Bulgarian mezzosoprano Svetlina Stoyanova was born in Sofia.

She was awarded 1st prize in the Neue Stimmen International Singing Competition in 2017 and 3rd Prize in Le Grand Prix de l’Opera.

Following her competition success, Svetlina Stoyanova was invited by Opéra de Nice Côte d’Azur and Anthéa Theatre to perform Cherubino (Le nozze di Figaro) and the leading role of Rosina (Il barbiere di Siviglia) for the Bregenz Festival.

Svetlina Stoyanova joined the Vienna State Opera as a soloist for seasons 2018/19 and 2019/20. She made her house debut as Dryade (Ariadne auf Naxos) and also performed the roles of Rosina (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Cherubino (Le nozze di Figaro), Roßweiße (Die Walküre) and Lola (Cavalleria Rusticana), among others. She also appeared in guest performances of the Vienna State Opera as Cherubino at the Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg and as Zerlina (Don Giovanni) at the Tonhalle Düsseldorf.

With Ensemble Matheus, led by Maestro Jean-Christophe Spinosi, Svetlina Stoyanova made her role debut as Isabella in L’Italiana in Algeri.In the summer of 2020, Svetlina Stoyanova made her role debut as Angelina (La Cenerentola) at the New Generation Festival in Florence, Italy.

Since then, Svetlina Stoyanova has debuted at important opera houses and festivals, such as the Gyndebourne Festival, Theater an der Wien, Opernhaus Zürich, Rossini Opera Festival Pesaro, the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow and the Zurich Opera House. She is particularly associated with La Scala in Milan, where she has sung roles such as Rosina (Barbiere di Siviglia), Cherubino (Nozze di Figaro), Zulma (Italiana in Algeri) and Dryade (Ariadne auf Naxos).

Recent successes include La Cenerentola in Düsseldorf, Athens and Riga; Roméo et Juliette (Stéphano) at the Theater an der Wien and Opernhaus Zürich and Sesto (Giulio Cesare) and Ruggiero (Alcina) at the Glyndebourne Festival.

In the current season she will sing her first Komponist (Ariadne auf Naxos) at the Teatr Wielki in Warsaw and can be heard as “Wellunde” (Rheingold” at the Teatro alla Scala, Milan.