Summer Music Evenings - Antique Forum 2017
News публикувана на: 11.07.2017
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The festival summer of the Stara Zagora Opera will take place in the last week of July on the stage of the Antique Forum "Augusta Traiana"- Stara Zagora. Within the traditional festival "Summer Musical Evenings" three spectacular concerts will be presented at the Ancient Forum, which will attract the attention of opera, ballet and timeless music fans of the legendary group Quinn.
On July 22, the Opera Grand Gala will kick off the outdoor concerts with a constellation of operatic voices - guest soloists and soloists of the State Opera-Stara Zagora. A rich programme in two parts will delight the music lovers with selected arias and ensembles from operas by Verdi, Puccini, Saint-Saëns, Gounod, Rossini and operettas by Offenbach, Strauss, Lehar and others. Soprano Emilia Ivanova soprano makes her first guest appearance at the Antique Forum, and star tenor Kamen Chanev will delight his many fans with iconic arias and duets. Nikolay Dobrev, Ivaylo Djurov, Ofelia Hristova, Petya Petrova, Elena Baramova, Milko Mikhailov, Alexander Krunev, Nikolay Motov, Georgi Dinev, Emilia Djurova and others will also take part.
The best of the past impressive season for the development of the Stara Zagora Opera Ballet Company will be presented by the artists on 26 July at 9 pm on the stage of the Ancient Forum. The Ballet Grand Gala is conceived, staged and directed by Sylvia Tomova, the company's director. At the invitation of Sylvia Tomova the ballet evening will feature Maria Lozanova-Buzinku, Dumitru Buzinku /Romania/, the first soloists of the National Ballet Marta Petkova, Emil Yordanov, Alexander Alexandrov, prima ballerina Vesa Tonova, Vesela Vassileva - prima ballerina of the Rousse Ballet, Daniel Tichkov, Zornitsa Petrova, Stoyan Fertunov, soloists of Ballet Arabesque Maria Kasabova, Valery Milenkov, Philip Milanov. In the ballet gala will shine also the soloists of the ballet of the State Opera-Stara Zagora - Anelia Dimitrova, Kremena Kostova, Maria Lakka, Romina Slavova, Ivaylo Yanev, Zlatomir Kolev, Ioana Vlaguli, Chloe Alexander, Semela Shkenderasi, Rijo Hirano, Penka Dimitrova, Ivelina Dimitrova and others. Dimitar Kosev - piano will also participate in the ballet miniature choreographed by Ioana Vlaguli. The program includes the third act from the ballet "Swan Lake" by P. И. Tchaikovsky, variations, pas de deux, adagio, fragments from ballets by Adam, Minkus, Tchaikovsky, Auber, Bizet-Schedrin and others, original choreographies by Silvia Tomova, Assen Nakov, Philip Milanov, Ioana Vlaguli and others.
The last evening of the Summer Music Evenings programme is dedicated to the hit concert "Queen - The show continues QUEEN tribute concert" , which will take place on 29 July at 9 pm with the participation of Theodor Koychinov - vocal. Conductor Dimitar Kosev, orchestra and choir of the State Opera Stara Zagora, with the special participation of Desi Stefanova-soprano. Alexander Tumangelov-drums, Tanyo Sandev-bass guitar, Bozhidar Tonev-solo guitar, Pavel Tsonev-keyboard, Prolet Pencheva and Ivanina Koleva-backing vocals. "Bohemian Rhapsody", "The Show Must Go on", "Who Wants to Live Forever", "We are the Champions", "I want to break free", "Crazy little thing called love", "Somebody to Love", "We Will Rock You", "Love of My Life". Not to be missed is the song "Barcelona", which Freddie Mercury performed with Montserrat Caballé and which set off an "explosion" of subsequent duets by pop and rock singers with opera stars. "Barcelona" will be presented by the soloist of the Stara Zagora Opera soprano Elena Barramova and Theodor Koychinov. The orchestration of the songs is by Plamen Prodanov, Svilen Dimitrov and Dimitar Kosev.
The young conductor and pianist, Viennese graduate Dimitar Kosev is the initiator and leader of the project. His predilection for rock music is well-known, and despite the fact that he is from the generation that could not have grown up with the music of the legendary band, Dimitar Kosev believes that touching the art of QUEEN makes you their fan forever.
Tickets can be purchased from the State Opera Stara Zagora box office and ONLINE via the Opera's website: http://www.operasz.bg/online/