Belkant's Pearl LUCIA DI LAMERMUR on 14 March on the Stara Zagora Opera stage
News публикувана на: 10.03.2025
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Soprano Isidora Moles debuts in the role of Lucia
Romanian tenor Andrei Fermesanu - in the role of Edgardo
State Opera-Stara Zagora will present the opera Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donzetti on March 14 at 7 pm. In 2025, when the respectable 100th anniversary of the oldest opera house outside the capital - the Stara Zagora Opera House - is celebrated, in addition to a rich programme of premieres and special events throughout the anniversary season, the most successful opera and ballet productions that have marked the theatre's rise over the past 10 years will be presented.
The Stara Zagora Opera's production of Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor sparked the interest of music lovers from all over Bulgaria after the impressive premiere of Bel Canto's masterpiece on 5 December 2015. We remind you that this performance closed the 46th edition of the Festival of Opera and Ballet Art in Stara Zagora. "Lucia di Lammermoor was also the choice for a brilliant finale of the 12th edition of the Mozart Festival in Pravets, and in 2018 it triumphed in Sofia on the stage of the Ivan Vazov National Theatre. The creative team of the opera Lucia di Lammermoor received the prestigious Stara Zagora Award 2016 for contribution to the arts and culture on the eve of 24 May, in September, the production team was awarded the prestigious Crystal Lyre of the SBMTD and Classic FM Radio.
During the 10 years of stage life of the impressive Stara Zagora Opera production of Lucia di Lammermoor, brilliant sopranos have made their debuts in the title role. On March 14, Isidora Moles will also shine, who comes to Stara Zagora at the invitation of the director of the Stara Zagora Opera Ognian Draganov, who gives her his special prize debut as Lucia, after the charming soprano won an award at last year's international competition "Tito Skipa" in Lecce, Italy, where Draganov is a member of the jury.
In the role of Edgardo guested the eminent Romanian tenor Andrei Fermesanu, who is familiar to the Stara Zagora audience from his role as Nadir in the premiere performance of Bizet's opera The Pearl Hunters. Ivan Kabamitov will be in the role of Enrico, Julian Konstantinov will recreate the role of Raimondo.Also participating are Georgi Dinev /Arturo/, Stoyan Buyukliev /Normano/, Teresa Bracalova /Alisa/, the orchestra and choir of the State Opera-Stara Zagora, the Pre-Bulgarian School of Survival "Baga-Tur", the Children's and Youth Studio for Opera and Ballet of the State Opera-Stara Zagora.
The performance of the opera "Lucia di Lammermoor" will be conducted by Ivaylo Krinchev. Directed by Ognyan Draganov, set design by Dimo Kostadinov, costume designer Salvatore Russo. Conductor of the choir Mladen Stanev. Concertmaster Anna Ivanova
"Lucia di Lammermoor ranks among the undisputed bel canto examples. The dramatic plot, the brilliant and emotionally written music, the beautiful melody and the palette of unique characters have attracted the attention and interest of performers and audiences for more than 190 years /the opera premiered in Naples in 1835/.
Isidora Moles - for the first time in Stara Zagora with her debut in the role of Lucia di Lammermoor
The soprano Isidora Moles is of Serbian origin and lives in Italy. She started with piano and flute before dedicating herself to singing, studying with her grandmother and mother, both singing teachers, and with her father, who is a conductor. He then continued his studies in Rome at the Boris Christov Academy, honing his vocal skills with teachers such as Giacomo Prestia, Roberto Frontali, Renata Lamanda, Lucrezia Mesa and Darina Tacova.
Since 2018. Isidora has performed leading roles on various international stages, including Adela in The Bat (Sofia), Oscar in Masked Ball (Opera pa Skaret, Sweden), Serpina in The Servant Mistress (Teatro dei Ginazi, Rome), Donna Anna in Don Giovanni (Alexandria, Egypt and Veliko Tarnovo), Violetta in La Traviata (Reggio di Portici, Belgrade, Plovdiv), Musetta in La Boheme (Plovdiv, Belluno) and Neda in Pagliacci (Taormina).
Her recent debut appearances include the role of Hanna Glavari in Lehar's The Merry Widow at Lecce and the role of Adina in Donizetti's Elixir of Love at Teatro Galli in Rimini in January 2025. She has participated in concerts and solo recitals.
In 2018 she won Second Prize and Audience Award at the Fausto Ricci Competition in Viterbo, First Prize at the Mattia Battistini Competition, and First Prize at the Fausto Ricci Competition-2022 with a jury presided over by Raina Kabaivanska. In 2022 he won the Best Rossini Interpreter Award at the SOI Fiorenza Chedolins Competition and Third Prize from Roberto Scandiuzzi at the Nikolai Giauroff Competition in Modena, after which he participated in the 2023 Winners' Concert with Chris Merritt. She was also soon awarded Second Prize at the International Iole de Maria Competition and the Tito Skippa Competition in Italy.
As a finalist in RAI Radio 3's 'Voices in Barcacha' competition in 2022, she was chosen to record arias for the CD of the same name produced by BAM Records for RAI, and performed in the World Opera Day Concert with the Women's Chorus of the Rome Opera conducted by Maestro Ciro Visco. In 2023, she was selected for the Siemens Art Project, where she sang Donna Anna in Don Giovanni in Alexandria, Egypt, in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut and conducted by Maestro Nayer Nagui.
Isidora Moles studied stage design and costume design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome where, during her internships at the Rome Opera and the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Festival, she specialized in historical costumes. She is the costume designer for the musical Fiddler on the Roof in Sofia (2020) and for other theatrical projects.
