35th Stage Anniversary     Anna Tomowa-Sintow celebrated the 35th anniversary of her stage debut with a triumphant concert performance of "AIDA" at the opera in Sofia in September this year. The performance was attended by leading national and international personalities from the cultural and diplomatic scene. On this occasion Mme Tomowa-Sintow was also awarded the honorary doctor's degree (doctor honoris causa) of the Sofia conservatory.   Le Monde de la Musique, November 2001:   "THE QUEEN OF SOFIA Anna Tomowa-Sintow's voice was for Herbert von Karajan the synonym of light. Here we have 35 years now that this star is shining. Sofia honoured the Bulgarian soprano by offering her the opening night of the season with Aida. Verdi was lucky! ...What Tomowa-Sintow evokes with her unfailingly supple and luminous soprano voice and her sensual diction is nothing less than eternity itself. What ardor, what power, what mastery in the way she guides the vocal line, gauges the breath of sinuous phrases, dominates the ensembles, caresses the words! Tomowa-Sintow has always known how to make her character vibrate by gently stroking the emotions. She simply draws brightness and light through her stage manner and her smile." Georges Gad