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“Chatterers” of the Sofia Opera – key to the future

Photo: Софийска опера и балет Published on 31.03.22 at 16:16 Bulgarian National Radio Author: Rositsa Kavaldzhieva For three years – from 2017 to 2019, I was following the opera festival “Bartók Plus” in the Hungarian city of Miskolc, where each … Continue reading

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Acad. Plamen Kartaloff: “Parsifal” is an accurate image of our connection with the spiritual world

28 Mar 2022 – Bulgarian Telegraph Agency / Daniel Stoyanov The Sofia Opera presents on 1 and 3 April “Parsifal” – the last opera written by Wagner, which is considered the best. In this mythological drama of the musical genius, … Continue reading

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Professor Dr. Stanislav Semerdzhiev about the staging of the opera “Chatterers”

Calendar 26 Mar 2022 Sofia Opera and Ballet I would say that every work that Acad. Plamen Kartaloff stages has always been an event for me. “Chatterers” differs from other events with exceptional attractiveness and relevance at the same time. … Continue reading

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Colorful and modern Vazov’s “Chatterers” sing at the Sofia Opera

04 Mar 2022Lupa.bg   Author: Marina Chertova In Plamen Kartaloff’s prophetic and original spectacle, the characters reveal the eternal Bulgarian crossroads The contemporary quarrels between the big countries in the world were interweaved in an original way in the opera … Continue reading

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The opera “Chatterers” – a political and social caricature in the XXI century

Calendar Photo: А пътят към Бога е в ремонт. 06 Mar 2022, Trud newspaper Author: Angela Dimcheva See gallery Premiere at the Sofia Opera and Ballet “Nepotism” goes behind the frames of everyday life, beyond the time cliché of the … Continue reading

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FEEDBACK REVIEWS FOR THE PREMIERE OF “CHATTERERS” BY LAZAR NIKOLOV ON 2.03.2022

On the eve of the National Holiday of Bulgaria, the Sofia Opera presented the premiere of the opera satire “Chatterers” by Lazar Nikolov based on Ivan Vazov’s novel of the same name! Full hall, unceasing applause for the soloists, the … Continue reading

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The director of the Sofia Opera has been invited to be part of the prestigious jury of an international music competition.

14 Feb 2022Lupa.bg / Marina Chertova The Director of the Sofia Opera and Ballet Acad. Plamen Kartaloff was part of the prestigious jury of the Competizione dell’opera International Singing Competition, which this year was held at the Bolshoi Theatre in … Continue reading

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Georgi Gospodinov is part of the team of “Chatterers” at Sofia Opera, Plamen Kartaloff situates Vazov’s characters in a sanatorium

15 Feb 2022 BTA Georgi Gospodinov is part of the team of the upcoming premiere spectacle “Chatterers” at Sofia Opera, reported the Director Plamen Kartaloff. “I am happy that he accepted to take part with a short additional text, which … Continue reading

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Press conference, dedicated to the premiere of the opera-satire “Chatterers” by Lazar Nikolov

    Today, 15 February at 11 h, at the Sofia Opera and Ballet took place a press conference, dedicated to the premiere of the opera-satire “Chatterers” by Lazar Nikolov.At the press conference were present journalists from different medias, the … Continue reading

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Academician Plamen Kartaloff about the contemporary reading and sounding of the opera “Chatterers”

The whole interview with Acad. Plamen Kartaloff you can hear from the sound file: 16 Feb 2022 BNR, “Horizont” Acad. Plamen Kartaloff The opera “Chatterers” by the composer Lazar Nikolov after the short novel of the same name by Ivan … Continue reading

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World premiere of the opera “Chatterers” at the Sofia Opera

Eurocom TV, 15.02.2022, Zlatina Petkova Hardly seven years after the Liberation, the Patriarch of Bulgarian literature Ivan Vazov looked back to the past years, in order to tell, through laughter, the being of his fellow-citizens from Sopot, inhabiting still captive … Continue reading

