24/08/2026
✨ Aleksandrina Mihaylova ✨ Rising Soprano ✨
✨ Born in Bulgaria (1998), she has won significant international competitions, including the 2nd Prize at the "Ghena Dimitrova" Competition in Pleven and the 1st Prize at the 6th "Etta e Paolo Limiti Prize" Competition in Milan.
✨ Since 2017, she has studied and participated in masterclasses with the renowned soprano Raina Kabaivanska at the New Bulgarian University and the "Vecchi-Tonelli" Music Institute in Modena, honing her technical and artistic skills under Kabaivanska's guidance.
✨ She was admitted to the Accademia della Scala, where she debuted as Carolina in Cimarosa's "Il matrimonio segreto". Subsequently, she shone as Chiara in "Chiara e Serafina" at the Donizetti Festival in Bergamo and debuted as the Little Prince in Pierangelo Valtinoni’s "Il piccolo principe" at the Teatro alla Scala.
✨ At the Teatro del Maggio, she performed the role of Musetta in "La Bohème" (2023).
✨ She won the Emerging Voices Award at the 75th edition of the AsLiCo International Competition for Young Opera Singers (2024). She portrayed the role of Ivette in "La Rondine" at the Teatro alla Scala, under the baton of Maestro Riccardo Chailly and the stage direction of Irina Brook, alongside Mariangela Sicilia and Matteo Lippi.
✨ As part of the centenary celebrations of Giacomo Puccini's death, Aleksandrina performed the role of Musetta in "La Bohème" on tour, conducted by Maestro Alberto Veronesi and staged by Grischa Asagaroff, presented in Baku, Azerbaijan.
✨ In November 2024, she was selected for the role of Violetta through the Magda Olivero International Opera Competition in Milan, where she won first prize and the audience award, and subsequently performed the role at EcoTeatro in Milan (March 2025).
✨ In 2025-2026 she performed as Violetta in "La Traviata" at Teatro Milanollo in Savigliano, Teatro Municipale in Casale Monferrato and the Sofia National Opera. She appeared as Norina in Donizetti's "Don Pasquale" at the Cinema Teatro in Chiasso, Switzerland. She participated in the new production of Anna A. by Silvia Colasanti at Teatro alla Scala, performing the roles of Nina Berberova and Marina Tsvetaeva.