{"id":10594,"date":"2026-02-18T14:39:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T13:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centrestagemanagement.com\/?p=10594"},"modified":"2026-09-14T15:23:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T13:23:48","slug":"svetlina-stoyanova","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centrestagemanagement.com\/en\/artists\/mezzo_soprano\/svetlina-stoyanova\/","title":{"rendered":"Svetlina Stoyanova"},"content":{"rendered":"

Svetlina Stoyanova is a Bulgarian mezzo-soprano whose expressive artistry, radiant voice, and captivating stage presence have earned her widespread acclaim from audiences and critics alike. Praised for her \u201cwarm, resonant timbre\u201d (Opera Gazet<\/em>), Stoyanova has graced some of the world\u2019s most renowned opera houses, including the Vienna State Opera, Teatro alla Scala, the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Hamburg State Opera, Opernhaus Z\u00fcrich, Deutsche Oper am Rhein, and the Bolshoi Theatre.<\/p>\n

In the 2026\/27 season, Stoyanova makes her debut at the Beijing Music Festival, performing Sesto in Handel\u2019s Giulio Cesare<\/em><\/strong> with the China Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Laurence Cumings. She returns to the Glyndebourne Festival as Angelina in a new production of Rossini\u2019s La Cenerentola<\/em><\/strong>, directed by Max Webster and conducted by Enrique Mazzola. She also appears as Carmen at the Sofia Opera and Ballet. On the concert stage, she performs Mendelssohn\u2019s Elijah<\/em><\/strong> at the Philharmonie de Paris, Mozart\u2019s Coronation Mass<\/em><\/strong> at Madrid\u2019s Auditorio Nacional de M\u00fasica with the Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de Espa\u00f1a (OCNE) and Giovanni Antonini, and Berg\u2019s Sieben fr\u00fche Lieder<\/em><\/strong> with the Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire. Further engagements include an appearance at the Apollonia Festival of Arts in Sozopol, as well as performances in the Rossini Gala and the New Year’s Gala at the Sofia Opera and Ballet.<\/p>\n

Stoyanova\u2019s international breakthrough came in 2016 with third prize at Le Grand Prix de l\u2019Op\u00e9ra in Bucharest. In 2017, she won first prize at Neue Stimmen, launching engagements at major European opera houses. As a member of the Vienna State Opera ensemble during the 2018\/19 and 2019\/20 seasons, she performed roles including Rosina in Rossini\u2019s Il barbiere di Siviglia<\/em><\/strong>, Lola in Mascagni\u2019s Cavalleria rusticana<\/em><\/strong>, Zerlina in Mozart\u2019s Don Giovanni<\/em><\/strong>, and Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro<\/em><\/strong>. In 2021, she made her debuts at the Bolshoi Theatre as Rosina, at the Sofia Opera and Ballet as Angelina in La Cenerentola<\/em><\/strong>, and at Teatro alla Scala as Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro<\/em><\/strong>, later returning to the Milanese house as Rosina in Leo Muscato\u2019s new production of Il barbiere di Siviglia<\/em><\/strong>. In 2022, she made her role debut as Ruggiero in Handel\u2019s Alcina<\/em><\/strong> at the Glyndebourne Festival, sang Ganymed in Supp\u00e9\u2019s Die sch\u00f6ne Galathee<\/em><\/strong> with the M\u00fcnchner Rundfunkorchester under Ivan Repu\u0161i\u0107, Beppe in Mascagni\u2019s L\u2019amico Fritz<\/em><\/strong> at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, and Marguerite in Berlioz\u2019s La damnation de Faust<\/em><\/strong> with the Filarmonica Arad and Filarmonica Banatul Timi\u0219oara under Sascha Goetzel. In 2023, she made her role debut as St\u00e9phano in Gounod\u2019s Rom\u00e9o et Juliette<\/em><\/strong> at Opernhaus Z\u00fcrich. In 2025, she debuted the role as Komponist in Strauss\u2019s Ariadne auf Naxos<\/em><\/strong> at Teatr Wielki.<\/p>\n

