On Sunday afternoon, 5 April - selected fragments from the Stara Zagora Opera and Ballet Festival 2015-2016.

News публикувана на: 04.04.2020

On Sunday, April 5 at 4 pm. State Opera - Stara Zagora will broadcast a 40-minute film with 17 stories from the 2015 and 2016 editions of FOBI.

They contain a fragment of a concert performance of the opera "Gergana" by Maestro Georgi Atanasov. With this title in 1925 the opera work in Stara Zagora was born. The new madrigal comedy "The Enchanted" by Bozidar Spasov of the Plovdiv Opera provokes with unconventional means of expression. Yavor Gardev's debut as an opera director in the Darina Takova Foundation's production of Puccini's The Swallow also arouses curiosity. The plans of the famous Bulgarian theatre director include a production of Nabucco on the stage of the National Opera and Ballet - Skopje. Another debut, of the talented soprano Besa Lugici in the role of Lucia di Lammermoor - a production of the host theatre crowns the final retrospective of the 2015 festival edition.

Highlights of 2016 include the performance of opera prima Olga Romanko in Mascagni's Village Honour, as well as the Bulgarian premiere of Alfredo Casella's ballet Delvata, based on Luigi Pirandello's novella of the same name. Both productions are by the host theatre. "Hoffmann's Tales" by Offenbach of the Plovdiv Opera, staged by Ursula Horner, and the ballet "The Seasons" by the Ruse Opera, choreographed by the Romanian Pavel Rotaru, reflect the organisers' aspiration to make the Forum a meeting place for opera and ballet artists from the Balkan region. The concert "Music of Europe and the Balkans" is a culmination of these efforts. It featured unfamiliar examples from the musical traditions of Romania, Serbia and Kosovo. A fragment from Giuseppe Verdi's opera Il Trovatore, performed by singers with world-class careers - the soprano Tsvetelina Vassileva and the Romanian baritone Ionuc Pascu - was selected especially for the users of the Internet and social networks. Another name from the world stages, Italian bass Carlo Colombara made his debut at the FOBI in the role of Boris Godunov from Mussorgsky's folk music drama of the same name - a production of the State Opera - Varna.

The film will be available on Sunday, April 5, between 16:00 and 24:00 on the Opera and Ballet Festival's Facebook page and YOUTUBE channel HERE.

Stay tuned in the coming weeks for more documentary footage from the history of Bulgaria's first opera and ballet festival!

Here is the content of the film:

November 23, 2015

State Opera - Stara Zagora Official Opening GERGANA - opera by Maestro Georgi Atanasov - fragments /concert performance/ Conductor Krasimir Kushev Starring Rusalina Mochukova (Gergana), Ivan Kabamitov (Diado Nedyalko) 2 min.

November 24, 2015

Sofia Philharmonic Tales for Oboe Conductor Slavil Dimitrov Starring Yassen Enchev - oboe, Bogdana Trifonova - actress and Angelina Gavrilova - dancer 5 min.

25 November, 2015

State Opera - Plovdiv THE OMAGBOSANIT dance-theatre - madrigal comedy by Bozhidar Spasov Conductor Dragomir Yosifov Plastic Tatiana Sokolova Multimedia scenography Valentina Boneva Soloists.

27 November, 2015

State Opera - Varna Don Pasquale comic opera by Gaetano Donizetti Conductor Svetoslav Borisov Director Kuzman Popov Scenography Teatro Comunale di Modena Costumes Elena Ivanova Chorus Conductor Stefan Boyadzhiev Don Pasquale - Evgeny Stanimirov Doctor Malatesta - Svilen Nikolov Ernesto - Adrian Pleska Norina - Irina Zhekova 1 min.

November 26, 2015

State Opera - Burgas The Traviata opera by Giuseppe Verdi Conductor Ivan Kozhuharov Director Alexander Tekeliev Set and costume designer Cataline Arbore Chorus conductor Nevena Mikhailova Choreography Galina Kalcheva 1 min.

