MAY 2016
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VARNA STATE OPERA
Season of 2015/2016
Wednesday – 19.00 – 22.00
04. DIE CSÁRDÁSFÜRSTIN
an operetta by Imre Kalman
Thursday – 19.00 – 21.00
05. JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT
a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Sunday – 17.00 – 18.30 – Lobby Dress Circle
08. MUSICAL SOIREE
Arias and ensembles by Bulgarian composers with the participation of artist choir-singers with the Varna State Opera
Tuesday, Wednesday – 19.00 – 22.00
10, 18. BULGARIANS OF OLDEN TIMES
an operetta by Asen Karastoyanov
Friday, Saturday – 19.00 – 22.00
Pre-premiere
13, 14. LA FORZA DEL DESTINO
An opera by Giuseppe Verdi
Monday – 18.00 – 19.00 – “Filial” Stage
16. WINNIE-THE-POOH
a musical by Aleksandar Yosifov
Tuesday – 19.00 – 21.45
17. IL TROVATORE
an opera by Giuseppe Verdi
Friday – 19.00 – 21.45
20. NABUCCO
an opera by Giuseppe Verdi
Sunday – 16.00 – 17.00 – Lobby Dress Circle
29. MUSICAL SOIREE
arias and ensembles by Bulgarian composers performed by artist-soloists with the Varna State Opera
Monday – 19.00
Premiere
30. ANNIE
a musical for children by Charles Strouse
Tuesday – 19.00 – 20.45
31. GISELLE
a ballet to music by Adolphe Adam
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Box office: Monday-Friday 9:00-13:30 and 14:30-20:30; Saturday 10:00- 14:00 and 14:30-19:00; Sunday 11:00-16:00
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JANUARY 2016 > 69th season (2015 – 2016)
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20 January, Wednesday, 18.00
THE NUTCRACKER
a ballet to music by P. I. Tchaikovsky
Staging Sergey Bobrov
Conductor Boris Spasov
21 January, Thursday, 18.00
GISELLE
a ballet to music by Adolphe Adam
Staging Sergey Bobrov
Conductor Boris Spasov
22 January, Friday, 18.00
THE BARBER OF SEVILLE
an opera by Gioachino Rossini
Conductor Svetoslav Borisov
23 January, Saturday, 15.00 – Lobby Dress Circle
NEW YEAR’S SPARKS
Arias from operettas, musicals and Italian canzonets
26 January, Tuesday, 18.00
OPERA GALA
Conductor Borislav Ivanov
Performers: soloists of the Varna Opera and young talented artists Aleksandrina Mihaylova, Olga Kulichina, Vesela Yaneva, Mirela Yabandzhieva
29 January, Friday, 18.00
CARMEN
An opera by G. Bizet
Conductor Svetoslav Borisov
Director Kuzman Popov
TICKETS – 10, 15 and 20 leva; retirees and students – 6 and 8 leva
PACKAGE FAMILY for four, 20% discount – seats to choose by yourselves
VIP CARD with preferences for a year – 20 leva
Box-office working hours Basic Stage (052/66 50 22) every day from 10.00 to 13.00 and 14.00 to 19.00
Ticket booking and selling: tel. 052/66 50 20; 052/65 06 66; e-mail: tickets@operavarna.bg
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FEBRUARY 2016
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69th performing season (2015 – 2016)
1 February – Monday – 18.00
WINNIE-THE-POOH
a musical by Aleksandar Yosifov
Conductor Gancho Ganchev
Performers: Varna Children’s Opera of the Municipal Children’s Complex детски комплекс
3 February – Wednesday – 18.00
DIE CSARDASFURSTIN
an operetta by Emmerich Kalman
Conductor Gancho Ganchev
Director Nikolay Aprilov
Performers:
Ina Petrova – Sylva
Boris Lukov – Edwin
Velin Mihaylov – Boni
Boyka Vasileva – Cecilia
Srebrina Sokolova – Stasi
Lyudmil Petrov – Feri von Kerekes
Vladislav Vladimirov, Zakar Gostanyan, Plamen Georgiev, Petar Petrov
5 February – Friday – 18.00
GISELLE
a ballet to music by Adolphe Adam
Staging and Choreography Sergey Bobrov
Ballet of the Varna State Opera
Soloists of the Sofia Opera and Ballet
Katerina Popova – Giselle
Tsetso Petrov – Albrecht
Kiril Ivanov – Hilarion
and the soloist of the Varna Ballet troupe Yurika Aoki
6 February – Saturday – 11.00
MUSICAL REVELATIONS FROM ITALY
Chamber Ensemble “Kolegium Varna”
Soloist Daniela Dimova
10 February – Wednesday – 18.00
L’ELISIR D’AMORE
an opera by G. Donizetti
