Aleksandrina Mihaylova

ALEKSANDRINA MIHAYLOVA (born 1998) initially studied piano and began later studying opera singing in Shumen. In 2014, she won first place at the International Franz Schubert Competition in Ruse, and in 2015 she was awarded the special prize at the Vivavoce Competition in Sofia, and the Young Talent Award at the Otto Edelmann Singing Competition in Vienna. She has participated in numerous concerts with the Shumen Symphony. In 2016, she took part in Raina Kabaivanska's master class in Sofia. From 2017 to 2021, she continued her professional development in her class in Modena as a scholarship holder of the Raina Kabaivanska Foundation, while also studying at the Vecchi–Tonelli Music Institute in Modena, graduating with honours with a bachelor's degree in opera singing (2021). As part of the master class, she performed on stages in Sofia, Burgas, Modena, Varese, and Mirandola. In 2019, she won second prize at the Ghena Dimitrova International Competition for Young Opera Singers in Pleven. She was awarded three prizes at the Etta and Paolo Limiti International Opera Competition in Milan (May 2021): first prize and the prize for the youngest talent. She won a scholarship to study at the La Scala Academy of Lyric Opera (Accademia Teatro alla Scala) in Milan (2021–2023), where she worked with Luciana D'Intino, Pietro Spagnoli, Barbara Frittoli, Gregory Kunde, Michele Pertusi, Michele D'Elia, Vincenzo Scalera, and James Vaughan. In December 2021, she made her debut on the stage of the National Opera and Ballet in Sofia in Puccini's opera Turandot in the role of Liù, and in September and October 2022 she appeared as Carolina in Cimarosa's opera The Secret Marriage at La Scala in Milan, as well as in the role of the Little Prince in Pierangelo Valtinoni's children's opera of the same name. In November 2024, she was selected for the role of Violetta through the Magda Olivero International Opera Competition in Milan, where she won first prize and the audience award, and subsequently performed the role at EcoTeatro in Milan (March 2025). She also performed Violetta on stage at the State Opera in Stara Zagora, the Ancient Theatre in Plovdiv, Teatro Milanollo in Savigliano, Teatro Municipale in Casale Monferrato, and the National Opera and Ballet in Sofia. In the same year, she performed the role of Norina in Donizetti's Don Pasquale at the State Opera in Varna and at the Cinema Teatro in Chiasso, Switzerland, as well as the role of Gilda in Rigoletto, also at the State Opera in Varna. She participated in the new production of Anna A. by Silvia Colasanti at Teatro alla Scala, performing the roles of Nina Berberova and Marina Tsvetaeva. She has worked with conductors Riccardo Chailly, Ottavio Dantone, Giacomo Sagripanti, Sesto Quatrini, Óliver Díaz, Nayden Todorov, Jacopo Sipari di Pescasseroli, Svetoslav Borisov, Grigor Palikarov, and Anna Skryleva. She also performs concert repertoire on Bulgarian and international stages, including soprano parts in Carl Orff's Carmina Burana and Johannes Brahms' A German Requiem. Mihaylova is currently a soloist with the State Opera in Varna and is represented by Adriana Molina Artists Management.