OPERA IN THE SUMMER THEATER
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24.06.-25.08.2016
Summer Theater - Varna
Friday, 21.00 – 23.30
24.06. Turandot
A lyrical drama in three acts (five scenes) by Giacomo Puccini
to a libretto Либрето by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni based on the play of the same title by Carlo Gozzi
dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the birth of Gena Dimitrova and the 90th anniversary of the first performance of the opera in La Scala in Milan
Director Kuzman Popov
Scenography Radostin Chomakov
Costumes Tsvetanka Petkova-Stoynova
Choreography Rumyana Malcheva
Choir conductors Stefan Boyadzhiev
Conductor Grigor Palikarov
Cast:
Turandot Dimitrinka Raycheva
Emperor Stoyan Findzhikov
Timur Deyan Vachkov
Calaf Valery Georgiev
Liu Ilina Mihaylova
Ping Ventseslav Anastasov
Pang Momchil Karaivanov
Pong Plamen Dolapchiev
Mandarin Svilen Nikolov
with the participation of Varna’s Children-Youth Opera - conductor Gancho Ganchev
The opera was created after the play of the same title by Carlo Gozzi. The Chinese fairy-tale-like story inspired Giacomo Puccini to create his last work. As he wished, after his death the opera was finished by his student Franco Alfano, using his sketches. The premiere of the Varna production was on 3 August 1994, starring great Gena Dimitrova. The spectacle honors her 75th anniversary and the 90th anniversary of the first performance of Puccini’s work in La Scala in Milan. The role of the Chinese princess will be performed by talented soprano Dimitrinka Raycheva.
Summer Theater - Varna
Tuesday, 21.00 – 23.30
International Music festival ” Varna Summer” WORLD PREMIERE
28.06. THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO
A musical by Yves Dessca based on the novel by Alexadre Dumas
Director Petko Bonev
Conductor Stanimir Pavlov
Choreography Svetlin Ivelinov, Antoineta Aleksieva
Scenography and Costumes Asya Stoimenova
3D Mapping Polina Gerasimova
Choirmaster Stefan Boyadzhiev
Starring:
Alexandre Dumas Milen Ivanov
Edmond Dantes Boris Lukov
Count of Monte Cristo Dimitar Markov
Under the patronage of the Mayor of Varna Ivan Portnih
Yves Dessca is the author of the hits of the 1970s in the repertoire of Severine – Un banc, un arbre, une rue, which won the 1971 Eurovision Song Contest, Vicky Leandros – Apres toi, which won the 1972 Eurovision Song Contest, Michel Sardou – La Maladie d’Amour, Jacques Dutronc – Gentleman cambrioleur. 60 million recordings of his compositions and productions were sold all over the world. He has been awarded many prestigious prizes, including the award given by Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI). During the 1980s he was part of the managing body of the USA TV Channel CBS. As a producer for the Italian Television he promoted the first production of The Three Tenors Pavarotti – Domingo – Carreras during the FIFA World Cup in Italy in 1990.
This spectacle equally features the singing and dancing arts, combined with modern technological and scenographic solutions by 3D Mapping. Chateau d’If is alive with the dynamic captivating plot created by Alexandre Dumas.
Summer Theater - Varna
Saturday, 21.00 – 23.30
International Music festival ” Varna Summer” PREMIERE
02.07. LA BOHEME
an opera in four acts by Giacomo Puccini
to a libretto by Luigi Illica and Guiseppe Giacosa
Director Maria Elena Mexia
Conductor Stefano Seghedoni
Scenography Carmen Kostanyon
Costumes Steve Almerigi
Choirmaster Stefan Boyadzhiev
Starring:
Mimi Tsvetelina Vasileva
Rodolfo Petar Kostov
Marcello Svilen Nikolov
Schaunard Plamen Dimitrov
Musetta Irina Zhekova
Colline Evgeniy Stanimirov
The staging team specially adapted the new production for the conditions in the Varna Summer Theater.
Maria Elena Mexia, besides being a scenographer and director of productions in Greece, Italy, Spain and Ecuador, is the author of documentary films about the La Scala in Milan and Renata Tebaldi.
Stefano Seghedoni has worked with Mirella Fregni, Placido Domingo, Nikolay Gyaurov, Nicola Martinucci and others. He has taught at Accademia Verdi – Toscanini in Parma, Accademia Opera Festival in Bologna, Modena Conservatory. Since 2012 he has been permanent guest-conductor with the Varna State opera. With the cast of the Varna Opera he has conducted fragments of La boheme in concert performance.
