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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
121Figlio che fai Popularity:

Opera: TurandotComposer: PucciniAct: 1.08

Type: recitativeVoice: B T SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Timur/Calaf/Liù
122Ed io venivo a lui Popularity:

Opera: ToscaComposer: PucciniAct: 1.17

Type: duetVoice: S BrLanguage: Italian

Roles: Tosca/Scarpia
123Sotto il paterno tetto Popularity:

Opera: ObertoComposer: VerdiAct: 1.04-2

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Leonora
124Guerrieri e preso il tempio Popularity:

Opera: NabuccoComposer: VerdiAct: 1.06-1

Type: trioVoice: S T MzLanguage: Italian

Roles: Abigaille/Ismaele/Fenena
125Il tuo sangue o il mio amore Popularity:

Opera: ToscaComposer: PucciniAct: 3.05

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Tosca
126Lo sguardo avea degli angeli Popularity:

Opera: Masnadieri, IComposer: VerdiAct: 1.07

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Amalia
127Ecco l'orrido campo ove s'accoppia Popularity:

Opera: Ballo in maschera, UnComposer: VerdiAct: 2.02

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Amelia
128O vinti il capo a terra Popularity:

Opera: NabuccoComposer: VerdiAct: 1.10

Type: recitativeVoice: Br BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Nabucco/Zaccaria
129Regna il sonno su tutti Popularity:

Opera: MacbethComposer: VerdiAct: 1.09-1

Type: duetVoice: Br SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Macbeth/Lady McB
130A lui vivo la tomba Popularity:

Opera: AidaComposer: VerdiAct: 4.10-1

Type: recitativeVoice: Mz BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Amneris/Ramfis
131Ove son io Popularity:

Opera: MacbethComposer: VerdiAct: 3.03

Type: recitativeVoice: Br SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Macbeth/Lady McB
132Ora di morte e di vendetta Popularity:

Opera: MacbethComposer: VerdiAct: 3.04

Type: duetVoice: S BrLanguage: Italian

Roles: Lady McB/Macbeth
133Tosca che non mi veda Popularity:

Opera: ToscaComposer: PucciniAct: 1.15

Type: recitativeVoice: Br S BrLanguage: Italian

Roles: Scarpia/Tosca/A Sacristan
134O salce salce Popularity:

Opera: OtelloComposer: VerdiAct: 4.03-2

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Desdemona
135Ten va serenata Popularity:

Opera: Gioconda, LaComposer: PonchielliAct: 4.06

Type: Voice: S T MzLanguage: Italian

Roles: Gioconda/Enzo/Laura
136Te lodiamo gran Dio Popularity:

Opera: Lombardi Prima CrociataComposer: VerdiAct: 4.07

Type: recitative,choirVoice: B S TLanguage: Italian

Roles: Pagano (Hermit)/Giselda/Arvino
137Su me morente esanime Popularity:

Opera: NabuccoComposer: VerdiAct: 4.09

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Abigaille
138Ove son? Donde vengo Popularity:

Opera: LoreleyComposer: CatalaniAct: 1

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Loreley
139O Re pei sacri Numi Popularity:

Opera: AidaComposer: VerdiAct: 2.15

Type: recitativeVoice: B TLanguage: Italian

Roles: Ramfis/Radames
140Del primo pianto Popularity:

Opera: TurandotComposer: PucciniAct: 3.11

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Turandot
141Sangue a me quell ombra Popularity:

Opera: MacbethComposer: VerdiAct: 2.08

Type: quartetVoice: Br T S BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Macbeth/Macduff/Lady McB/Banco
142Pieta ti prenda del mio dolor Popularity:

Opera: AidaComposer: VerdiAct: 2.05

Type: recitativeVoice: S MzLanguage: Italian

Roles: Aida/Amneris
143Tremin gl'insani del mio furore Popularity:

Opera: NabuccoComposer: VerdiAct: 1.09-3

Type: sextet,choirVoice: Br B T Mz SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Nabucco/Zaccaria/Ismaele/Fenena/Abigaille
144Che e mai di me? Popularity:

Opera: TurandotComposer: PucciniAct: 3.10

Type: duetVoice: S TLanguage: Italian

Roles: Turandot/Calaf
145E fermo il voto? Popularity:

Opera: Forza del destino, LaComposer: VerdiAct: 2.15-4

Type: duetVoice: S BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Leonora/Guardiano
146S'oda or me Popularity:

Opera: NabuccoComposer: VerdiAct: 2.08

Type: quartetVoice: Br Mz B BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Nabucco/Fenena/Zaccaria/High priest
147Chi e la Otello Popularity:

Opera: OtelloComposer: VerdiAct: 4.05-1

Type: recitativeVoice: S TLanguage: Italian

Roles: Desdemona/Otello
148Quest ultimo bacio che il pianto Popularity:

Opera: Gioconda, LaComposer: PonchielliAct: 4.08-2

Type: trioVoice: Mz S TLanguage: Italian

Roles: Laura/Gioconda/Enzo
149Il giorno intorno Popularity:

Opera: Andrea ChenierComposer: GiordanoAct: 1.02-2

Type: recitativeVoice: S Br MzLanguage: Italian

Roles: Maddalena/Carlo/Comtesse
150Radames Radames Radames! Popularity:

Opera: AidaComposer: VerdiAct: 4.09

Type: recitativeVoice: B SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Ramfis/Sacerdotessa
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