WHO IS WHO: Ghena Dimitrova

Views on BG | June 11, 2005, Saturday // 00:00
WHO IS WHO: Ghena Dimitrova Photo by sega.bg

Ghena Dimitrova was born in Beglezh, Bulgaria in 1941. Graduated singing with maestro Christo Brambarov at the Sofia Conservatory in 1965 and made her debut in Sofia in 1967.

She has performed with great success at the world's most prestigious stages, including La Scala in Milan, Metropolitan in New York, Covent Garden in London, the national opera in Paris, the Arena di Verona, Berlin, Vienna.

Her repertoire included performances in Aida, il Trovatore, Tosca, Andrea Chenier, Turandot, Ernani, Cavalleria rusticana, Manon Lescaut, La Fanciulla del West, Macbeth, and Othello.

In November 2002 Dimitrova became the first Bulgaria to be awarded the 21st Century Big Plateau Nobel, lining up with Astrid Lindgren, Bill Gates and Russian spatial scientist Viktor Skopenko.

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