Tsvetelina Vasileva debuted on the Varna stage in 1994 in the role of Liu in Turandot with Gena Dimitrova. Her international career started in San Francisco. After that she was invited to perform at the Theater Royal Covent Garden, Toronto, Metropolitan Opera, New York and others. The New York Times especially noted her great and passionate performance of Yaroslavna in the opera Prince Igor.
Summer Theater - Varna
Monday – 21.00 – 23.00
International Music festival ” Varna Summer” PREMIERE
11.07. DON QUIXOTE
a ballet to music by Ludwig Minkus, based on the novel by Miguel de Cervantes
Choreography Sergei Bobrov (honored artist of Russia)
Artist Kristina Fyodorova
Conductor Viliana Valtcheva
The ballet of the Varna State Opera
Guest-performers - soloists of the State Theater for Opera and Ballet – Krasnoyarsk (Russia)
Since its first performance in 1869 at the Moscow Bolshoi Theater till now Don Quixote has been among the most popular models of classical dance. In it the dialogue between the Spanish folk dance art and the classical ballet movements reaches a spectacular climax. The premiere is a natural introduction to the upcoming International Ballet Competition 2016 from 15 to 30 July, which will gather the best of the ballet world in Varna. Choreographer Sergei Bobrov invited leading soloists of State Theater for Opera and Ballet – Krasnoyarsk and the Varna State Opera.
Summer Theater - Varna
Tuesday, 21.00 – 22.30
12.07. BALLET GALA
Director Sergei Bobrov
CastElena Andriyenko soloist of the Bolshoi Theater till 2015, soloists from the Theater for Opera and Ballet – Krasnoyarsk (Russia) and the Varna State Opera
Elena Andriyenko finished the Kiev Choreography School. She continued her education in Moscow taught by Sofia Golovkina. In 1991 she joined the troupe of the Bolshoi Theater. Her diverse repertoire contains lyrical, romantic, comic and grotesque roles. Critics noted that her uniqueness is the original strength of her character combined with elegant femininity. Elena Andriyenko was the first performer of Swan-Princess in the premiere spectacle of Swan Lake, whose choreographer was Vladimir Vasiliev is the only winner of the Grand Prix of the International Ballet Competition - Varna.
Summer Theater - Varna
Thursday, 21.00 – 23.45
International Music festival ” Varna Summer” PREMIERE
11.08. BORIS GODUNOV
a musical drama in four acts and a prologue by Modest Mussorgsky
to a libretto by Modest Mussorgsky , based on the tragedy of the same name by Pushkin and historical texts by Nikolay Karamzin
Conductor Yordan Kamdzhalov
Director and Scenography Plamen Kartalov
Costumes Marta Mironska, Stanka Vauda
Choirmaster Stefan Boyadzhiev
Cast:
Boris Godunov Carlo Colombara
Fyodor Yanko Stanev
Kseniya Irina Zhekova
Kseniya’s nurse Silviya Angelova
Prince Shuysky Valery Georgiev
Shchelkalov Svilen Nikolov
Pimen Evgeniy Stanimirov
Old Man (Pimen’s double) Angel Hristov
Innkeeper Boyka Vasileva
The Pretender Arseniy Arsov
Varlaam Geo Chobanov
Misail Hristo Ganevski
The Yurodiviy Plamen Dolapchiev
Nikitich Lyudmil Petrov
Mityukha Petar Genov
Patriarch Job Plamen Georgiev
Dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Nikola Gyuzelev
Under the patronage of the Mayor of Varna Ivan Portnih
Carlo Colombara chose to debut in the token role of the bass repertoire in Varna. Born in Bologna in 1984, he won the competition “Riccardo Stracciari” in Bologna. In 1989 at the young age of 25, he debuted in La Scala – the Prince of Bouillon in Adriana Lecouvreur. There followed roles with Riccardo Muti, Lorin Maazel and other famous conductors in the State Palace of Kremlin, Vienna State Opera, Metropolitan in New York, Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, Grand Opera in Paris, Covent Garden in London, Arena di Verona. In 1997 he played Timur in the spectacular production of Turandot in the Forbidden City in Beijing, conducted by Zubin Mehta. So far he has performed the role of Boris Godunov only in concert performances and in recordings, conducted by Vladimir Gyaurov and with Mariyana Pencheva.