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World premiere of the opera “Chatterers” at the Sofia Opera

23 Feb 2022EUROCOM, Video report Eurocom TV, 15.02.2022, Zlatina Petkova Hardly seven years after the Liberation, the Patriarch of Bulgarian literature Ivan Vazov looked back to the past years, in order to tell, through laughter, the being of his fellow-citizens … Continue reading

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Vazov’s “Chatterers” change the coffee-house with a sanatorium

 lupa.bg, Author: Marina Chertova Ivan Vazov’s colourful characters from his humoristic short novel “Chatterers” change the Dzhakovoto café with a luxury sanatorium. This is part of the director’s concept of Acad. Plamen Kartaloff, who stages at Sofia Opera the music … Continue reading

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The Sofia Opera and Ballet with a topical reading of “Chatterers” by Vazov

Bulgaria ON AIR Upcoming is a world premiere of the opera “Chatterers” by Lazar Nikolov based on Vazov’s famous short novel. “We had to stage “Chatterers” in the 80’s. 10 years after its composition at that time, I wonder if … Continue reading

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SOFIA – Götterdämmerung – 22. Mai – Gabriele Helbig

SOFIA Götterdämmerung 22. Mai Es ist geschafft. Pünktlich am 200. Geburtstag von Richard Wagner am 22. Mai kam der letzte Teil der „Ring“-Tetralogie in Sofia zur Aufführung – eine bewundernswerte und hoch zu lobende Leistung des Opernhauses. Die dortige Wagner-Tradition … Continue reading

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Acad. Plamen Kartaloff, Director of the Sofia Opera and Ballet: The Sofia Opera at the age of 130 – 04 JAN 2021 – GRADAT Magazine

04 JAN 2021 GRADAT Magazine Acad. Plamen Kartaloff, Director of the Sofia Opera and Ballet: The Sofia Opera at the age of 130 Maestro Kartaloff, we congratulate you for the impressive development of the Sofia Opera and Ballet in the … Continue reading

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VIDEO: MAMMA MIA! Opens Tonight at the Sofia Opera and Ballet – www.broadwayworld.com

Сряда, 18 юли 2018 The beloved jukebox musical is heading to Bulgaria! Under the direction of Plamen Kartalov, Mamma Mia! heads to the Sofia Opera and Ballet tonight, July 18, 2018, and close at the Sofia Opera and Ballet on … Continue reading

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(Български) СОФИЙСКАТА ОПЕРА В БОЛШОЙ ТЕАТЪР, МОСКВА

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DER NEUE MERKER, Klaus Billand – BELOGRADCHIK/Bulgarien: OPERA OF THE PEAKS – NABUCCO und LAKMÉ – 21./22. Juli 2017

21./22. Juli 2017 Die Belogradchik Peaks, also die Felsen von Belogradchik im äußersten Nordwesten Bulgariens, sind turmartige Felsformationen, die sich hier seit dem Perm vor ungefähr 230 Millionen Jahren durch tektonische Bewegungen und anschließende Erosion formten und die verschiedensten Felsfiguren … Continue reading

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Newspaper “TRUD” – Alexandrina Pendatchanska will sing Tosca for the first time

Monday, 27 November 2017 Alexandrina Pendatchanska will sing Tosca for the first time The world-known opera singer Alexandrina Pendatchanska will perform for the first time in her star career the role of Floria Tosca on the stage of the Sofia … Continue reading

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Extra spectacles of “CARMEN” – 28 and 30 November

Tuesday, 21 November 2017

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The soprano Tanya Ivanova – Tosca – 9.12.2017

Tuesday, 21 November 2017 The soprano Tanya Ivanova: “I am happy that I will sing the role of Floria Tosca in Plamen Kartaloff’s staging, which evoked the ovations of the Japanese audience in 2012” The music critique wrote about the … Continue reading

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Please expect at the Sofia Opera “Tosca”, а spectacle, which conquered Japan

