Ivanka Ninova

'''Ivanka Ninova''' ({{langx|bg| Иванка Нинова}}) is a Bulgarian mezzo-soprano opera singer born in Vidin.

==Education== She began her musical education at a music school and later at the Pancho Vladigerov National Academy of Music in Sofia.

==Career== Since 1989 she has been a soloist at the Sofia National Opera. Her roles include Princess Eboli in ''Don Carlo'', Preziosilla in ''La Forza del Destino'', Amneris in ''Aida'', Azucena in ''Il Trovatore'', Fenena in ''Nabucco'', Suzuki in ''Madame Butterfly'', and Carmen. Ninova has given many concert hall performances, including roles in the requiems of Mozart, Verdi, and Dvorak, in Rossini's Stabat Mater, Handel's ''Messiah'', Beethoven's 9th Symphony and many others. More recently she has been a lecturer at the Pancho Vladigerov Music Academy. Though she has performed abroad and throughout Europe, her career has been largely limited to Bulgaria.

==Selected recordings== * Rossini: ''Opera Arias for Mezzo-Soprano and Orchestra''. Ivanka Ninova, mezzo-soprano; Orchestra of the Sofia National Opera; conductor: Nayden Todorov. Music Minus One, MMO4077.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rossini - Opera Arias for Mezzo-Soprano and Orchestra |url=https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/en/product/rossini-opera-arias-for-mezzo-soprano-and-orchestra-4958951.html |website=Sheet Music Plus |access-date=25 May 2026}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Opera Arias for Mezzo Soprano and Orchestra |url=https://www.stretta-music.at/rossini-opera-arias-for-mezzo-soprano-and-orchestra-nr-465471.html |website=Stretta Music |language=de |access-date=25 May 2026}}</ref> * Verdi: ''Arias for Mezzo-Soprano with Orchestra''. Ivanka Ninova, mezzo-soprano; Festival Orchestra of Bulgaria; conductor: Nayden Todorov. Music Minus One, MMO4055.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Verdi Arias For Mezzo Soprano With Orchestra |url=https://www.stantons.com/sheet-music/title/verdi-arias-for-mezzo-soprano-with-orche/MMOCDG4055/ |website=Stanton's Sheet Music |access-date=25 May 2026}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sheet Music + Playback-CD VERDI ARIAS FOR MEZZO-SOPRANO ORCHESTRA |url=https://www.soundofmusic-shop.de/Sheet_Music_Playback-CD_VERDI_ARIAS_FOR_MEZZO-SOPRANO_ORCHESTRA.html |website=Sound of Music Shop |access-date=25 May 2026}}</ref> * Verdi: ''Messa da Requiem''. Daniela Nedialkova, Ivanka Ninova, Roumen Doikov and Emil Ponorski; Choir and Orchestra of the Sofia National Opera; conductor: Ivan Marinov. Brilliant Classics, 2006.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Messa da Requiem recording by Ivan Marinov |url=https://classical.music.apple.com/gb/recording/giuseppe-verdi-1813-pp42-724419615 |website=Apple Music Classical |access-date=25 May 2026}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=France |first=John |title=Verdi - Messa da Requiem |url=https://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2003/jun03/Verdi_Requiem_marinov.htm |website=MusicWeb International |date=June 2003 |access-date=25 May 2026}}</ref> * Mozart: "Voi che sapete", from ''The Marriage of Figaro''. Ivanka Ninova, mezzo-soprano; Sofia Symphony Orchestra; conductor: Dimiter Dimitrov. Included in the compilation ''Mozart - Highlights aus den großen Opern''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mozart - Highlights aus den großen Opern |url=https://www.prestomusic.com/stream/album/9841078 |website=Presto Music |access-date=25 May 2026}}</ref>

== References == {{Reflist}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070113183614/http://www.ivankaninova.com/ Ivanka Ninova's Art] official page

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