Summer Theater - Varna
Saturday, 21.00 – 23.45
International Music festival ” Varna Summer” PREMIERE
13.08. LA FORZA DEL DESTINO
an opera in four acts (eight scenes) by Giuseppe Verdi
to a libretto by Francesco Piave
Director Dejan Proshev
Conductor Marco Boemi
Scenography Zivojin Trajanovic
Costumes Kina Petrova
Choreography Gergana Georgieva-Karaivanova
Choirmaster Stefan Boyadzhiev
Starring:
Leonora di Vargas Daria Masiero
Padre Guardiano Carlo Colombara
Don Carlo di Vargas Ventseslav Anastassov
Don Alvaro Kaludi Kaludov
The spectacle is a co-production with the Macedonian Theater for Opera and Ballet. During his career of more than 20 years Marco Boemi has worked with Rayna Kabaivanska, Renato Bruson, Katia Ricciarelli, Elena Obraztsova and others. He has had CDs for Decca, Universal, Philips and TDK. Among his performances are concerts with Luciano Pavarotti and Celine Dion, with Anna Netrebko in Kazan, Turandot in Bogota, Pagliacci in Helsinki, and Il trovatore in Treviso, La traviata in Verona, Don Pasquale in Helsinki, Don Quixote and the Berlioz Gala in Sao Paulo, Aida in Seoul and The Queen of Spades at the Chaliapin Festival.
Daria Masiero and Carlo Colombara successfully performed the duet of Padre Guardiano and Leonora in a concert program during the IMF “Varna Summer” 2015.
Summer Theater - Varna
Wendsday, 21.00 – 23.00
17.08. JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT
a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice
Director Svetozar Donev
Conductor Stratsimir Pavlov
Artist IvanTokadzhiev
Choreography Svetlin Ivelinov
Choir conductor Stefan Boyadzhiev
Second unit director Srebrina Sokolova
Photographer Rossen Donev
Starring:
Joseph Bogomil Spirov
Storyteller Ina Petrova
Andrew Lloyd Webber is one of the most famous composers of the end of 20th century due to his successful productions which have been played for decades in New York and London. Many of the songs, such as I Don't Know How to Love Him from Jesus Christ Superstar, Don't Cry For Me, Argentina from Evita, Memory from Cats and The Music of the Night from The Phantom of the Opera are popular hits, living their own scenic lives.
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is one of his earliest works. Director Prof. Svetozar Donev emphasizes in his message that young people should fight for their dreams and benevolently forgive the mistakes of their fellow people because this is the best way to be happy.
According to choreographer Svetlin Ivelinov, the story of Joseph corresponds to all epochs. This is why, just like people today, the artists dance rock, tango, country and street dance. There are stylized elements in the dances, taking us to Ancient Egypt and the biblical epoch. The permanent charm of the work lies in this perpetual search for the parallel between the biblical and the contemporary conceptions of the world via the same characters.
Summer Theater - Varna
Saturday, 21.00 – 23.30
20.08. BULGARIANS OF OLDEN DAYS
an operetta by Asen Karastoyanov
Libretto Kosta Raynov
Director Nikolay Aprilov
Conductor Stefan Boyadzhiev
Scenography Atanas Velyanov
Costumes Dilyana Parvanova
Choreography Gergana Georgieva-Karaivanova, RadoslavIvanov
Choir conductor Stefan Boyadzhiev
Computer Design and Effects Venelin Milanov, Anton Zlatinov
Starring:
Grandfather Liben Stefan Ryadkov
Hadzhi Gencho Plamen Georgiev
with the special participation of Folk Ensemble “Odesos” of MIA – Varna
Director Nikolay Aprilov:”Due to its diversity of expressive means, uniting music and theater in a wonderful way, Bulgarians of Olden Days is the most popular and enthusiastically received Bulgarian operetta. This is because of the characters, their spirits and their aspirations to freedom. It is not only the physical freedom, but the spiritual freedom as well because this is the eternal conflict between Gradfather Liben and Hadzhi Gencho. Moreover, it is because of the splendid music – so Bulgarian in sound, the embroideries and the costumes, because of everything which is in our DNA.”