Monday, 20 November 2017 On the fifth tour of the Sofia Opera and Ballet in Japan, from 30 October to 21 November 2012, was presented the new production of the opera “Tosca” by Academician Plamen Kartaloff, and also “Cavalleria rusticana” … Continue reading

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Kamen Chanev will be guest in “Tosca” on 8 and 10 December

Friday, 17 November 2017 The famous far behind the Bulgarian borders tenor Kamen Chanev will be guest as Mario Cavaradossi in “Tosca” by Puccini on 8 December at 19.00 h and on 10 December at 16.00 h. Kamen Chanev was … Continue reading

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Please expect Alexandrina Pendatchanska in the role of Floria Tosca at the Sofia Opera

Friday, 17 November 2017 The world-known opera prima Alexandrina Pendatchanska will sing again on the stage of the Sofia Opera and Ballet. On 8 and 10 December she will be Floria Tosca in Giacomo Puccini’s opera “Tosca”. Her partner will … Continue reading

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Please expect at the Sofia Opera “Tosca”, а spectacle, which conquered Japan

Wednesday, 15 November 2017 Please expect at the Sofia Opera “Tosca”, а spectacle, which conquered Japan On the fifth tour of the Sofia Opera and Ballet in Japan, from 30 October to 21 November 2012, was presented the new production … Continue reading

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WWW.MEDIAPOOL.BG – “ALEXANDRINA PENDATCHANSKA WILL SING IN “TOSCA”

Wednesday, 15 November 2017 Alexandrina Pendatchanska will sing Tosca at the Sofia Opera on 8 and 10 December The world-known prima Alexandrina Pendatchanska will sing again at the Sofia Opera and Ballet – on 8 and 10 December she will … Continue reading

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KEITARO HARADA: “THIS IS “CARMEN”, WHICH YOU MUST SEE AND BE PART OF IT”

Thursday, 09 November 2017 Interview with the conductor Keitaro Harada – Mr. Harada, what are your first impressions from the meeting with the Sofia Opera, with its atmosphere, with our singers, orchestra and chorus? This is my first time in … Continue reading

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The Crystal Lyre Awards 2017 handed out on 1 November – the Leaders of the Bulgarian National Revival Day

Monday, 06 November 2017 For the 21st year in succession the Union of Bulgarian Musicians and Dancers and Classic FM Radio organized an official ceremony, at which were handed out the national awards for music and dance art “Crystal Lyre … Continue reading

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www.jivotatdnes.bg – “Carmen” outside the clichés at the Sofia Opera

Tuesday, 07 November 2017 The breaking off the social and folk-style pictures makes the opera close to the people of today The audience has long awaited “Carmen” on the stage of our first opera theatre. Not because according to the … Continue reading

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A CLOSER VIEW OF THE CONDUCTOR KEITARO HARADA

Sunday, 29 October 2017 A FEELING OF THE MISSION OF CULTURE AND SPIRITUALITY He is not only one of the young conductors, who win many prizes and are appreciated highly for their professionalism and artistic abilities. He has a feeling … Continue reading

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CHARACTERS AND CAST. PRODUCTION TEAM – “CARMEN” BY BIZET

Thursday, 26 October 2017

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Newspaper “Zemya” – Bizet’s masterpiece “Carmen” with premiere at the Opera

Tuesday, 24 October 2017 The famous love story is like an ancient tragedy With “Carmen” the company will be guest-performer next year in Japan. On 3 November the Sofia Opera and Ballet will present the premiere of the opera “Carmen” … Continue reading

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Newspaper “24 CHASA” – Plamen Kartaloff presents “Carmen” of the Sofia Opera in Japan

Tuesday, 24 October 2017 Plamen Kartaloff presents “Carmen” of the Sofia Opera in Japan The upcoming on 3 November premiere of “Carmen” of the Sofia Opera and Ballet will be presented in October 2018 on a tour in Japan, together … Continue reading

