Anna Ibara

Billed at the head of a Sofia Philharmonic evening in Sofia on 25 January 2018, Anna Ibara appeared as the soloist of the programme. Born in Valencia, she began on the organ and the classical guitar at six and took her singing degree at the Joaquín Rodrigo Conservatory before further study in Vienna, Paris and New York. A mezzo-soprano whose central roles are Carmen, Dalila, Amneris and Azucena, she has sung at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, the Teatro Real in Madrid, the Mariinsky, La Monnaie, English National Opera and the Teatro Colón, under conductors including Colin Davis, Marc Minkowski and Rossen Milanov. She holds a Grammy for a recording of Falstaff, and her discs have appeared on Deutsche Grammophon, Opus Arte, Dynamic and Naxos.