The Opera participates in the Mozart Festival in Pravets
News публикувана на: 14.07.2017
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For the second consecutive year the State Opera Stara Zagora is a guest of the Mozart Festival in Pravets.
Today, 14 July, at 17.00 the audience will be able to experience the beauty of the music and poetry of the Romantics Franz Schubert and Heinrich Heine. Once again, music, theatre and dance will share the space in the Pravets Hall of the host hotel Riu Pravets Risort, which will mark the 220th anniversary of the birth of the genius artists. Soprano Girgina Girginova and baritone Ivo Yordanov, trio "Ardenza", Boryana Lambreva /piano/ will participate. The audience will also see specially prepared for the concert performances of the soloists of the ballet of the State Opera-Stara Zagora Anelia Dimitrova, Romina Slavova, Ivaylo Yanev, Stoyan Furtunov choreographed by Silvia Tomova - head of the ballet company.
On July 15 at 11 a.m. the Ballet of the State Opera-Stara Zagora will present on the stage of the Chitalishte "Zarya 1895" the ballet for children and adults "Cinderella" to the music of Sergei Prokofiev, and after lunch - at 5 p.m.220 years since the birth of the genius composer will be celebrated with this concert featuring the talented opera performers Mila Mihova, Nona Krstnikova, Dobrina Ikonomova, Emil Pavlov. The grandson of the famous tenor Assen Popov from the Stara Zagora Opera - Ivaylo Yovchev is also one of the talented children of art. The soloists, united by their kinship with established musicians and world-renowned opera singers, will be joined by ballet dancers Alexander Alexandrov and Vera Kirova's granddaughter Vera Aspridi. The virtuoso pianist Georgi Cherkin will make his debut in the accompaniment of opera singers.
On the last night of the Mozart Festival on 16 July - for the first time the hall of the Pravets Sports Complex will be transformed into a giant stage on which the exciting and passion-filled dramatic story of Bizet's opera Carmen will be performed. The bad weather conditions forced the change and instead of the open air - on the square in front of the Pravets Municipality, the performance will be presented in the sports hall. This time, the role of the fiery gypsy has been taken by the Serbian opera diva Sanja Anastasia, who for several seasons has not left the poster of the summer festival of Arena di Verona. She will be joined by Italian tenor Dario Di Vietri as Don José, and Slovenian baritone Jure Pockaj as Escamillo. David Crescenzi from Italy will stand at the conductor's podium. The orchestra, choir and soloists of the State Opera Stara Zagora will take part, and the director is Ognyan Draganov. We saw this performance on 6 July at the Beroe Stadium.