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WITH CARMEN BEFORE THE PREMIERE – NADIA KRASTEVA – IN A CLOSER VIEW

Sunday, 22 October 2017 THE WORLD-KNOWN MEZZO-SOPRANO WILL ACT IN PLAMEN KARTALOFF’S NEW PRODUCTION After the opening of the season of the Sofia Opera with “Parsifal” by Richard Wagner, the beginning of the new season offers to the audience one … Continue reading

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RICCARDO ZANELLATO in the role of Filippo II – “Don Carlo” – 22 October

Tuesday, 17 October 2017 Riccardo Zanellato was born in Contarina, in the province of Rovigo, Italy. He graduated in guitar at the Conservatory of Adria in 1994. Passion for singing was born in him in the period of his military … Continue reading

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CARMEN – A REFLECTION OF TRAGIC GUILT FROM A GREEK TRAGEDY

Tuesday, 17 October 2017 Music, text and theatre of movement are the basic trinity of the principles of the classical Greek tragedy. All genres of the arts in the epoch of Renaissance were irrevocably resurrected from it. In our new … Continue reading

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Nadia Krasteva will be Carmen in Bizet’s opera of the same name

Thursday, 12 October 2017 In the beginning of November, on 3 November at 19:00 h, at the Sofia Opera is upcoming the premiere of the opera “Carmen” by Georges Bizet. The next premieres will be on 4, 5, 9, 11 … Continue reading

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FAREWELL TO RICHARD TRIMBORN

Monday, 09 October 2017 the great Maestro, friend and co-creator of one of the most audacious, courageous and successful artistic projects of the Sofia Opera – Wagner’s tetralogy “Der Ring des Nibelungen”, “Tristan und Isolde” and “Parsifal”. THEY CAME TRUE … Continue reading

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The Japanese Keitaro Harada will conduct the premiere of “Carmen” on 3 November at the Sofia Opera

Tuesday, 03 October 2017 The Japanese Keitaro Harada will conduct the premiere of “Carmen” on 3 November at the Sofia Opera The conductor Keitaro Harada will conduct the premiere of the opera “Carmen” on 3 November at the Sofia Opera … Continue reading

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NEWSPAPER “POLITIKA” – WAGNER OPENS THE SEASON AT THE SOFIA OPERA

Tuesday, 26 September 2017 Richard Wagner’s famous opera “Parsifal” will open the season at the Sofia Opera on 1 October. The choice wasn’t made by chance. Wagner’s last opera was shown for the first time in Bulgaria in July and … Continue reading

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OPERA MAGAZINE, MILAN – SOFIA: PARSIFAL – Richard Wagner, 8 July 2017 by Andrea Merli / 21 July 2017

Monday, 25 September 2017 Parsifal” is the last music drama by Richard Wagner, presented for the first time on stage on 26 July 1882, at the Bayreuth Festival, production of Hermann Levy, but presented for the first time at European … Continue reading

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THE FIRST BULGARIAN WAGNER “RING”, A CHALLENGE OF THE SPIRIT AND THE WILL AND THE HEROES OF OUR TIME

Monday, 18 September 2017 Isn’t it an act of heroism to forge the ring of great art, when the streets are a real barricade? When cries are deafening the music, when in front of the temple of the opera the … Continue reading

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NEWSPAPER “TELEGRAPH” – WAGNER ALSO BROUGHT US WORLD RECOGNITION

Sunday, 17 September 2017 NEWSPAPER “TELEGRAPH”, 12.08.2017, page 13 The Director of the Sofia Opera Plamen Kartaloff”: WAGNER ALSO BROUGHT US WORLD RECOGNITION – Acad. Kartaloff, by a huge interest of the audience from the entire country and abroad finished … Continue reading

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Bulgarian National Television, Miglena Stoycheva – A Bulgarian opera director received world recognition

