Margarita Lilowa (26 July 1935 – 13 April 2012)ORF-Online: ''Kammersängerin Margarita Lilowa gestorben''
access-date 20 April 2018) was a Bulgarian-Austrian opera singer (

mezzo-soprano A mezzo-soprano or mezzo (; ; meaning "half soprano") is a type of classical female singing voice whose vocal range lies between the soprano and the contralto voice types. The mezzo-soprano's vocal range usually extends from the A below middle C ...

alto The musical term alto, meaning "high" in Italian (Latin: ''altus''), historically refers to the contrapuntal part higher than the tenor and its associated vocal range. In 4-part voice leading alto is the second-highest part, sung in choruses by ...

Life

Born in

Cherven Bryag Cherven bryag ( bg, Червен бряг, also translated , ) is a town in northern Bulgaria, a capital of the Cherven Bryag municipality, Pleven Province. It is situated on the right shore of the Zlatna Panega (river), Zlatna Panega in river ...

, (Bulgaria), Lilowa studied singing and choral conducting at the National Academy of Music in

Sofia Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and ha ...

with Maria Zibulka and Michail Jankow.Bach-cantatas.com: ''Margarita Lilova (Mezzo-soprano)''
access-date 20 October 2018 In 1959 she made her debut as Maddalena in '' Rigoletto'' at the opera of

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.OTS-Aussendung der Staatsoper (OTS0167 13. April 2012 13:10): ''Zum Tod von KS Margarita Lilowa und KS Heinz Holecek''
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In 1962 she made a guest appearance in London, Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon volume 3, 2004, afterwards she was engaged by the Vienna State Opera and on 1 January 1963 made her debut as Amneris in '' Aida''. She belonged to the Staatsoper-Ensemble until 1995 and sang 46 roles in 1135 performances, including Marcellina in ''

The Marriage of Figaro ''The Marriage of Figaro'' ( it, Le nozze di Figaro, links=no, ), K. 492, is a ''commedia per musica'' (opera buffa) in four acts composed in 1786 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with an Italian libretto written by Lorenzo Da Ponte. It premie ...

'' 143 times and Annina in '' Der Rosenkavalier'' 115 times . Lilowa also sang for twelve years at the Komische Oper Berlin and eleven years at the San Francisco Opera in the USA. She appeared at the

Salzburg Festival The Salzburg Festival (german: Salzburger Festspiele) is a prominent festival of music and drama established in 1920. It is held each summer (for five weeks starting in late July) in the Austrian town of Salzburg, the birthplace of Wolfgang Amad ...

from 1965. In 1992 she started teaching at the

University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna The University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (german: link=no, Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien, abbreviated MDW) is an Austrian university located in Vienna, established in 1817. With a student body of over three thousa ...

. In 1969 she was awarded the Berliner Kritikerpreis and in 1984 she was appointed Kammersängerin. Lilowa died in Vienna on 13 April 2012 at age 76.

Selected recordings

* Berlioz: ''

Les Troyens ''Les Troyens'' (; in English: ''The Trojans'') is a French grand opera in five acts by Hector Berlioz. The libretto was written by Berlioz himself from Virgil's epic poem the ''Aeneid''; the score was composed between 1856 and 1858. ''Les Tro ...

,'' Guy Chauvet,

Wolfgang Schöne Wolfgang Schöne (born 9 February 1940) is a German bass-baritone in opera and concert. Career Schöne was born in Bad Gandersheim. He began his studies of voice at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hannover with Naan Põld in 1964 and mo ...

, Peter Wimberger,

Nicola Ghiuselev Nicola Ghiuselev (Bulgarian: Никола Гюзелев) (also ''Gyuzelev''; 17 August 1936 – 16 May 2014) was a Bulgarian operatic bass, particularly associated with the Italian and Russian repertories. Biography Ghiuselev was born on 17 ...

, Horst Laubenthal (Iopas), N/A,

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Helga Dernesch Helga Dernesch (born 3 February 1939) is an Austrian soprano and mezzo-soprano. Her career has taken her through four successive phases: from mezzo-soprano to lyric soprano to dramatic soprano, and after about 1980 back to mezzo again. "Her voice ...

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, Margarita Lilowa (Anna), Vienna State Opera orchestra and chorus, conductor Gerd Albrecht, CD: Gala, Cat: GL 100.609

References

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Discography
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) {{DEFAULTSORT:Lilowa, Margarita 1935 births 2012 deaths People from Cherven Bryag Österreichischer Kammersänger Austrian operatic mezzo-sopranos Operatic contraltos Bulgarian emigrants to Austria