Reinaldo Droz & Aleksandrina Mihaylova - O soave fanciulla (G. Puccini, La bohème)

The video recording was made during the Gala concert dedicated to the 90th anniversary of Raina Kabaivanska.
Conductor: Naiden Todorov
Orchestra of the State Opera Plovdiv
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Reinaldo Droz was born in Barcelona, the state of Anzoátegui in Venezuela. He studied at the Simon Bolivar conservatory .
In 2017 made his debut as Nemorino in the opera L’elisir D’amore from Gaetano Donizetti, in the same year he participated in Raina Kabaivanska's Master Class at New Bulgarian University and won a scholarship from the Raina Kabaivanska Fund to continue his education with the great Bulgarian opera singer at “Vecchi-Tonelli” Music Institute, Modena, Italy.
During his studies with the great soprano got the opportunity to debut great roles like Duca di Mantova from Rigoletto of Giuseppe Verdi in the “Teatro Municipal de Caracas” in Venezuela, Daniele in the Opera Betly from Gaetano Donizetti in Switzerland, 9th symphony of Beethoven in Colombia, the long lost Requiem from Ruggiero Leoncavallo in Modena as an homage to Luciano Pavarotti the commemorative day of his passing in the theater that bears his name and Ernesto from the opera Don Pasquale by Gaetano Donizetti in the “Sofia National Opera and Ballet”.
In the year 2021 won the first price in the fourth edition international competition for young opera singers singers “Gena Dimitrova” in the city of Pleven in Bulgaria and in 2022 First place in the “Anita Cerquetti” competition in Montecosaro, Italy.
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Aleksandrina Mihaylova was born on April 10, 1998 in Bulgaria. She began her musical training by studying piano in the city of Shumen. At the age of 14, she started studying opera singing and participated in numerous concerts in Bulgaria.
She won the 2nd Prize at the "Ghena Dimitrova" International Singing Competition in Pleven-2019.
Since 2017, she has participated in the vocal technique and interpretation Masterclass by Raina Kabaivanska at the New Bulgarian University and at the "Vecchi-Tonelli" Music Institute in Modena, Italy.
From May 19th to 22nd, she took part in the "Etta and Paolo Limiti" Award - 6th International Competition for Young Opera Singers at the Teatro degli Arcimboldi in Milan. In the competition, she won the first prize, the "Vota la Voce" Award, and the "Young Female Talent" Award.
She has been admitted to the Academy of Teatro alla Scala for the period 2021/2023.
In September 2022, she made her debut at Teatro alla Scala as Carolina in Cimarosa's opera "Il matrimonio segreto," and in October as the little prince in the children's opera "Il piccolo principe" by Pierangelo Valtinoni. In November 2022, she participated in the Donizetti Festival in Bergamo, performing the role of Chiara in Gaetano Donizetti's opera "Chiara e Serafina."
In December 2022, she sang Musetta in "La Bohème" at the Sofia Opera in Bulgaria.
In February 2023, she participated in the Belcanto Evening concert at the Opera Bastille in Paris.