Sunday, 17 September 2017 Academician Plamen Kartaloff is the first Bulgarian opera director, invited to make his own production in the frames of the prestigious Puccini Festival in Torre del Lago, Italy. At that the Foundation, which organized the music … Continue reading

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1 October 16 h “PARSIFAL” by Richard Wagner. Opening of season 2017/2018

Wednesday, 13 September 2017

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Newspaper Kultura, Boyanka Arnaudova – Parsifal – А deed of adherents – About the new premiere of the Sofia Opera

Monday, 11 September 2017

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JOURNEY TO “PARSIFAL”

Monday, 11 September 2017

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Bulgarian National Radio – Two new productions of Bulgarian works presents the Sofia Opera and Ballet

Monday, 11 September 2017 Bulgarian National Radio – Two new productions of Bulgarian works presents the Sofia Opera and Ballet The Director of the Sofia Opera and Ballet Academician Plamen Kartaloff presented in front of the audience of broadcasting “Horizont” … Continue reading

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DER OPERNFREUND, Klaus Billand – BELOGRADCHIK/Bulgarien: OPERA OF THE PEAKS – NABUCCO und LAKMÉ – 21./22. Juli 2017

Thursday, 17 August 2017 Die Belogradchik Peaks, also die Felsen von Belogradchik im äußersten Nordwesten Bulgariens, sind turmartige Felsformationen, die sich hier seit dem Perm vor ungefähr 230 Millionen Jahren durch tektonische Bewegungen und anschließende Erosion formten und die verschiedensten … Continue reading

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Parsifal and the Overcoming of Evil – A Presentation by Thomas Meyer at the Sofia Opera House

Thursday, 17 August 2017 On 8 July this year a special event was held in Sofia for two reasons: the first performances of Richard Wgner’s opera Parsifal in Bulgaria happened to coincide with the presentation of the Bulgarian edition of … Continue reading

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DER NEUE MERKER, Klaus Billand – BELOGRADCHIK/Bulgarien: OPERA OF THE PEAKS – NABUCCO und LAKMÉ – 21./22. Juli 2017

Thursday, 17 August 2017 Die Belogradchik Peaks, also die Felsen von Belogradchik im äußersten Nordwesten Bulgariens, sind turmartige Felsformationen, die sich hier seit dem Perm vor ungefähr 230 Millionen Jahren durch tektonische Bewegungen und anschließende Erosion formten und die verschiedensten … Continue reading

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DER NEUE MERKER – BELOGRADCHIK/Bulgarien: WAGNER IN DER HÖHLE – 22. Juli 2017

Saturday, 29 July 2017 Wohl kein Ort zur Aufführung einer Oper bzw. Veranstaltung eines Opernfestivals ist dem Intendanten der Sofia Oper und Ballett, Acad. Plamen Kartaloff, exotisch genug, um es nicht einmal damit zu versuchen – und er hat dabei … Continue reading

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LAKMÉ – Léo Delibes – Photos from the Summer Festival “Opera of the Peaks – Belogradchik Rocks”

Monday, 24 July 2017

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programata.bg – Opera of the Peaks is by the Belogradchik Rocks

Sunday, 16 July 2017 programata.bg – Opera of the Peaks is by the Belogradchik Rocks The world didn’t choose them for one of its new seven wonders, but the director Plamen Kartaloff voted trust to the painting in the Belogradchik … Continue reading

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BGNES – Acad. Plamen Kartaloff: The 180th Anniversary of the Apostle – with the almost forgotten “Oratorio-Requiem “Vasil Levski” by Boyan Ikonomov

Sunday, 16 July 2017 BGNES – Acad. Plamen Kartaloff: The 180th Anniversary of the Apostle – with the almost forgotten “Oratorio-Requiem “Vasil Levski” by Boyan Ikonomov I set myself a task to discover one work from Bulgarian composer, who wrote … Continue reading

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DER NEUE MERKER – SOFIA/ Staatsoper: PARSIFAL – Premiere am 4. Juli/ Derniere am 10.Juli

