Aron Aronov

Among the cast of the Sofia National Opera's Carmen on 25 March 2003 was Aron Aronov, on stage with Ludmila Hadjieva, Anna Cuo, Mikolai Zalasinski and Rusalina Mochukova. The production was directed by Svetozar Donev, with choreography by Flavio Bennati and set design by Evgenia Raeva. Born in Dupnitsa in 1937, Aronov made his professional debut as Alfredo at Varna Opera in 1965 and in the same year joined the Stefan Makedonski Musical Theatre in Sofia, where for more than four decades he sang leading operetta parts including Edwin in Die Csardasfuerstin, Tassilo in Graefin Mariza, Danilo in The Merry Widow, Sou-Chong in The Land of Smiles. He gave his later years to teaching and died in 2022.