Katya Asenova Popova ( Bulgarian: Katya Asenova Popova ; January 21, 1924, Pleven , Bulgaria - November 24, 1966, Bratislava , Slovakia ) - opera singer (lyrical soprano). People's Artist of the People's Republic of Bulgaria . Laureate of the Dimitrov Prize I degree (1959).
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| Full name | Katya Asenova Popova | ||
| Date of Birth | January 21, 1924 | ||
| Place of Birth | Pleven , Bulgaria | ||
| Date of death | November 24, 1966 (42 years old) | ||
| Place of death | Bratislava , Slovakia | ||
| A country |  Bulgaria | ||
| Professions | opera singer , actress | ||
| Singing voice | lyrical soprano | ||
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Biography
She studied singing at the Sofia Academy of Music (teacher - Mara Marinova-Tsibulka), then improved with Asen Dimitrov and Katya Spiridonova.
She made her debut on the stage of the Sofia Opera in 1947 as Esmeralda in the opera “ Sold Bride ” by B. Smetana .
In 1955-1956 Internship at the Moscow Bolshoi Theater .
Successfully performed on the stages of the Bolshoi Theater ( Moscow ), the Grand Opera and Opera Comic ( Paris ), performed in Vienna , Athens , Prague , Belgrade , Kiev , Leningrad , Kharkov , Sverdlovsk , Skopje , etc.
The performer of the main roles in operas by Tchaikovsky , S. Gounod , D. Puccini , J. Massenet and others.
She died as a result of a plane crash of the Il-18 aircraft of Balkan Airlines near Bratislava .
Selected Parties
- Margarita , Faust by Charles Gounod
- Manon Lescaut , " Manon " by Jules Massenet
- Mimi , " Bohemia " by Giacomo Puccini
Awards and Prizes
- Order of the Red Banner of Labor
- Order of the People's Republic of Bulgaria, III degree (1959)
- Dimitrov Prize of the 1st degree (1959) (for playing the role of Natasha in the opera War and Peace by S. Prokofiev and Margarita in Gounod's Faust)
- I prize of the IV World Festival of Youth and Students in Bucharest (1953)
- II Prize of the International Music Competition in Prague (1954).