Darina Takova

Darina Takova (Bulgarian: Дарина Такова; Sofia, 27 December 1963) is a Bulgarian soprano and teacher. She is one of the leading sopranos of her generation.

Darina Takova was born in Sofia, where she finished her studies at National Academy Pancho Vladigerov in the class of Prof. Mati Pinkas and Prof. Mila Dyulgerova. Takova has been a member of the National Opera for six seasons since 1989. During this period, she also performed at all national opera houses and concert halls in Bulgaria. She has won awards from Luisa Todi in Lisbon, Young Opera Singers in Sofia, Francesc Viñas Barcelona Totti Del Monte in Treviso.

In 1992 she began an international active career on the world's largest opera stages Teatro alla Scala Milan, Teatro dell’opera di Roma, Florence, Bologna, Turin, Verona, Palermo, Trieste, Naples, Venice, Parma, Festival Rossini di Pesaro, Bergamo, Arena di Verona, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Carnegie Hall in New York, Festival Barrock Innsbruck, Bayerische Staatsoper Munich, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Hamburgische Staatsoper, Oper Frankfurt, Opera of Geneva and Lausanne, Teatro Real de Madrid, Gran Teatre del LiceuBarcelona, Royal Opera House Covent Garden London, Opéra National de Paris, Opéra de Monte-Carlo, National Theater Tokyo, Korea National Opera, Opera Canada, Los Angeles Opera House, Metropolitan Opera House New York, among others.