in Yugoslavia as Amneris in Aida under the musical direction of Vjekoslav Šutej . She also had a successful career as a concert singer.

In the West they were best known for their participation in two complete recordings of Russian operas, which were released by Sony Classical and each recorded under the musical direction of Emil Tschakarow . In the 1986 production by Boris Godunow (release date: 1991) she sang the innkeeper. In Pique Dame , recorded in 1988, she took on the role of the countess.

Penka Dilowa died unexpectedly of a heart attack in September 1998 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ State Opera - Rousse . History. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
  2. ↑ Aida - Verdi - Split 1984 . Live recording (Italian). Retrieved October 10, 2019.
  3. ↑ Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian . Retrieved October 10, 2019.
  4. ^ Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov - A survey of the discography . Musicweb-International.com. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
  5. ^ Lenski s'est trompé d'opéra . CD review. Forumopera.com (French). Retrieved October 10, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Dilowa, Penka
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Дилова, Пенка (Bulgarian); Dilova, Penka (transliteration)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bulgarian opera singer (mezzo-soprano)
DATE OF BIRTH February 18, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Sofia
DATE OF DEATH 17th September 1998