Stefka Evstatieva

Stefka Evstatieva (, ; 7 May 1947 – 9 November 2025) was a Bulgarian operatic soprano. She performed with the Sofia National Opera from 1979 and soon made an international career at the major opera houses of Europe and the United States. She portrayed Desdemona in Verdi's Otello at the Royal Opera House in London, Maddalena in Giordano's Andrea Chénier at La Scala in Milan, Lisa in Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades at the Philadelphia Opera, and Elisabetta in Verdi's Don Carlos at the Metropolitan Opera, among many others.

Life and career Born in Ruse on 7 May 1947,

Evstatieva's first performance in the United States was as Lisa in Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades with the Philadelphia Opera,