Summer Theater - Varna
Monday, 21.00 – 23.45
International Music festival ” Varna Summer” PREMIERE
22.08. NORMA
a lyrical tragedy in two acts (four scenes) by Vincenzo Bellini
to a libretto by Felice Romani
Conductor Viliana Valtcheva
Director and Scenography Kuzman Popov
Costumes Asya Stoimenova
Choir conductor Stefan Boyadzhiev
Performers:
Norma Daria Masiero
Adalgisa Daniela Dyakova
Oroveso Evgeniy Stanimirov
Pollione Boris Lukov
Clotilde Boyka Vassileva
Flavio, Plamen Dolapchiev
Under the patronage of Irena Sokolova, Deputy Chairperson of the Culture and Media Committee of the 43th National Assembly
Soprano Daria Masiero fell in love with the opera when she was only six years old after she heard Tosca. She graduated with honors from the Conservatory in Alexandria. Later she took courses at the La Scala Academy in Milan. She also performed in Turin, Genoa, Palermo, Nice, Dublin, Barcelona, Melbourne, Seoul, Beijing, Tokyo, Bogota, Sydney, Prague … Besides Norma, she likes singing in Puccini’s operas - La Boheme, Gianni Schicchi, Turandot, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, in Verdi’s operas – Otello, Nabucco, La Traviata, Don Carlos, Il Trovatore, Aida, Macbeth, Un ballo in maschera, Boito’s - Mefistofele, Pergolesi and Rossini’s - Stabat Mater, Mozart’s - Don Giovanni, The Marriage of Figaro, Requiem, Gluck’s - Orpheus and Eurydice, Leoncavallo’s – Pagliacci, Cilea’s – Arlesiana, Adriana Lecouvreur, Tchaikovsky’s - Eugene Onegin.
Summer Theater - Varna
Thursday, 21.00 – 23.00
25.08. OPERA GALA – ANNIVERSARY OF BORISLAV IVANOV
Conductors: Borislav Ivanov, Selman Ada,Viliana Valtcheva, Stefan Boyadzhiev
Starring: Dimitrinka Raycheva, Irina Zhekova, Boyka Vassileva, Elena Chavdarova, Boris Lukov, Kamen Chanev, Kaludi Kaludov, Valery Georgiev, Orlin Goranov, Ventseslav Anastasov, Mauro Augustin, Alexander Krunev, Svilen Nikolov, Evgeniy Stanimirov
Director Kuzman Popov
Orchestra, Choir and Ballet of the State Opera Varna
Borislav Ivanov graduated from the State Music Academy in Choir Conducting in the class of Prof. Georgi Dimitrov, and Orchestra Conducting in the class of Prof. Vladi Simeonov. He took courses in Berlin at Komishe Oper from Kurt Masur and at the Berlin Philharmonic from Herbert von Karajan. During his specialization he was invited to be chief conductor and later chief musical director of the German Symphony Orchestra in Berlin. In the course of 40 years he conducted over 700 concerts in the famous hall of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.
The beginning of his professional career in Bulgaria is related to the Varna Opera. In the period 1975 – 1979 he was director, chief conductor of the Opera and director of the International Music Festival “Varna summer”. As director of the Plovdiv Opera during the 1980s, he created the Verdi Festival on the stage of the Roman Theater.
In the period 2004 – 2007 he was director of the Sofia Opera and Ballet. He was chief musical director of the Opera in Ankara and deputy general musical director and first conductor of the Opera in Kassel, Germany. Since 2009 he has been artistic director of the Varna State Opera.
He realized the first staged version in Bulgaria of Carmina Burana by Carl Orff. For his lifetime contribution to the art of music he has received numerous awards in Bulgaria, as well as a golden order from the Italian Government for merits to the Italian opera music and Cross of Merit to the culture of Germany – first degree.
