Our Team
The artists, musicians, and stage professionals who bring the National Opera and Ballet to life every evening.
Opera Management
(20)- Dejan Stoev, MAArtistic Director
- Gianluca Martinenghi (Italy)Chief Conductor
- Bisera ChadlovskaConductor
- Ivan EminovikjSecond Conductor
- Dejan ProshevStage Director
- Gjurgjica Stojchevska DashikjAss. Choir Master
- Jasmina GjorgjeskaAss. Choir Master
- Ljupka JakimovskaAss. Director
- Trajko JordanovskiAss. Director
- Gabriela AndonovaOrchestra Coordinator
- Marjan BlazhevskiChoir Coordinator
- Janinka NevchevaPiano Accompanist
- Andreja NaunovPiano Accompanist
- Elena SiljanoskaPiano Accompanist
- Dragan KostadinovikjStage Manager
- Marko PavlevskiStage Manager
- Nevena GeorgievaPrompter
- Jordancho TeodosievskiMusic Archivist
- Igor ShoklevskiMusic Archivist
- Maja Sazdanovska-LilcikjProfessional Associate Organizer in Opera
Ballet Management
(7)- Milka Salapura KanikovaSecretary of Technical Operations
- Marija FilikjProfessional Associate
- Dubravka ShopovaBallet Stage Manager
- Tijana Tarchugovska GeorgievaBallet Stage Manager
- Marjan VasilevskiBallet Accompanist
- Stefan PehchevskiBallet Accompanist
Opera Soloists
(31)- Cvetan StojanovskiPrincipal Opera Soloist
- Blagica Pop TomovaPrincipal Opera Soloist
- Pavlina Novakova GeorgievDistinguished Opera Soloist
- Aleksandar StefanoskiDistinguished Opera Soloist
- Deshira Ahmeti KrliuDistinguished Opera Soloist
- Nada TalevskaDistinguished Opera Soloist
- Elena GolomeovaDistinguished Opera Soloist
- Marika PopovikjSoloist – Supporting Roles
- Ana Rojdeva TalevskaSoloist – Supporting Roles
- Marjan NikolovskiSoloist – Supporting Roles
- Neven SiljanovskiSoloist – Minor/Episodic Roles
- Dragan AmpovSoloist – Minor/Episodic Roles
Ballet Soloists
(22)- Goran BozhinovPrincipal Dancer
- Prof. Aleksandra Mijalkova, MAPrincipal Dancer
- Mirjana Pop Aleksova AtanasovskaPrincipal Dancer
- Boban KovachevskiPrincipal Dancer
- Marija Josifovska RistovskaProminent Ballet Soloist
- Lora TarchugovskaProminent Ballet Soloist
- Dragan PandilovskiProminent Ballet Soloist
- Biljana PasharikovskaProminent Ballet Soloist
- Sasha EvtimovaProminent Ballet Soloist
- Igor VelanoskiProminent Ballet Soloist
- Kiro PavlovProminent Ballet Soloist
- Andrijana PetkovskiProminent Ballet Soloist
Choir
(13)- Silvija IlikjSoprano
- Elizabeta MirchevskaSoprano
- Zhaklina StojchevskaSoprano
- Katerina BoshkovskaSoprano
- Snezhana StojanovskaSoprano
- Helene AngelovskaSoprano
- Emilija PalashevaSoprano
- Violeta ShulajkovskaAlto
- Biljana KostikjAlto
- Marjan StojanoskiTenor
- Igor KrsteskiTenor
- Dimitar KozhuharovBass-baritone
- Aleksandar NikodinovskiBass-baritone
Orchestra
(13)- Verica LambevskaViolin 1 - Concertmaster
- Kliment TodoroskiViolin 1 - Concertmaster
- Jane BakevskiViolin 1 - Concertmaster
- Boris VishinViolin 2 - Principal
- Marija GeorgievaViola - Principal
- Bozhidar PejikjCello - Principal
- Ivan LambevskiDouble Bass - Principal
- Gordana Ilievska NikolovaFlute 1
- Tatijana Petrushevska KaraskakovskaOboe 1
- Risto TrajanoskiClarinet 1
- Stojanche KosovskiTrumpet 1
- Sashko NikolovskiTrombone 1
- Filip ShurbevskiTimpani