Anna Tomowa-Sintow

Anna Tomowa-Sintow has earned the reputation as one of the leading operatic sopranos from the latter quarter of the twentieth century. While she has largely been associated with Italian repertory -- particularly the operas of Verdi and Puccini -- she has also achieved great success in the works of Mozart and Richard Strauss. Born in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria, on September 22, 1941, Tomowa-Sintow was initially attracted to the piano, taking her first lessons at six years of age. She also occasionally sang in operas as a child and later enrolled in the Sofia Conservatory to study...