Conductor Svetoslav Borisov
Director Nina Naydenova
Soloists:
Ilina Mihaylova – Adina
Mark Fowler – Nemorino
Svilen Nikolov – Belcore
Deyan Vachkov – Doctor Dulcamara
Silviya Angelova – Giannetta
11 February – Thursday – 18.00
ALICE IN WONDERLAND
a musical by Aleksandar Yosifov
Conductor Stefan Boyadzhiev
Director Srebrina Sokolova
12 February – Friday – 18.00
ROMANTIC EVENING IN THE OPERA
to music by Astor Piazzolla
String Quartet “Arte”
Paticipants:
Grigor Dzhanev – contrabass
Ruslan Pavlov – piano
Daniela Dimova – soprano
Stanislava Marcheva – mezzosoprano
Boris Lukov – tenor
Veselina Mihalkova – acress
Tereza Zikovska - painting
13 and 27 February – Saturday – 16.00 – lobby dress-circle
SOIRÉE D'AMOUR
Romantic arias, duets and chansons by French composers
Performed by artist-choir singers of the Varna State Opera
14 and 20 February – Sunday and Saturday – 18.00 – Main Stage
BALLET CONCERT
Performers: students from “Dobri Hristov” NSA - Varna
15 February – Monday – 18.00
DON GIOVANNI
an opera by W. A. Mozart
Conductor Viliana Valcheva
Director Aleksandar Tekeliev
Soloists:
Ventseslav Anastasov – Don Giovanni
Deyan Vachkov – Leporello
Arseniy Arsov – Don Ottavio
Франческа Тиди (Italy) – Donna Anna
Ina Petrova – Donna Elvira
Ilina Mihaylova – Zerlina
Plamen Dimitrov – Masetto
Geo Chobanov – Il Commendatore
18 February – Thursday – 18.00
BOYKO TSVETANOV IN OTELLO
an opera by Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor Stefano Segodini
Director Nina Naydenova
Soloists:
Boyko Tsvetanov – Otello (debut)
Linka Stoyanova – Desdemona (debut)
Plamen Dimitrov – Iago
Boris Lukov – Cassio
Boyka Vasileva – Emilia
Hristo Ganevski – Roderigo
Geo Chobanov – Montano
22 February – Monday – 18.00
MACBETH
an opera by Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor Stefano Segodini
Director Nina Naydenova
Soloists:
Linka Stoyanova – Lady Macbeth (debut)
Svilen Nikolov – Macbeth (debut)
Evgeniy Stanimirov – Banco
Boris Lukov – Macduff (debut)
24 February – Wednesday – 18.00
IN THE RHYTHM OF MUSIC
Conductor Gancho Ganchev
Director Srebrina Sokolova
Musically-educational spectacle
26 February – Friday – 19.00
BeethovEN, LISZT, BORODIN
Symphonic concert
Conductors Milen Apostolov and Stefan Boyadzhiev
Orchestra of the Varna State Opera
27 February – Saturday – 11.00 – Main Stage
MUSICAL REVELATION FROM RUSSIA
Program: Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich
Chamber Ensemble “Kolegium Varna”
Soloists: Daniela Dimova, Linka Stoyanova, Valeriy Georgiev
Tickets of 10, 15, 20, 30 leva. Pensioners and students - 6, 7 leva. PACKAGE FAMILY OPERA for four with 20% discount, choice of seats; VIP CARD with preferences for the whole year of 20 leva.
Working hours box-office State Opera Varna: 10.00-13.00 and 14.00-19.00 every day. Bookings and sales of tickets at tel: 052-665020, 052-650666; 052-669652 and e-mail: tickets@operavarna.bg
MUSIC STAGE - Varna, SEPTEMBER, 2015
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- Die Csardasfurstin – a new production by Nikolay Aprilov
- The Barber of Seville – the best by virtuoso Rossini and free-thinker Beaumarchais
- Carmen Dance – the whirlpool of love and the impulses of freedom, expressed in music and dance
- Rigoletto – the drama of the comedian
- Operetta Gala – an impressive cocktail of bright melodies and temperamental dance performances
- The Wizard of Oz – the power of hope
- Giselle – classical choreography in the latest production of Sergey Bobrov
The warm Varna autumn offers great opportunities of having meaningful encounters with talented performers in the genres of the opera, operetta, musical and ballet.
Some of the spectacles were presented for the first time at the Opera at the Summer Theater.
Now, in the hall of the Main Stage, they will be shown and perceived in a new way, allowing the audience to feel much more directly the mastery inspired by the performers’ talents.
