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Ghena Dimitrova

Singer details:

Voice: Soprano
Nationality: Bulgarian
Year of Birth: 1941
Year of Death: 2005

About Ghena Dimitrova:

Ghena Dimitrova (Bulgarian: Гeна Димитpова, 6 May 1941 – 11 June 2005) was a Bulgarian operatic soprano. Her voice was known for its power and extension used in operatic roles such as Turandot in a career spanning four decades.

Ghena Dimitrova was born in the Bulgarian village of Beglezh, some 25 km from Pleven, in 1941. She started singing in the school choir and her powerful voice led to her being offered a place at the Sofia Conservatory studying under Christo Brambarov between 1959 and 1964. While she was initially classified as a mezzo-soprano, she was recognised as a soprano in her second year.

After finishing her studies at the Sofia Conservatory, she started teaching singing. Her breakthrough came in 1967 as Abigaille in a Bulgarian National Opera production of Giuseppe Verdi's Nabucco after a couple of other sopranos dropped out. In the early recordings Dimitrova's voice had not yet reached its signature size, and in many of the early Nabucco productions, the final optional high C is omitted in the cabaletta, Salgo già, which she would include later in her career.

Dimitrova won the Sofia International Singing Competition in 1970, the prize including a course of study at La Scala's Scuola di Perfezionamento.

She made her Italian debut as Turandot in Treviso in 1975, and essayed the same role for her 1983 La Scala debut opposite tenor Plácido Domingo in Franco Zeffirelli's lavish production. Her Turandot is also preserved in a video of the Arena di Verona production from 1983, with Nicola Martinucci and Cecilia Gasdia. In 1988, she made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York performing the same role.

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Nr.Title scenePopularityOperaComposerActTypeVoicesLang.Roles
91Fatal mia donna Popularity:

Opera: MacbethComposer: VerdiAct: 1.09-2

Type: duetVoice: Br SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Macbeth/Lady McB
92Ebben..? Ne andro lontano Popularity:

Opera: Wally, LaComposer: CatalaniAct: 1

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Wally
93Chi mi toglie il regio scettro Popularity:

Opera: NabuccoComposer: VerdiAct: 2.09

Type: ariaVoice: baritoneLanguage: Italian

Roles: Nabucco
94Me pellegrina ed orfana Popularity:

Opera: Forza del destino, LaComposer: VerdiAct: 1.04

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Leonora
95Numi pieta del mio soffrir Popularity:

Opera: AidaComposer: VerdiAct: 1.08-3

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Aida
96Angele Dei Popularity:

Opera: Gioconda, LaComposer: PonchielliAct: 1.15

Type: Voice: Br S cALanguage: Italian

Roles: Barnaba/Gioconda/La Cieca
97Ah! per sempre o mio bell'angiol Popularity:

Opera: Forza del destino, LaComposer: VerdiAct: 1.06

Type: duetVoice: T SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Alvaro/Leonora
98Gloria gloria o vincitore Popularity:

Opera: TurandotComposer: PucciniAct: 2.14

Type: choirVoice: T SLanguage: Italian

Roles:
99Aida tu non m'ami Popularity:

Opera: AidaComposer: VerdiAct: 3.12

Type: recitativeVoice: S TLanguage: Italian

Roles: Aida/Radames
100Surta e la notte Popularity:

Opera: ErnaniComposer: VerdiAct: 1.05

Type: recitativeVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Elvira
101Non fu sogno Popularity:

Opera: Lombardi Prima CrociataComposer: VerdiAct: 4.02-2

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Giselda
102Orfanella il tetto umile Popularity:

Opera: Simon BoccanegraComposer: VerdiAct: 1.07

Type: duetVoice: Br SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Simon/Maria (Amelia)
103Principessa divina! Popularity:

Opera: TurandotComposer: PucciniAct: 3.04

Type: recitativeVoice: Br S SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Ping/Turandot/Liù
104Che veggo..egli..mio padre Popularity:

Opera: AidaComposer: VerdiAct: 2.12

Type: recitativeVoice: S Br MzLanguage: Italian

Roles: Aida/Amonasro/Amneris
105Tu qui? Popularity:

Opera: Simon BoccanegraComposer: VerdiAct: 2.04-2

Type: Voice: S TLanguage: Italian

Roles: Maria (Amelia)/Gabriele
106Ecco l'altare Popularity:

Opera: Andrea ChenierComposer: GiordanoAct: 2.08-2

Type: recitativeVoice: S TLanguage: Italian

Roles: Maddalena/Andrea
107Vedi di morte l'angelo Popularity:

Opera: AidaComposer: VerdiAct: 4.14

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Aida
108Chi s'avanza? Popularity:

Opera: NabuccoComposer: VerdiAct: 2.03-1

Type: recitativeVoice: B SLanguage: Italian

Roles: High priest/Abigaille
109Viva Nabucco Popularity:

Opera: NabuccoComposer: VerdiAct: 1.08

Type: quartetVoice: S B T BrLanguage: Italian

Roles: Abigaille/Zaccaria/Ismaele/Nabucco
110Da quel di che t'ho veduta Popularity:

Opera: ErnaniComposer: VerdiAct: 1.09

Type: duetVoice: Br SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Don Carlo/Elvira
111Signor Chenier Popularity:

Opera: Andrea ChenierComposer: GiordanoAct: 1.04-2

Type: recitativeVoice: Mz T B SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Comtesse/Andrea/Pietro/Maddalena
112Gia mi dicon venal Popularity:

Opera: ToscaComposer: PucciniAct: 2.12-2

Type: ariaVoice: baritoneLanguage: Italian

Roles: Scarpia
113O dolce mani Popularity:

Opera: ToscaComposer: PucciniAct: 3.06

Type: duetVoice: S TLanguage: Italian

Roles: Tosca/Cavaradossi
114Come e lunga l'attesa Popularity:

Opera: ToscaComposer: PucciniAct: 3.10

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Tosca
115Oh! di qual onta aggravasi Popularity:

Opera: NabuccoComposer: VerdiAct: 3.02-2

Type: duetVoice: Br SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Nabucco/Abigaille
116Pieta pieta pieta Popularity:

Opera: AidaComposer: VerdiAct: 3.07-3

Type: recitativeVoice: Br SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Amonasro/Aida
117Tutto sprezzo che d'Ernani Popularity:

Opera: ErnaniComposer: VerdiAct: 1.07

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Elvira
118L'amo come il fulgor del creato Popularity:

Opera: Gioconda, LaComposer: PonchielliAct: 2.12

Type: duetVoice: S MzLanguage: Italian

Roles: Gioconda/Laura
119Deh! perdona deh! perdona Popularity:

Opera: NabuccoComposer: VerdiAct: 3.03-1

Type: duetVoice: Br SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Nabucco/Abigaille
120Norma deh Norma scolpati Popularity:

Opera: NormaComposer: BelliniAct: 2.17

Type: recitativeVoice: B S TLanguage: Italian

Roles: Oroveso/Norma/Pollione
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