Rajna Kabaiwanska
Rajna Kabaiwanska ( Bulgarian Райна Кабаиванска , maiden name Rajna Jakimowa ; born December 15, 1934 in Burgas ) is a Bulgarian opera singer ( soprano ).
Life
Rajna Kabaiwanska was born in the Bulgarian Black Sea city of Burgas. Her father was a doctor, her mother a physics teacher. She studied piano and singing (first mezzo-soprano , later soprano ) at the State Conservatory in Sofia . Her first appearances were at the Sofia Opera in Eugene Onegin (1957) and Un ballo in maschera (1958). In 1958 she received a scholarship for further studies in Moscow, but she managed to change the terms of the scholarship and instead went to Milan, where she studied with Zita Fumagalli Riva. In 1959 she made her debut in The Mantle of Puccini and Bajazzo by Leoncavallo ; in the same year she won the opera competition in Vercelli (together with Luciano Pavarotti ) . This was followed by appearances at various theaters in Italy (San Remo, Mantua, Trento, Bozen etc.). Between 1960 and 1980 she sang at major opera houses such as Teatro alla Scala , Metropolitan Opera , Carnegie Hall , Covent Garden , Bolshoi Theater and Teatro Colón . She also appeared under Herbert von Karajan at the Vienna State Opera and the Salzburg Festival .
On September 8, 2007 she sang the Ave Maria of Desdemona from Otello at the funeral for Luciano Pavarotti in Modena .
Prices
- 1965 Bellini Prize
- 1970 Viotti d'oro Prize
- 1978 Puccini Prize
- 1979 Illica Prize
- 1980 Monteverdi Prize
- 1981 Premio Bacco dei Borbone, Festival della Valle d'Itria
- 1990 Prize of the Accademia Medici – Lorenzo il Magnifico (Florence)
- 1994 The highest Bulgarian state award, the "Stara Planina" order , for an extraordinary contribution to Bulgarian art and the development of democracy in Bulgaria
- 1998 Doctor honoris causa from the New Bulgarian University in Sofia
- 2000 Prize Una vita dedicata alla musica ( A life dedicated to music ), Venice
- Medal-holder of the Order of the Italian Republic for civic heroism and an extraordinary contribution to the arts.
- Rajna Kabaiwanska has been named Most Popular Personality in Italy five times and Musician of the Year twice.
Rajna Kabaiwanska currently teaches as a professor at the Accademia di Musica Chigiana in Italy.
repertoire
Rajna Kabaiwanska became famous for roles such as Tosca , Madama Butterfly and La traviata . Her voice was characterized by an unmistakable timbre , a great variety of styles and nuances and was suitable for both dramatic and lyrical roles. In February 2002 she said goodbye with a concert at Scala von Tosca (“Addio a Tosca”). The Kabaiwanska repertoire included:
- Giuseppe Verdi ( Don Carlo , Otello , Falstaff , La traviata , Il trovatore , La forza del destino , I vespri siciliani , Ernani , Requiem , Macbeth )
- Giacomo Puccini ( Madama Butterfly , Tosca , Manon Lescaut , La Bohème )
- Richard Wagner ( Rienzi )
- Francesco Cilea ( Adriana Lecouvreur )
- Gaetano Donizetti ( Roberto Devereux , Fausta )
- Vincenzo Bellini ( Beatrice di Tenda )
- Ruggero Leoncavallo ( Pagliacci )
- Charles Gounod ( Faust )
- Jules Massenet ( Manon )
- Alfredo Catalani ( La Wally )
- Peter Tchaikovsky ( Queen of Spades , Eugene Onegin )
- Richard Strauss ( Capriccio )
- Riccardo Zandonai ( Francesca da Rimini )
- Gaspare Spontini ( La vestale )
- Christoph Willibald Gluck ( Armide )
- Leoš Janáček ( The Makropulos Case )
- Franz Lehár ( The Merry Widow )
Rajna Kabaiwanska Fund
In 2002 the Rajna Kabaiwanska Fund was founded together with the New Bulgarian University. Every year there are masterclasses for highly talented young musicians from all over the world with the possibility of receiving scholarships for further music studies in Italy etc.
Web links
- Rajna Kabaiwanska Homepage
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kabaiwanska, Rajna |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jakimowa, Rajna; Кабаиванска, Райна (Bulgarian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bulgarian opera singer (soprano) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 15, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Burgas |