Anna Tomowa-Sintow [SEP] voice type
Anna Tomowa-Sintow
Anna Tomowa-Sintow (, by official transliteration "Anna Tomova-Sintova", born September 22, 1941, in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian soprano who has sung to great acclaim in all the major opera houses around the world in a repertoire that includes Mozart, Rossini, Verdi, Puccini, Wagner, and Strauss. She enjoyed a particularly close professional relationship with conductor Herbert von Karajan from 1973 until the conductor's death in 1989.
Life.
Tomowa-Sintow began
in 1980, both as Donna Anna; and her La Scala debut in 1982, as Elsa in "Lohengrin".
Her recording of "Ariadne auf Naxos" with James Levine and the Vienna Philharmonic won the 1988 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording.
External links.
- Anna Tomowa-Sintow: Primadonna with Heart
- Her page on the Stars of Bulgarian Opera site with 4 mp3 audio clips of selected arias
External links Interviews.
- Interview with Anna Tomowa-Sintow, October 1, 1985