In February on the Stara Zagora State Opera stage
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Performances in February 2017
Thursday, February 2, 11.00, Opera House
"Pinocchio" - opera for children by Alexander Yossifov
Director, set and costume design Denis Ivanov
Conductor Mladen Stanev
Soloists and chamber orchestra of the State Opera-Stara Zagora
The story of the adventures of the favourite of many generations of readers and viewers will come to life amid lavish sets and in beautiful costumes, which are entirely the work of the young and talented director, set designer and costume designer Denis Ivanov. His directorial narrative is aimed not only at the youngest viewers, but also at all adults who are no strangers to the timeless themes of forgotten universal human values.
3 February, Friday, 19.00, Opera Hall
"Dragoonette" and "Croquefer" operetta-buffa by Jacques Offenbach
Directed by Slavcho Nikolov
Conductor Dimitar Kosev
Scenic design and costumes Gendoni
Choreography Romina Slavova
Starring Evgeny Arabadzhiev, Alexander Baranov-guest, Anita Shishkova-guest, Neli Necheva, Emilia Djurova, Teresa Brakalova-guest, Milko Mikhailov, Georgi Dinev, Plamen Asenov
Orchestra, Choir and Ballet of Stara Zagora State Opera
A young, talented and enthusiastic team created impressively aesthetic and fresh performances, carrying the extraordinary charge of bright artistic individuality and creative inspiration. The strong and proven in several productions already tandem Slavcho Nikolov /director/ and Romina Slavova /choreography and sculpture/ received powerful support from the designer GENDONI with his exquisite costumes and sophisticated decor. Costumes - with elaborate details and story in them. Décor - modern, stylish, non-fussy, extremely versatile. And beautiful. The creative team successfully created the look of both operettas in a modern and clever way. With humor. With measure. With command of the situation and the expressive tools of body and voice. Without overacting, without tasteless comedy in the artists. Very organic.
4 February, Saturday, 18.00, Zahariy Knyazheski Library Hall
"Jazzspection" French jazz concert
Music Claude Bolling
Stills from the film " Baraka" by Ron Frick
Directed by Slavcho Nikolov
Music director Dimitar Kosev
Participants Iva Profirova-flute, Dimitar Kosev-piano, Iliya Igribozov-contrabass, Atanas Georgiev-percussion
Multimedia Plamen Asenov
JAZOSPECTION is an attempt to unite the views on life of three generations of artists. A concert looking for proof that time and age don't matter when you find the right theme , combined with the right music and personnel. The theme the concert explores is global and extremely poignant. Planet Earth is wonderful, religions teach us good, but the greed of humans makes the world what it is today, and it is up to us to decide what it will be !
7 February, Tuesday, 7 p.m., Opera House
"Don Pasquale" comic opera by Gaetano Donizetti
Conductor Dimitar Kossev
Directed by Stefan Donev
Scenography and costumes Asya Stoimenova
Soloists, choir and orchestra of the State Opera-Stara Zagora
In the year of Gaetano Donizetti /1797-1848/, when the world music community celebrates 220 years since the birth of the brilliant Italian composer, the Stara Zagora Opera chooses to add another masterpiece to its repertoire - the comic opera Don Pasquale.The comic opera "Don Pasquale" is a real benchmark in the genre - if we are to give an example of the ideal opera-buffa, the masterpiece of Gaetano Donizetti has all the chances to "grab" the first place in such a ranking. A funny story, quality humour, comic situations with unexpected endings, the characters are as if they had just come out of the Italian "commedia dell'arte".
10 February, Friday, 19.00, Opera Hall
"A Parisian Life" operetta by Jacques Offenbach
Directed by prof. Rumen Neykov
Conductor Dimitar Kosev,
Choreography Alida Boneva
Scenography Ivan Tokadzhiev
Costume designer Antonia Popova
Soloists, choir, orchestra and ballet of Stara Zagora State Opera
In "Parisian Life" two love scenes unfold, one mistaken detention, but everything ends successfully and joyfully with the universal jubilation that nothing and no one can silence Art- if it is not on the stage, it will be in the streets, boulevards, everywhere! The action takes place 150 years ago, during the World's Fair in Paris in 1867. The operetta was commissioned to be written to commemorate that fair, and was composed the year before-by the now-famous Maestro Offenbach and some wonderful librettists. "I hope we can lull the audience into this Offenbach magic - that everything is light, pours like champagne. It does seem as if it's easy, but interpretively it's not . I am convinced that the performance will be a great pleasure for the audience" - says the director Prof. Rumen Neykov.
14 February, Tuesday, 19.00, Opera Hall
PREMIERE
"Casanova" - musical by Georgi Kostov, text by Yuri Dachev
Directed by Ognyan Draganov
Conductor Vladimir Boshnakov
Scenography and costumes Ivan Tokadzhiev
Starring Nikolai Motov, Ivaylo Yovchev, Michaela Berova, Teresa Brakalova, Alexander Marulev, Peter Kunev, Khristofor Nedkov, Neli Necheva, Ivona Ivanova, Prolet Pencheva, Kremena Raicheva, Lili Khodjeva, Kamelia Stoycheva, Emilia Djurova, Irina Radilova, Nina Dimitrova, Ivan Kolev
Stara Zagora State Opera Orchestra and Ballet
Venice intrigues in anticipation of the carnival... Casanova is seduced and abandoned - and retires to write a memoir. In Yuri Dachev's libretto, the sentence "Someone is always watching you from somewhere" is meant to be a key maxim, a lesson for the performance. And its musical counterpart is the theme of "To Crave You," on which Georgi Kostov (who composed the song himself decades ago) set most of the music in the musical.
18 February, Saturday, 17.00, Opera Hall
"Tosca" opera by Giacomo Puccini
Conductor Shungo Moriyama / Japan /
Directed by Ognyan Draganov
Stage adaptation Todor Demerov
The performance is a part of a social project of the State Opera Stara Zagora for disadvantaged children and adults, social homes and specialized institutions.Starring Velina Bozhilova as Floria Tosca and Masaya Matsuzawa as Baron Scarpia
Soloists, choir and orchestra of Stara Zagora State Opera
With the participation of DYSSOB "Margaritki"
Pre-Bulgarian Survival School "Baga-Tour"
28 February, Tuesday , 19.00, Opera Hall
PREMIERE
"Romeo and Juliet" ballet to music by P.I. Tchaikovsky
"Flight to the Light" ballet to music by Tchaikovsky, Gershwin, Massenet, Piazzolla, Rossini
Choreography by Silvia Tomova
Scenography and costumes Salvatore Russo /Italy/
Ballet of State Opera-Stara Zagora
The soloists in the roles of Romeo and Juliet are like reborn heroes of Romanticism - tender, young, so pure in their love. Costume designer Salvatore Russo masterfully recreates the authenticity of the era in every detail. And the dancing is expressive, virtuosic, argumentative in every movement. Silvia Tomova accentuates the psychological development of the characters skillfully and thoroughly. Throughout her conception, she incorporates the philosophical search of rejected young people who do not accept the limitations of prejudice. In the second part of the ballet evening, the audience will experience another real delight for the senses with the performance "Flight to the Light". Different colours of the rainbow are incorporated into the fabulously beautiful costumes, selected music from Rossini, Tchaikovsky, Massenet, Piazzolla, Gershwin will sound in unison with all the dance sensuality of the performance, ethereal movements and different dance techniques will catch the attention and allow the audience to drift away in the flight of their fantasies. Red, blue, green, yellow, white, black, the visible and invisible colors of our soul.