"La Cenerentola, ossia La bontà in trionfo" ("Cinderella, or Goodness Triumphant") is a two-act comic opera drama by Gioachino Rossini.The libretto is by Jacopo Ferretti and it is borrowed from the fairy-tale of the same name by Charles Perrault.
At the Sofia Opera "La Cenerentola" has always been welcomed with exceptional love and interest from the audience. The young mezzo-soprano Alexandrina Stoyanova-Andreeva will make her debut on 5 June in "La Cenerentola" in the role of Angelina (Cinderella).
Who is Alexandrina Stoyanova-Andreeva?
Alexandrina Marinova Stoyanova-Andreeva graduated from the Panayot Pipkov National Music School in Pleven with a degree in violin. After that she studied and obtained a magister's degree in Classical singing at the Vocal Faculty of the Prof. Pancho Vladigerov National Academy of Music.
She took part in the master classes of Larisa Gergieva, Luciana D'Intino, Deda Colonna, Maurizio Torelli, Katherine Haataja, Boyko Tsvetanov, Stefka Evstatieva, Darina Takova, Anna Tomowa-Sintow and Mati Pinkas. For a long time, she worked with the great conductor and vocal pedagogue maestro Mihail Angelov, as well as with the singer
In November 2018, she became a soloist at the Sofia Opera and Ballet. Alexandrina debuted in the role of Princess Eboli in Verdi's opera "Don Carlo". In May 2018, she debuted at the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow (Russia) in the role of Grimgerde, daughter of Wotan, from Wagner's opera "Die Walküre".
In "La Cenerentola" take part also:
Hrisimir Damyanov (Prince Ramiro)
Atanas Mladenov (Dandino)
Nikolay Petrov (Don Magnifico)
Evgeniy Stanimirov (Alidoro)
Milena Gyurova (Clorinda)
Blagovesta Mekki-Tsvetkova (Tisbe)
Conductor: Zhorzh Dimitrov
The upcoming spectacle of the opera "La Cenerentola" on the stage of the Sofia Opera and Ballet is directed by Vera Petrova.
