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Mimi Mihaylova Balkanska (1902 - 1984) was a
She becomes a co-founder of the Sofia Musical Theater "Stefan Makedonski" in Sofia along with other famous artists at the time. It remains as the only theater in Sofia that has been playing musicals for more than 90 years.
Balkanska is also one of the co-founders and the director of the Art Opera House in Sofia from 1942 to 1946. Afterwards, from 1948 until 1963 she works in the National Musical Theater in Sofia. She still remains as one of the most popular Opera singers in Bulgaria.
Nowadays, there are theater spectacles in her honor - Mimi Balkanska, the Queen of the Opera.
Bulgarian
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opera singer. Her home in Sofia
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is national heritage and a Museum.
Biography
Balkanska was born on 22 July 1902 in the Bulgarian townRuse
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. She is the granddaughter of Nikola Balkanski, a cousin of Georgi Sava Rakovski
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. After her father passes away in 1907, her entire family moves to the capital - 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 ...
. From 1914 to 1917 she takes piano lessons with Heinrich Wiesner and singing with Penka Toromanova,a famous opera singer.
Mimi later specializes in singing in Berlin
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and Vienna
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. She marries twice. Her first husband is the trainer Ivan Tsatschev.
On the 23th of May, 1975 she is awarded with the honorary award of Socialist labor and named a Hero of Socialist Labor. She receives other awards like "Red Flag of Labor during 1959 and the "Kiril and Metodii" culture award.
Balkanska also receives other numerous Soviet and National awards like "best artist" in 1949, "national artist" in 1950 and "Dimitrovska nagrada" in 1950.
Career
Occupation
She starts her career in 1916, taking part in the first ever contest for artists, choristers and orchestrates in the National Opera and Ballet of Bulgaria. She is 14 years old at the time. At the age of 17 years old, she sings in the Opera Theater "Renaissance"
She becomes a co-founder of the Sofia Musical Theater "Stefan Makedonski" in Sofia along with other famous artists at the time. It remains as the only theater in Sofia that has been playing musicals for more than 90 years.
Balkanska is also one of the co-founders and the director of the Art Opera House in Sofia from 1942 to 1946. Afterwards, from 1948 until 1963 she works in the National Musical Theater in Sofia. She still remains as one of the most popular Opera singers in Bulgaria.
Nowadays, there are theater spectacles in her honor - Mimi Balkanska, the Queen of the Opera.
Major Operetta roles
* Sylva Varescu, The Csardas Princess, an operetta by the Hungarian composer Emmerich Kálmán. * Liza and Countess Maritsa, in Countess Maritsa by the Hungarian composer Emmerich Kálmán. * Ana Glavari in the Merry Widdow '' Franz Lehár'' an Austro-Hungarian composer. * Crystel, in The Bird Seller byCarl Zeller
Carl Adam Johann Nepomuk Zeller (19 June 1842 – 17 August 1898) was an Austrian composer of operettas.
Zeller was born in Sankt Peter in der Au, the only child of physician Johann Zeller and Maria Anna Elizabeth. Zeller's father died before hi ...
.
Filmography
* "Vesela Bulgaria" - A young lady (Premiered 19 December 1928) * Neveroyatna Istoriya, (1964)References