December 3, 2015

Darina Takova Foundation THE LIONESS OPERA by Giacomo Puccini Directed by Yavor Gardev Scenography by Chavdar Gyuzelev Piano accompaniment by Milen Stanev Video mapping by Vladislav Iliev Tone director and sound effects by Kalin Nikolov Magda - Gonce Bogoromova Ruggiero - Yani Nikolov Lisette - Elina Raykova Prunier - Alexander Baranov Rambaldo - Plamen Beykov Ivette - Rumyana Kostova Bianca - Srebrina Mineva Suzy - Ioana Kadijska 2 min.

December 5, 2015

State Opera - Stara Zagora LUCIA DI LAMERMUR opera by Gaetano Donizetti PREMIERE Conductor Ivaylo Krinchev Director Ognyan Draganov Scenography Dimo Kostadinov Costumes Salvatore Russo Conductor of the Chorus Mladen Stanev Lucia - Bess Lugici Enrico - Mlada Stanev Valeri Turmanov Edgardo - Ivaylo Yovchev Lord Arturo Bucklow - Georgi Dinev Raimondo - Plamen Kumpikov- guest Alice - Neli Necheva Normanno - Boris Taskov 3 min. 20 sec.

28 November, 2016

State Opera - Stara Zagora Village Honour Opera by Pietro Mascagni Directed by Ignazio Occhipinti Set and Costume Designer Salvatore Russo Conductor Carlo Donadio Chorus Conductor Mladen Stanev Santuzza - Olga Romanko 2 min. and 36 sec.

28 November, 2016

State Opera - Stara Zagora DELVATA ballet to music by Alfredo Casella - first performance in Bulgaria Choreography Flavio Benati Ass. choreographer Silvia Tomova Set and costume designer Salvatore Russo Conductor Carlo Donadio 1 min. and 15 sec.

30 November, 2016

State Opera - Plovdiv HOFFMAN'S TALES Opera by Jacques Offenbach Conductor Dian Chobanov Director Ursula Horner Set Designer Maria Veteroska Costume Designer Maria Pupuscheska Lighting Designer Vasil Lisichov Chorus Conductor Konstantin Dobroykov Co-production with Macedonian Opera and Ballet - Skopje 1 min. and 30 sec.

1 December, 2016

State Opera - Ruse BALLET EVENING Choreography Pavel Rotaru Artistic Director of the Ballet Sylvia Tomova Costumes Parvoleta Ivanova - Letitia Rehearsers.

2 December, 2016

State Opera - Stara Zagora OPERA IN A BUFFAR PREMIERE THE MAGNIFICENT FLY opera by V. А. Mozart Conductor Dimitar Kosev Director, set and costume design Denis Ivanov PAPAGENA - Prolet Pencheva PAPAGENO - Ivan Kabamitov 1 min. and 30 sec.

4 December, 2016

80 YEARS WOMEN'S CHORUS CHRISTINA MORFOVA Chief Artistic Director Acad. prof. Emil Yanev Conductor Tanya Nikleva-Vladeva Vocal teacher Georgi Petkov On the piano Ivan Zhekov, Polina Vlahova Dobri Hristov - Haidushka song Soloist Georgi Petkov 1 min. and 30 sec.

6 December, 2016

95 YEARS OF NMA PROF PANCHO VLADIGEROV Academic Symphony Orchestra Conductor Plamen Djurov Duet of Leonora and Manrico from the opera Troubadour performed by Boyan Savov and Mariela Alexandrova 1 min. and 40 sec.

7 December, 2016

Darina Takova Foundation MATRYOSHKA A performance based on Russian folklore, Pushkin and music by Glinka, Rimsky-Korsakov, Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky. Mapping and visual environment Vladislav Iliev Piano accompaniment Milen Stanev With special participation of Bilyana Petrinska. Female Quartet from the first act of the opera Eugene Onegin by Tchaikovsky Performed by.

December 8, 2016

Theatre and Music Production Centre State Opera - Varna BORIS GODUNOV musical drama in four acts and prologue by M. Boris Godunov - Carlo Colombara Fyodor - Vyara Zhelezova 2 min. and 30 sec.

10 December, 2016

THE MUSIC OF EUROPE AND THE BALKANS Gala Concert Balkan Opera Network Production Orchestra of State Opera - Stara Zagora Conductor Ivaylo Krinchev Duet of Count Di Luna and Leonora Performed by.



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