Йоана Железчева

Yoana Zhelezcheva began at the Sofia Opera as a mezzo-soprano, in Andrea Chénier, Le nozze di Figaro, Carmen, Faust, Otello and Macbeth, and crossed into dramatic soprano repertoire with Amelia in Un ballo in maschera. She finished her schooling in Shumen and took her master's degree in 2003 at the Pancho Vladigerov National Academy of Music, where she studied opera singing with the mezzo-soprano Hristina Angelakova; a first prize at the Hristo Brambarov competition and a second at the Gena Dimitrova came early. A permanent member of the soloists at State Opera Burgas since 2008, she has sung Aida, Norma, Lady Macbeth, Leonora in Il trovatore, Santuzza, Liù, Cio-Cio-San and Manon Lescaut, and has appeared with the companies of Varna and Rousse and in open-air and festival productions.