Opera in the Summer Theatre 2016
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OPERA IN THE SUMMER THEATER
7th EDITION, 24 June – 25 August 2016
Friday – 21.00-23.30
24.06. TURANDOT●●
an opera by Giacomo Puccini
Conductor Grigor Palikarov
Director Kuzman Popov
Scenography Radostin Chomakov
Costumes Tsvetanka Petkova-Stoynova
Choreography Rumyana Malcheva
Choirmasters Stefan Boyadzhiev, Gancho Ganchev
Cast Dimitrinka Raicheva, Dejan Vachkov, Valery Georgiev, Ilina Mihaylova
with the participation of Varna’s Children-Youth Opera
dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the birth of Gena Dimitrova and the 90th anniversary of the first performance of the opera in La Scala in Milan
Tuesday – 21.00- 24.00
International Music festival ” Varna Summer” world PREMIERE
28.06. THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO●
a musical by Yves Dessca based on the novel of the same name by Alexandre Dumas
Director Petko Bonev
Conductor Stratzimir Pavlov
Choreography Mariana Kruncheva
Scenograrphy and costumes Asya Stoimenova
3D mapping Polina Gerasimova
Choirmaster Stefan Boyadzhiev
Cast Boris Lukov, Ilina Mihaylova
Under the patronage of the Mayor of Varna Ivan Portnih
Saturday – 21.00-23.30
International Music Festival ” Varna Summer ” PREMIERE
02.07. LA BOHEME●●
an opera by Giacomo Puccini
Conductor Stefano Seghedoni
Director MªElena Mexía
Scenograrphy Carmen Kostanyon
Costumes Steve Almerigi
Choirmaster Stefan Boyadzhiev
CastZvetelina Vassileva, Peter Kostov, Svilen Nikolov, Plamen Dimitrov, Irina Zhekova, EvgeniyStanimirov
Monday – 21.00-23.00
International Music Festival ”Varna summer” PREMIERE
11.07. DON QUIXOTE●●
a ballet to music by Ludwig Minkus
Choreography Sergey Bobrov - honored artist of Russia
Conductor Viliana Valcheva
Artist Kristina Fyodorova
The ballet of the Varna State Opera
Guest-performers - soloists of the State Theater for Opera and Ballet – Krasnoyarsk
Tuesday – 21.00- 22.30
12.07. BALLET GALA-CONCERT●●
CastElena Andriyenko from the Bolshoi Theater, soloists from the Theater for Opera and Ballet – Krasnoyarsk and the Varna State Opera
Thursday – 21.00-23.45
International Music Festival ”Varna Summer” PREMIERE
11.08. BORIS GODUNOV●●
an opera by Modest Mussorgsky
Conductor Yordan Kamdzhalov
Director and Scenography Plamen Kartalov
Costumes Marta Mironska, Stanka Vauda
Choirmaster Stefan Boyadzhiev
A special guest performance by Carlo Colombara in the role of Boris
Dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Nikola Gyuzelev’s birth
Under the patronage of the Mayor of Varna Ivan Portnih
Saturday, 21.00 – 23.45
International Music Festival ”Varna Summer” PREMIERE
13.08. LA FORZA DEL DESTINO●●
an opera in four acts (eight scenes) by Giuseppe Verdi
to a libretto by Francesco Piave
Director Dejan Proshev
Conductor Marco Boemi
Scenography Zivojin Trajanovic
Costumes Kina Petrova
Choreography Gergana Georgieva-Karaivanova
Choirmaster Stefan Boyadzhiev
Cast Daria Masiero, Carlo Colombara, Ventseslav Anastassov, Kaludi Kaludov
Under the patronage of Luidzhina Peddi, Director of the Italian Cultural Institute in Sofia
Wednesday – 21.00-23.00
17.08. JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT●
a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice
Director Svetozar Donev
Conductor Stratsimir Pavlov
Artist Ivan Tokadzhiev
Choreography Svetlin Ivelinov
Conductor Viliana Valcheva
Choirmaster Stefan Boyadzhiev
Second unit director Srebrina Sokolova
Photographer Rossen Donev
Starring Bogomil Spirov, Ina Petrova
Saturday – 21:00-23:30
20.08. BULGARIANS OF OLDEN DAYS●●
an operetta by Asen Karastoyanov
Director Nikolay Aprilov
Conductor Stefan Boyadzhiev
Scenography Atanas Velyanov
Costumes Dilyana Parvanova
Choreography Gergana Georgieva-Karaivanova, Radoslav Ivanov
Computer Design and Effects Venelin Milanov, Anton Zlatinov
Starring Stefan Ryadkov, Plamen Georgiev
Special participation of FolkloreEnsemble “Odesos”– Varna
Monday – 21.00-23.45
International Music Festival ” Varna Summer” PREMIERE
22.08. NORMA●●
an opera by Vincenzo Bellini
Conductor Viliana Valcheva
Director and Scenography Kuzman Popov
Costumes Asya Stoimenova
Choirmaster Stefan Boyadzhiev
Cast: Daria Masiero, Daniela Dyakova, Boris Lukov
Under the patronage of Irena Sokolova, Deputy Chairperson of the Culture and Media Committee of the 43th National Assembly
Thursday – 21.00-23.00
25.08. OPERA GALA – ANNIVERSARY OF BORISLAV IVANOV●●
Performers Agunda Kulaeva (soloist with the Bolshoi Theater), Kaludi Kaludov, Kamen Chanev, Kiril Manolov
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Opera in the Summer Theatre - Varna 24.6.2016 - 25.8.2016 г.
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