Kalina Zhekova

Singing with the State Opera Varna, Kalina Zhekova took part in the company's Christmas programme The Magical World of the Operetta on 15 and 16 December 2023, drawn from Johann Strauss II, Kálmán, Lehár, Offenbach and Suppé. Born in Stara Zagora, she read classical singing for a master's degree at the Pancho Vladigerov National Academy of Music with Ilka Popova and Nikolay Motsov. Her stage work has included Cherubino in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro at the Stara Zagora opera, Rumpleteazer and the Gumbie Cat in Webber's Cats at Varna, and Eros in Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld at the Stefan Makedonski Musical Theatre, alongside concerts and co-productions of the academy.