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Opera buffa by Jacques Offenbach
Directed by Slavcho Nikolov
Conductor Dimitar Kosev
Scenography and costumes by Ivan Tokadzhiev and Ana-Maria Tokadzhieva
Consultant sculptor Romina Slavova
Concertmaster Paulina Zaharieva
Choirmaster Mladen Stanev
Soloists, choir, orchestra and ballet of the State Opera Stara Zagora
Elena - Antoaneta Dobreva-Neti
Paris - Nikolai Motov
Menelaus - Georgi Dinev
Calchas - Hristo Sarafov
Agamemnon - Ignat Zhelev
Orestes - Dimitar Arnaudov
Achilles - Alexander Krunev
Ajax I - Yancho Ivanov
Ajax II - Tsveti Penyashki
Filkom - Plamen Asenov
Partenis - Prolet Pencheva
Laena - Lili Hodjeva
Bakhis - Teresa Brakalova
Hermes - Peter Yankulov
Athena - Kamelia Stoycheva
Hera - Emilia Djurova
Aphrodite - Nelli Necheva
The music in "The Beautiful Elena" is melodic and exquisite. The characters in the action transport the boulevard French humour and Parisian slang to the time of the Trojan War. It combines mockery of late 19th century human and social mores. Many of these are still relevant today.
Running time: 2 hours and 30 minutes with one intermission.
Performed in Bulgarian.
Premiered 26.10.2018
