Bulgarian Classical Musicians - Bulgarian Conductors (Music), Bulgarian Opera Singers, Vesselina Kasarova, Kiril Manolov, Kristiyan Koev (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 29. Chapters: Bulgarian conductors (music), Bulgarian opera singers, Vesselina Kasarova, Kiril Manolov, Kristiyan Koev, Julian Konstantinov, Milen Nachev, Boris Christoff, Stefan Dimitrov, Elena Baramova, Julia Tsenova, Raina Kabaivanska, Alexandrina Pendatchanska, Bojidara Kouzmanova, Dobrin Petkov, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Georgi Minchev, Ljuba Welitsch, Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Zlatina Deliradeva, Viktor Paskov, Ghena Dimitrova, Galina Savova, Nicola Ghiuselev, Michail Goleminov, Stefka Evstatieva, Deyan Vatchkov, Nelko Kolarov, Elena Nicolai, Anna Veleva, Raffaele Arie, Boiko Zvetanov, Nayden Todorov, Irena Petkova, Armand Tokatyan, Sonya Yoncheva, Marin Goleminov, Emil Tabakov, Orlin Anastasov, Vladimir Stoyanov, Ivanka Ninova, Kamen Tchanev, Alexander Yossifov. Excerpt: Vesselina Kasarova (born 18 July 1965) is a Bulgarian mezzo-soprano opera singer. Vesselina Kasarova was born in the central Bulgarian town of Stara Zagora. Under the communist regime she studied Russian as a second language and had an early start in music education. She started taking piano lessons at the Pionerski Dom at age 4 (in 1970) and enrolled at Stara Zagora's Hristina Morfova School of Music and Performing Arts (normal studies in the morning, and music in the afternoon) in 1979. As she studied piano and worked as accompanist at recitals, Kasarova became so drawn to the voice as a musical instrument that upon earning her concert pianist diploma in 1987, she switched to study singing under Ressa Koleva at Sofia's Music Academy -- focusing on the works of Mozart and Rossini. Kasarova gave her first singing performance in Stara Zagora singing "Habanera" from Bizet's Carmen. She performed at Sofia National Opera while still a student. She performed the part of Rosina in the Barber of Seville for her graduation exam. In 1989, her final year at the Sofia Conservatory...