Soprano
Biography
Neli Petkova is a Bulgarian soprano who studied classical singing and piano at the Dobrin Petkov school in Plovdiv and took her master's degree in 2015 at the National Academy of Music Prof. Pancho Vladigerov, later working at the Boris Christov Academy in Rome and in masterclasses with Vesselina Kasarova. She was a soloist of the State Opera Rousse from 2021 to 2026 and joined the State Opera Stara Zagora in March 2026. With Nayden Todorov conducting she sang in La traviata at the Seebühne Bremen on 13 July 2022, in a cast that also held Lauren Francis, Georgi Sultanov and Alexander Krunev, and in Carmen at the Luisenburg-Festspiele in Wunsiedel on 21, 22 and 23 August 2026, beside Nataliia Matvieieva, Georgi Dinev and Plamena Girginova.