Sunday, 16 July 2017 Parsifal / Staatsoper Sofia: Premiere 4. Juli und Derniere 10. Juli 2017 (P. Reichl, dzt. Sofia) Auch 134 Jahre nach dem Tod Richard Wagners gibt es noch bemerkenswerte weisse Flecken auf den Landkarten seiner Rezeption, und … Continue reading

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LA RONDINE secondo titolo del cartellone d’opera del FESTIVAL PUCCINI di Torre del Lago sarà in scena sabato 15 luglio (replica 5 agosto)

Friday, 14 July 2017 Firma la regia dello spettacolo Plamen Kartaloff che così definisce la partitura ”la musica brucia di emozione, passione, ironia, seduzione in ogni battuta e in ogni segno della partitura” Sul podio Beatrice Venezi alla guida di … Continue reading

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BELOGRADCHIK BECOMES CAPITAL OF THE OPERA

Sunday, 09 July 2017 Haidouk Velko, Adam and Eva, the Madonna and the monks. The thousand years old scenery of the Belogradchik Rocks was stage of battles and revolts, of happy celebrations and fairs, it saw the apogee and the … Continue reading

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BELOGRADCHIK BECOMES CAPITAL OF THE OPERA

Sunday, 09 July 2017 Haidouk Velko, Adam and Eva, the Madonna and the monks. The thousand years old scenery of the Belogradchik Rocks was stage of battles and revolts, of happy celebrations and fairs, it saw the apogee and the … Continue reading

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Newspaper Weekend, Eliana Mitova 8 – 14 July 2017, page 68 – 6 HOURS WAGNER AND NOONE GOES AWAY

Sunday, 09 July 2017 With admiration music lovers from the country and such, who have arrived specially from abroad, welcomed the first Bulgarian production of Wagner’s mystery “Parsifal”, which gave a possibility of our first opera theatre to prove, that … Continue reading

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DER NEUE MERKER – Sofia Opera: PARSIFAL – First performance in Bulgaria / detailed abstract

Sunday, 09 July 2017 Meanwhile the National Opera Sofia has made itself an international name with its worth seeing important works by Richard Wagner, always as Bulgarian first performances. At that great value was and is placed on a substantial … Continue reading

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Newspaper Standart – “Parsifal” – a new triumph for the Sofia Opera

Saturday, 08 July 2017 The Wagnerians enjoy the spectacles on 6, 8 and 10 July at 18 h The Sofia Opera and Ballet creates a triumph in succession – the unique spectacle “Parsifal”. Richard Wagner’s masterpiece is an international event … Continue reading

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BNR, Rositsa Kavaldzhieva – THE FIRST “PARSIFAL” ON BULGARIAN STAGE – POETRY IN EVERY DETAIL

Saturday, 08 July 2017

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DER NEUE MERKER – Sofia Opera: PARSIFAL. Abstract from the premiere (first performance in Bulgaria)

Wednesday, 05 July 2017 Bildergebnis für sofia opera and ballet Yesterday evening Wagner‘s sacred festival drama “Parsifal” celebrated its considerable first performance in Bulgaria at the Sofia Opera and Ballet, which – as here one often reports – appeared during … Continue reading

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Photos from the premiere of “PARSIFAL” by Richard Wagner on 4.07

Wednesday, 05 July 2017

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Bulgarian National Television – The Sofia Opera and Ballet with two summer festivals in Belogradchik and Vidin

Sunday, 02 July 2017 The Sofia Opera and Ballet with two festivals in Belogradchik and in Vidin in the end of July and in the beginning of August. The innovative idea of the director Plamen Kartaloff – “Opera of the … Continue reading

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THE SOFIA OPERA PERFORMED “BORISLAV” AT THE HISARYA FORTRESS IN LOVECH

Sunday, 02 July 2017 The work by Maestro G. Atanasov marked the beginning of the celebrations at the occasion of 830 years of the Lovech peace With endless applauses citizens and guests of Lovech saw off the performance of the … Continue reading

