In 2025 the events of the State Opera - Stara Zagora are dedicated to its centenary as the first opera company outside the capital.
On 30 May /Friday/ at 11.00 a.m. for the first time will be held a performance of the opera "La Traviata" by G. Verdi with a lecture by Alina Karaivanova, who will introduce the young people to the world of opera in an attractive and close to their worldview way.
Since its first performance on June 30, 1928, in 10 premieres, "La Traviata" has been the most performed opera on the stage of the State Opera - Stara Zagora.
On May 30, the performance will be conducted by Maestro Douglas Bianchi, featuring the wonderful soloists of Stara Zagora State Opera in the roles of: Violetta Valery - Desi Stefanova, Flora - Teresa Brakalova, Alfred Germont - Momchil Karaivanov, Georges Germont - Ivan Kabamitov, Viscount Gaston de Letorie - Stoyan Buyukliev, Baron Dufault - Alexander Marulev, Marquis d'Aubigny - Zhivko Dobrev, Doctor Grenville - Ignat Zhelev, Annina - Anastasia Altukhova, Joseph - Ivan Kolev, Herald - Nikola Marulev, Orchestra, Choir, Ballet of the Stara Zagora State Opera.
We are expecting our intelligent young audience from "Romain Rolland" High School, 6 "St. Nicholas" Primary School and other Stara Zagora schools.