Recent highlights include her return to Opernhaus Z\u00fcrich as H\u00e4nsel in a new production of Humperdinck\u2019s H\u00e4nsel und Gretel<\/em><\/strong>, as well as her return to Teatro alla Scala, where she sang Wellgunde in David McVicar\u2019s new production of Wagner\u2019s G\u00f6tterd\u00e4mmerung<\/em><\/strong> as well as Das Rheingold<\/em><\/strong>. Also in the 2025\/26 season, she made her highly anticipated house debut at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, as Cherubino in Mozart\u2019s Le nozze di Figaro<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

As a concert soloist, Stoyanova has appeared at prestigious venues and festivals including the Musikverein Vienna, Wigmore Hall London, the Sofia Music Weeks International Festival, the Bregenz Festival, and the Rossini Opera Festival. Her concert repertoire includes major works such as Elgar\u2019s The Dream of Gerontius<\/em><\/strong>, Vivaldi\u2019s Gloria<\/em><\/strong>, Beethoven\u2019s Mass in C major<\/em><\/strong>, Mahler\u2019s Symphony No. 4<\/em><\/strong> and R\u00fcckert-Lieder<\/em><\/strong>, Mozart\u2019s Requiem<\/em><\/strong>, Rossini\u2019s Messa di Milano<\/em><\/strong> and Petite messe solennelle<\/em><\/strong>, and Dvo\u0159\u00e1k\u2019s Mass in D major<\/em><\/strong>. Recent concert highlights include Berg\u2019s Sieben fr\u00fche Lieder<\/em><\/strong> under Sascha Goetzel at Kioi Hall, Tokyo.<\/p>\n

Her artistic contributions have been recognized with several honors, including inclusion in Forbes Bulgaria\u2019s \u201c30 Under 30\u201d list in 2019, the Daniel Froschauer Award, the Silver Medal of the Worshipful Company of Musicians, and a certificate from the Bulgarian Ministry of Culture for her role in promoting Bulgarian culture internationally.<\/p>\n

Born in Sofia, Bulgaria, Stoyanova began her musical journey as a soloist with the Children\u2019s Choir of the Bulgarian National Radio, where she performed for nine years. She initially pursued psychology at the University of Glasgow before following her passion for music at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, where she studied with Clare Shearer. She graduated with a Bachelor’s degree with honors before completing two Master’s degrees in Vocal Performance and Opera.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Svetlina Stoyanova is a Bulgarian mezzo-soprano whose expressive artistry, radiant voice, and captivating stage presence have earned her widespread acclaim from audiences and critics alike. Praised for her \u201cwarm, resonant timbre\u201d (Opera Gazet), Stoyanova has graced some of the world\u2019s most renowned opera houses, including the Vienna State Opera, Teatro alla Scala, the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Hamburg State Opera, Opernhaus Z\u00fcrich, Deutsche Oper am Rhein, and the Bolshoi Theatre.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In the 2026\/27 season, Stoyanova makes her debut at the Beijing Music Festival, performing Sesto in Handel\u2019s Giulio Cesare with the China Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Laurence Cumings. She returns to the Glyndebourne Festival as Angelina in a new production of Rossini\u2019s La Cenerentola, directed by Max Webster and conducted by Enrique Mazzola. She also appears as Carmen at the Sofia Opera and Ballet. On the concert stage, she performs Mendelssohn\u2019s Elijah at the Philharmonie de Paris, Mozart\u2019s Coronation Mass at Madrid\u2019s Auditorio Nacional de M\u00fasica with the Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de Espa\u00f1a (OCNE) and Giovanni Antonini, and Berg\u2019s Sieben fr\u00fche Lieder with the Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire. Further engagements include an appearance at the Apollonia Festival of Arts in Sozopol, as well as performances in the Rossini Gala and the New Year’s Gala at the Sofia Opera and Ballet.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":10700,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mezzo_soprano"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/centrestagemanagement.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/centrestagemanagement.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/centrestagemanagement.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centrestagemanagement.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centrestagemanagement.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10594"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/centrestagemanagement.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12850,"href":"https:\/\/centrestagemanagement.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10594\/revisions\/12850"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centrestagemanagement.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/centrestagemanagement.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centrestagemanagement.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centrestagemanagement.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}