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Newspaper Politika – Wagner makes the artists fly higher

Sunday, 02 July 2017

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Photos from a rehearsal of “PARSIFAL” by Richard Wagner – premiere – 4 July

Sunday, 18 June 2017

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“BORISLAV” OF THE SOFIA OPERA OPENS THE CELEBRATIONS OF THE FAMOUS LOVECH FORTRESS

Saturday, 17 June 2017 With the famous opera “Borislav” by Maestro Georgi Atanasov, the Sofia Opera opens the celebrations for the 830th Anniversary of the signing of the Lovech peace – beginning of the Second Bulgarian state With the production … Continue reading

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STUDENTS WITH DISTINCTIONS АТ THE COMPETITION FOR “PARSIFAL” OF THE SOFIA OPERA

Friday, 16 June 2017 The three pupils of the National School of Fine Arts “Ilia Petrov” will be present at the premiere of Wagner’s last opera Unusually started the press conference at the Sofia Opera, dedicated to the upcoming premiere … Continue reading

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“PARSIFAL AND THE OVERCOMING OF EVIL” – A LECTURE BY THOMAS MEYER, SWITZERLAND

Friday, 16 June 2017 As an event, accompanying the premiere of “Parsifal” by Richard Wagner, on 8 July, Saturday, 2017 at 11.00 h in the Marble Foyer of the Sofia Opera and Ballet after the invitation of the Antroposophical Society … Continue reading

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THE TOURISTIC BRANCH SUPPORTS THE SOFIA OPERA FOR A MUSEUM OF THE SOFIA OPERA GLORY

Friday, 09 June 2017

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Bulgarian National Radio, Angela Kamenova – Vidin welcomes the Sofia Opera and Ballet on 3 stages

Monday, 05 June 2017 On three stages will be the Summer Festival of the Sofia Opera and Ballet “Fortress of the Ages”, which will be held in August in Vidin. The spectacles will be on a barge in the Danube … Continue reading

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GEORGI DIMITROV CONDUCTS “RIGOLETTO” ON 19 AND 20 MAY

Friday, 19 May 2017 The well-known Bulgarian musician Georgi Dimitrov will conduct both spectacles of “Rigoletto” by G. Verdi at the Sofia Opera on 19 and 20 May at 19:00 h His musical education began by the well-known violin pedagogue … Continue reading

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Union of Bulgarian Journalists, Author: Iveta Balevska – Wagner’s opera “Parsifal” sets out to the Bulgarian music lovers

Friday, 12 May 2017 10.05.2017 /17:13 | Author: Iveta Balevska | Source: Union of Bulgarian Journalists / Sofia Opera For a second year the Sofia Opera and ballet starts a project, directed to the uniting and the popularization of the … Continue reading

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WAGNER IN ADVANCE FOR THE MOST IMPATIENT

Friday, 12 May 2017 Open rehearsal of “Parsifal” for the upcoming premiere Dozens most enthusiastic Wagnerians with impatience waited till the next unique experience at the Sofia Opera. This time – under the form of the first open director’s rehearsal … Continue reading

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W A G N E R F O R A L L – 9.5.2017/11.00 H.

Monday, 08 May 2017

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FESTIVAL “OPERA OF THE PEAKS – BELOGRADCHIK ROCKS” 2017

Wednesday, 19 April 2017

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The Sofia Opera with a new Chamber hall for Lazarus Saturday

Monday, 10 April 2017 On the bright holiday, artists will present the concert “Masterpieces of the Musical Treasury for Children” On 8 April, at 10:30 h, at the Sofia Opera and ballet is upcoming the opening of the new Chamber … Continue reading

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The Bulgarian National Radio – The interest of the foreign tourists in opera and ballet in our country is getting stronge

Monday, 10 April 2017

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Monitor newspaper – Wagner enters the Magura Cave

