FAUST - THE STAGARIAN OPERA OPERA OPENS THE NEW OPERA SEASON
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FAUST - THE OPERA WITH BOWS OF THE STAROSAGOR OPERA OPENS THE NEW OPERA SEASON GRIGOR PALIKAROV conducts "Faust" for the first time on the Stara Zagora stage The bass IVAYLO JUROV debuts in the role of Mephistopheles On 17 October, at 19.00, the Stara Zagora Opera opens its new creative season with its impressive production of the opera "Faust" by Charles Gounod. The premiere of the great operatic work took place with great success within the unique for Bulgaria and the Balkans Festival of Opera and Ballet Art - Stara Zagora 2022, and in October 2023 the puppet opera "Faust" triumphed in Sofia on the stage of the National Palace of Culture. The Stara Zagora Opera House is among the few European theatres that have this exceptional opera title in their poster. The performance is a joint production of the State Opera-Stara Zagora and the State Puppet Theatre-Stara Zagora. "Faust - the opera with puppets attracted the attention of music lovers with its unusual interpretation of Goethe/Gounod's brilliant work, presented attractively, but adhering to the powerful tradition of classicism and romanticism. The creative team complements the suggestions with contemporary elements, the performance interprets such timeless themes as temptation, vanity and personal choice. The puppets, with their expressive impact, are a contradictory image of the beautiful and the ugly that surrounds the human world. The message of the performance is that in life each person must find his own basic moral and life values, because of the deformations that the elements of life present to him. On October 17, the performance of the opera with puppets "Faust" will be conducted for the first time on the Stara Zagora stage by maestro Grigor Palikarov. In the role of the young Faust the audience will see the Argentine tenor Gabriel Arce, who made his debut in the premiere cast of the show and in less than 2 years Faust has placed him among the best interpreters of this role in the world. Nikolai Motov will shine in the role of Old Faust. Making an anticipated and exciting debut as Mephistopheles will be the great Bulgarian bass Ivaylo Djurov, who over the years has had the opportunity to be Mephistopheles but has, for various reasons, passed on this role in its original and full-blooded operatic conception. We recall his unforgettable participation as the musical equivalent of Mephistopheles, shared equally with an actor and a ballet dancer in the musical theatre dance performance "Walpurgis Night" to the music of Gounod and the poems of Goethe, created especially and realized by the Stara Zagora Opera for the International Mozart Festival /2018 in Pravets with the then artistic director, the opera prima Christina Angelakova. The charming Besa Lugici from Kosovo will once again delight her many admirers in the role of Margarita. Valery Turmanov will perform the role of Valentin. Matej Tudose will be guest in the role of Zibel, Ivan Kabamitov will be in the role of Wagner, Teresa Brakalova will be Marta. The attractive and lavish production is the work of an inspired creative team: directors Ognyan Draganov and Tsveti Peñashki /puppets/, chorus masters Mladen Stanev and Stefania Ruseva, set and costume design Denis Ivanov, set design puppets Vasil Rokomanov and Silva Bachvarova, choreography and sculpture Angelina Gavrilova. Over 300 people are involved in the creation of this visually impressive, exciting, modern and instructive work - the puppet opera Faust. In the studios of the State Puppet Theatre - Stara Zagora, 4 angel puppets, 4 devil puppets, 6 masks and one huge Mephistopheles - 10 by 7 meters - have been made according to the project of prof. Vasil Rokomanov and Silva Bachvarova. In the studios of the Stara Zagora Opera the monumental set came to life, and over 160 costumes, hats, accessories and props were created. In the production, which unites the work of two teams - the opera and the puppetry, soloists, choir, ballet and orchestra, Children's and Youth Opera and Ballet Studio of the State Opera-Stara Zagora, artists from the State Puppet Theatre-Stara Zagora, representatives of the Pre-Bulgarian School of Survival "Baga-Tur" participate.
Tickets online and at the State Opera Stara Zagora box office.
