[1][2] She studied there at the Pancho Vladigerov National Academy of Music, followed by further training in Vienna, and with Anita Cerquetti in Rome.
[1] Krasteva started her operatic career in Bulgaria in 2001, where she had her stage debut as Sally Bowles in the musical Cabaret at the Stefan Makedonski National Music Theatre in Sofia.
[3][2] In 2002, Krasteva joined the Vienna State Opera, where she was a member of their ensemble from September 2002 to June 2012, making her stage debut as Fenena in Verdi's Nabucco, and performing in more than thirty roles, including Princess Eboli, Leonor de Guzman, Sara, Preziosilla, Marina, Olga, and Suzuki.
[3] Krasteva made her debut with the San Francisco Opera in their 2015/16 season, singing Princess Eboli, in Verdi's Don Carlo, a role she had already performed with Metropolitan Opera and Semperoper Dresden.
[4] Krasteva makes her Royal Opera House in the 2017/18 season, singing Maddalena in Verdi's Rigoletto.