Friday, 07 April 2017 The company of the Sofia Opera will assault the stage of Bolshoi Theatre. Our home musicians will depart for Russia between 12 and 24 March next year, where they will present six of their productions. In … Continue reading

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“PARSIFAL” – FOR THE FIRST TIME IN BULGARIA! 4 – 6 – 8 – 10 JULY 2017 – THE PERFORMERS ABOUT THEIR ROLES

Thursday, 30 March 2017 PARSIFAL FOR THE FIRST TIME IN BULGARIA! 4 – 6 – 8 – 10 JULY 2017 The newest Wagner production of the Sofia Opera Conductor CONSTANTIN TRINKS Director PLAMEN KARTALOFF Set Design SVEN JONKE Costumes STANKA … Continue reading

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BTA – FRANCESCO ROSA WILL CONDUCT “LAKMÉ” AT THE SOFIA OPERA

Friday, 24 March 2017

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Programme of the talk “Lakmé”– opera by Léo Delibes 22.03.2017

Saturday, 18 March 2017

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Let’s remember about “Opera of the Peaks” – the material is by MANAGER.BG

Friday, 17 March 2017 The Sofia Opera enjoys numerous positive reviews, after having succeeded to move over 1500 spectators between 5 and 7 August with the festival “Opera of the Peaks – Belogradchik Rocks”. The tickets for this surprizing and … Continue reading

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THE SOFIA OPERA WON THE OVATIONS OF ITB – BERLIN

Wednesday, 15 March 2017

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WAGNER FOR STUDENTS

Saturday, 11 March 2017

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Talk “Prince Igor” – opera by Alexander Borodin 15.03.2017

Saturday, 11 March 2017

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THE NEW PRINCE IGOR AT THE SOFIA OPERA AND BALLET

Thursday, 02 March 2017

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CARLOS ALMAGUER WILL BE GUEST-PERFORMER IN “TOSCA” AFTER A FURORE AS SCARPIA IN NICE

Thursday, 02 March 2017

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Fiorenza Cedolins in “Tosca” on 5 March at the Sofia Opera

Thursday, 23 February 2017

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KAMEN CHANEV ON 5 MARCH IN “TOSCA” AND ON 9 MARCH IN “UN BALLO IN MASCHERA”

Tuesday, 21 February 2017

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1 March 2017 – Talk – “Borislav – The great voivode of King Ivan-Asen II” – by Maestro Georgi Atanasov

Tuesday, 21 February 2017

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CARLOS ALMAGUER – Baron Scarpia in TOSCA on 4 March and Renato in UN BALLO IN MASCHERA on 9 March

Tuesday, 21 February 2017 Carlos Almaguer, baritone Carlos Almaguer is considered as one of the most important dramatic baritone voices today. Born in Mexico D.F where he learned to play different musical instruments and started his singing studies with Maestro … Continue reading

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On 18.02 the world-known bass Roberto Scandiuzzi in the role of Filippo II

Wednesday, 15 February 2017

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PARSIFAL – Opera by Richard Wagner – Characters and synopsis

Saturday, 21 January 2017 PARSIFAL A festive stage mystery in three acts Libretto: Richard Wagner after motifs from the poem “Parsifal” by Wolfram von Eschenbach and “Parsifal or the Prince of the Grail” by Chrétien de Troyes or “Mabinogion” Music: … Continue reading

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WAGNER AND “PARSIFAL”

Saturday, 21 January 2017 “In “PARSIFAL” – this last work of his, Wagner tried to be less severe and autocratic in his attitude to music. Here we shall not find the exhausting, obtrusive representation of Tristan’s pernicious passion, nor Isolde’s … Continue reading

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THE BULGARIAN WAGNERIANA

Saturday, 21 January 2017 Recently the produced “Tristan und Isolde” by Academician Plamen Kartaloff for the first time on home stage, at the Sofia Opera, was an exceptional event in our cultural life. The production was highly estimated by the … Continue reading

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