"La Traviata" again with Besa Lugici /Kosovo/
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Stara Zagora Opera presents again "La Traviata"
On 31 January at 19.00 the Stara Zagora Opera will again present the opera "La Traviata" by Giuseppe Verdi with the participation of the brilliant Bess Lugici /Kosovo/ in the role of Violetta Valery, Nikolai Motov in the role of Alfred Germont and Alexander Krunev in the role of Georges Germont. The conductor is Ivaylo Krinchev, chief conductor of the State Opera - Stara Zagora. In the performance of the opera "La Traviata" also participate Neli Necheva, Emilia Djurova, Kostadin Yakshev, Alexander Marulev, Engeniy Arabadzhiev, Peter Kunev, Ivan Kolev, Bogomil Rusenov and others, choir, orchestra and ballet of the State Opera-Stara Zagora.
Directed by Frank-Bernd Gottschalk /Germany/, set and costume design by Boris Stoynov, choreography by Andreas Pesler /Germany/.
Besa Lugici enchanted the Bulgarian audience with her performances at the Mozart Festival in Pravets, with her debut in the role of Mimi from Puccini's Bohemi on the stage of the Rousse Opera House and especially after her triumph in the role of Lucia from Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor in Stara Zagora and on the outdoor stage in the square in Pravets on the closing night of the Mozart Festival /on 20 August 2016/. In 2013 the soprano won the Grand Prix "Elena Nikolai" at the International Competition for Young Opera Singers in Panagyurishte. With her debut in "La Traviata" on the stage of Stara Zagora Opera on 30 September 2016 was opened the new Creative Season 2016/2017 for the Opera.
Nikolai Motov was born in 1973 in the city of Ruse. In 2005 he graduated with a Master's degree in opera singing at the State Music Academy "Prof. Pancho Vladigerov, in the class of prof. Ilka Popova and stayed working as an assistant teacher with her. During her studies she won prizes at national and international competitions. He was awarded the first prize at the Svetoslav Obretenov Competition, the Grand Prize at the Parashkev Hadjiev Competition, the Grand Prize and the crystal plaque of the Union of Bulgarian Composers at the Lyubomir Pipkov Competition, and the second prize (with no first prize awarded) at the Boris Hristov International Competition. Nikolai Motsoff made his debut on the Rousse stage in Mozart's Requiem in 1998, and the following year made a recording of the same work at the Bulgarian National Radio under the baton of Metodi Matakiev. This was followed by a number of invitations to record at the Bulgarian National Radio. In 2004-2006 he was a scholarship holder of the CEE Musiktheater Foundation at the Staatsoper Wien, where he specialised with the great star of the Vienna Opera, Prof.. Olivera Miakowicz. During his engagements Motzov has had the pleasure to work with the great names of the opera stage - Anna Tomova-Sintova, Alexandrina Milcheva, Elena Mosuk, Giuseppe Giacomini, Leo Nucci and others. Nikolai Motsoff has appeared many times on the stages of all major opera houses in the country, as well as on the stages of opera houses in Holland, Germany, Russia, South Korea, the festivals in Solothurn (Switzerland), Palma de Mallorca (Spain) and Europalia (Belgium).
Alexander Krunev is a Bulgarian baritone opera singer, born in Sofia. In June 1990 he graduated from the State Music Academy "Pancho Vladigerov" - Sofia. His debut was on 16 January 1990 on the stage of the State Opera - Plovdiv in the role of Georges Germont from La Traviata. Since 1990 he has been a soloist of the State Opera - Plovdiv. His repertoire includes such composers as Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Puccini, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Pietro Mascagni, Georges Bizet, Gaetano Donizetti, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Alexander Borodin, Gioachino Rossini, Leonard Bernstein, Carl Orff, Ludwig van Beethoven and others. He has given concerts and participated in opera performances on many major European and world stages - Germany, United States of America, Japan, Spain, Holland, Belgium, Korea, Greece, Poland, Romania, England, Switzerland and many others.
History of the creation of the opera
Verdi became acquainted with Alexandre Dumas Jr's sensational novel in 1848, when it was printed. He immediately had the idea of writing an opera based on the story. And when in 1852 the composer saw in Paris the novel The Lady with the Camellias reworked into a drama, he commissioned his regular literary collaborator Francesco Maria Piave to write the libretto. Naturally, the content of the drama was rendered in abbreviated form, the names were changed, even the title - Traviata / The Lost One, The Roadless One/.
The premiere of the opera took place on 6 March 1853 in Venice and is a model in the history of colossal failures. In a letter dated 7 March c.e. "Last night La Traviata suffered a fiasco. Time will judge whether the fault lies with me or with the singers." The reason for this failure lies neither in the music nor in the libretto. Unfortunately, the singers have not proved themselves up to the standard of Verdi's wonderful work. But like a wise man, Verdi does not even look for the reasons for this failure. He simply lets time take its course. And time has ruled! Soon the opera La Traviata became Verdi's most popular opera. Camellias became the most fashionable flowers of the age and remained so until the end of the 19th century. A bouquet of them cost 250 francs - an impressive sum for its time. Gradually the fame of camellias declined, but not that of the opera. La Traviata is still performed in theatres all over the world to this day, almost 160 years after its creation.Dumas was right when, after listening to La Traviata, he said: 'In fifty years no one would remember my Lady with the Camellias, but Verdi immortalised it.
La Traviata was one of the first operas performed by the Opera Society in Bulgaria. The premiere took place in 1910 under the baton of Todor Hadjiev. The director was K.I. Mihajlov- Stoyan.
The first performance of the opera La Traviata in Stara Zagora was on 30 June 1928 with conductor Alexander Georgiev, director Dimitar Hristov, artist G. Karl. There followed premieres in 1944, 1946, 1953, 1974, 1987, 1992, 2000.
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