The creative season 2014/2015

News публикувана на: 25.08.2015

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The creative season 2014/2015 for the State Opera Stara Zagora ended on 31 July with a total of 126 performances / 31 of them on tour/, 8 premieres and one restored premiere in the period 5 September 2014 - 31 July 2015. 39 898 tickets were sold for a total value of 270 077 BGN with an average ticket price of 6.77 BGN. The highest number of tickets sold for a single performance was realised when our Opera Company performed the musical Charlie's Aunt on tour - with the musical Charlie's Aunt on tour in the city of Breslau. On 31 March - a total of 642 tickets sold. In the opera house, the second performance of the opera Tosca| by Giacomo Puccini was the most popular - on 28 November 2014 it was attended by 599 spectators, which is actually a full capacity of the seats. The gala concert "The Stars of the Opera", which closed the Festival of Opera and Ballet Art /FOBI/ on 5 December, was attended by 582 spectators, and the premiere of "The Barber of Seville" by G. Rossini on 11 February - by 589 spectators.
This artistic season for State Opera-Stara Zagora began on 5 September 2014 with the premiere of the one-act operas The Battle of Tancred and Clorinda and The Ball of Ungrateful Women by Claudio Monteverdi. Conductor was Ivaylo Krinchev, director Petko Bonev, set and costumes - Boris Stoynov, Mirela Besheva, choirmaster - Mladen Stanev, concertmaster - Paulina Koleva. On 10 September was the premiere of the opera "Acis and Galatea" by Handel/Mozart at the Antique Forum Augusta Traiana. The director was Petko Bonev, conductor Krasimir Kashev, set and costume design Boris Stoynov, choreographer Mirela Besheva. Stara Zagora State Opera participated for the second time in the "Night of Arts", organized by the Municipality of Stara Zagora on September with a rich program and many visitors. On September 30 was the premiere of the opera "Tosca" by Giacomo Puccini with the participation of the world famous tenor Kamen Chanev. The director was Kuzman Popov. Conductor - Luciano di Martino. In October - Stara Zagora State Opera took part for the second consecutive time in the program of the Festival of Wine and Ancient Culture "Augustiada" and performed a festive concert for the participants and guests of the festival. On 4 November, the 100th anniversary of the birth of Boris Hristov was celebrated at the UNESCO building in Paris with a gala concert under the patronage of UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova. The concert, which turned into a great celebration of Bulgarian culture, was organized by the Permanent Delegation of Bulgaria to UNESCO with the support of the Ministry of Culture. The anniversary of the birth of the world-famous Bulgarian opera singer is included in the UNESCO calendar of events. In front of a packed hall with representatives of the diplomatic corps, the Bulgarian community, members of the Senate and French citizens, the soloists, choir and orchestra of the Stara Zagora Opera under the baton of Maestro Dian Chobanov performed arias from operas by Mozart, Puccini, Verdi, Rossini and Bizet. The programme was presented by the French journalist and honorary member of the French Academy Ev Rougieri. On 24 November, the Mayor of Stara Zagora Zhivko Todorov opened the 45th Festival of Opera and Ballet Art, which began with the premiere of the opera Otello by Giuseppe Verdi. It was directed by Petko Bonev, conducted by Georgi Dimitrov, set design by Boris Stoynov, costumes by Tsvetanka Petkova-Stoynova.
On 11 February 2015 was the premiere of the opera "The Barber of Seville" by Gioachino Rossini /for adults/. Director Slavcho Nikolov, conductor Krasimir Kashev, choreographer Romina Slavova. The set designer was Alexander Goshev. On 22 April was the restored premiere of the concert-performance "The Phantoms of the Musical" . Director Georgi Dinev, conductor Lyubomir Denev. The choreography is by Romina Slavova. Zlatna Mikhailova - costume designer of the show - has already joined the creative team.
Since the end of April the Opera has a new acting director - Ognyan Draganov, who immediately took measures to improve the Opera's difficult financial situation. The board he has formed includes personalities to help raise the prestige of the Stara Zagora Opera House. The chief conductor until July was the great Bulgarian musician Maestro Martin Panteleev. On 16 May /Saturday/ at 11 am in the foyer of the Opera House began Saturday matinees "The Stars of Stara Zagora Opera" . In the first edition the world famous opera singer - Stara Zagora Stefka Mineva was a guest. The second edition was dedicated to the late conductor, chief conductor and director of the Opera Maestro Bozhidar Bonev, and the third featured the Opera's long-time soloist Evdokia Zdravkova-Khorozova. On 22 and 25 May - were the highly successful premiere and second performance of the opera Il Trovatore. Director Georgi Dinev, conductor Martin Panteleev, stage adaptation-Dimo Kostadinov. In three of the battle scenes in the performance also participated 12 young men from the Pre-Bulgarian Survival School "Baga-Tur" . In June, for the fourth time, a performance of the one-act operas "Gianni Schicchi" and "Sister Angelica" by Giacomo Puccini was realized at the State Opera-Stara Zagora, in cooperation with the International Production House "Varna International", under the conducting of Maestro Dian Chobanov and with the participation of students from the USA and soloists from Bulgaria.
On July 1, the 90th anniversary of the Stara Zagora Opera was celebrated with a Gala Concert with all the soloists of the Stara Zagora State Opera and guest soloists such as Kaludi Kaludov, Julian Konstantinov, Kostadin Andreev, Tanya Ivanova, Alexander Krunev, Ana Ditri. With this event in the cultural life of the city was given the beginning of Summer Musical Evenings Antique Forum "Augusta Traiana". Here was also the premiere of the opera "Carmen" by Georges Bizet on July 7 with director Georgi Dinev, conductor Ivaylo Krintschev, stage designer Salvatore Russo /Italy/, choreographer Romina Slavova and again with the participation of the Pre-Bulgarian Survival School "Baga-Tur". The operas of Burgas and Ruse presented their productions. The choir and orchestra of the State Opera Stara Zagora were on tour in Graz, Austria, where they took part in performances of the opera "La Traviata" by Giuseppe Verdi. At the beginning of July, the "Morning Coffee in front of the Opera House" was opened on the square in front of the south entrance of the Opera House, where all summer long Stara Zagora residents and guests make their appointments for aromatic coffee and sumptuous classical music. Since July Maestro Ivaylo Krinchev is the new chief conductor of the Opera.
The creative season for the Stara Zagora State Opera ended on July 31 with the concert-performance "The Phantoms of the Musical", which was held on the stage of the Opera Rousse. Since this week of August the whole staff is on vacation. In the period 13-20 August the Opera's choir and orchestra are on tour in Taormina, Sicily. On 24 August the ballet company starts rehearsals for the upcoming first premiere in September, also included in the programme of the Festival "The Different Look" - Stara Zagora. The new artistic season 2015/2016 opens on 17 September on the stage of the Antique Forum "Augusta Traiana" with the opera "Nabucco" by Giuseppe Verdi.

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