Die Csárdásfürstin – a new production by Nikolay Aprilov
15 September, Tuesday, 19.00, Main Stage
DIE CSARDASFURSTIN
an operetta by Imre Kalman
Conductor ATANAS VARADINOV
Staging and Directing NIKOLAY APRILOV
Artists RADINA BLIZNAKOVA and LILIYA BABUNOVA
Choreography TATYANA YANEVA and IVO ADOV
Performers: VLADISLAV VLADIMIROV, BOYKA VASILEVA, BORIS LUKOV, LILYANA KONDOVA, VESELIN VACHEV, OLGA MIHAYLOVA-DINOVA, ZAKAR GOSTANYAN, LYUDMIL PETROV, PETAR PETROV, PLAMEN GEORGIEV
Famous and loved director Nikolay Aprilov, after the incredible success of Bulgarians of Olden Times, has prepared an original version of the most popular operetta with Olga Mihaylova-Dinova in the role of Sylva. “Nikolay Aprilov offers a very different, theatrically accentuated reading of the well-known title. During the rehearsal process he required from us full commitment and continuously created new challenges, mostly aesthetic ones. Emphasizing plasticity, detail, readiness for improvisation, he encouraged us to build in-depth bright characters,” says she. For Boris Lukov (Edwin), one of “The Unique Voices” trio, the participation in Die Csardasfurstin is a debut. In his opinion, unlike the opera, the operetta gives more opportunities for expression and more freedom. Veselin Vachev, also one of “The Unique Voices” trio, who played Boni before and knows the role well, said it was now that he had thoroughly comprehended the character. Actually, it is Boni who is the real engine of the action - he is the one to entangle and finally disentangle the intrigue, and has to dance quite a lot as well. In Lilyana Kondova’s opinion, Stasi is rather strange, frequently changing her moods – at one moment romantic and carefree, at another sad. She believes in love at first sight and confides that she likes this naivety and finds it charming.
The Barber of Seville – the best by virtuoso Rossini and free-thinker Beaumarchais
17 September, Thursday, 19.00
THE BARBER OF SEVILLE
an opera by Gioachino Rossini
Conductor SVETOSLAV BORISOV
Director ANTONIO PETRIS (Italy)
Scenography and Costumes SALVATORE RUSSO (Italy)
Choreography GIUSEPPE PARENTE (Italy)
Choirmaster STEFAN BOYADZHIEV
Performers: ARSENIY ARSOV, GEO CHOBANOV, IRINA ZHEKOVA, SVILEN NIKOLOV, EVGENIY STANIMIROV, STOYAN FINDZHIKOV, BOYKA VASILEVA, ROSEN RANGELOV
This comic opera has a permanent place in the repertoires of most of the opera theatres in the world. The Varna production is the work of a team from the native land of Rossini – Italy. The spectacle has a lot of freshness, original costumes, and pantomime-plastic decisions, complementing the vigorous music by Rossini.
Carmen Dance - the whirlpool of love and the impulses of freedom, expressed in music and dance
18 September, Friday, 19.00
CarmenDance
an opera-ballet spectacle to music by Georges Bizet
Staging SERGEY BOBROV – Honored Artist of Russia
Conductor SVETOSLAV BORISOV
Director of Opera Scenes KUZMAN POPOV
Choirmaster STEFAN BOYADZHIEV
Ballet soloists: EVGENIYA MINKOVA, PAVEL KIRCHEV, RUMEN STEFANOV, ILIYANA SLAVOVA, MARTIN CHIKALOV, RENETA MIHAYLOVA, NIKOLAY DIMITROV
CarmenDance is a beautifully emotional production of the Ballet Master in Chief of the Varna State Opera and Honored Artist of Russia Servey Bobrov, assisted by Olesya Aldonina and Demid Zikov. The ballet artists and the orchestra, choir and soloists of the Varna State Opera under the baton of Chief Conductor Svetoslav Borisov and opera scenes directed by Kuzman Popov leave a miraculous impression. The characters in the romantic drama are played by Vyara Zhelezova - Carmen, Valeriy Georgiev – Don Jose, Deyan Vachkov – Escamillo, Ilina Mihaylova – Micaela.
Rigoletto – the drama of the comedian
24 September, Thursday, 19.00
RIGOLETTO
an opera by Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor BORISLAV IVANOV
Director KUZMAN POPOV
Artist MARIYA DIMANOVA
Choirmaster STEFAN BOYADZHIEV
Performers: ARSENIY ARSOV, PLAMEN DIMITROV, IRINA ZHEKOVA, EVGENIY STANIMIROV, SILVIYA ANGELOVA, VYARA ZHELEZOVA, GEO CHOBANOV, SVILEN NIKOLOV, STOYAN FINDZHIKOV, LYUDMIL PETROV, BLAGOVESTA STATEVA, YORDAN KOTSEV, KRASIMIRA MITEVA
This is yet another traditional title in the repertoire of the Varna State Opera, in which the immortal music of Giuseppe Verdi was inspired by Victor Hugo’s play The King Amuses Himself. The main character’s drama is presented with mastery by the leading soloists of the Varna State opera.
Operetta Gala – an impressive cocktailof bright melodies and temperamental dance performances
25 September, Friday, 19.00
OPERETTA GALA
Symphony orchestra, choir and ballet of the Varna State Opera
Conductor GANCHO GANCHEV
Director KUZMAN POPOV
Soloists: OLGA MIHAYLOVA-DINOVA, DANIELA DIMOVA, PENYO PIROZOV, PLAMEN DIMITROV, LILYANA KONDOVA, SILVIYA ANGELOVA
The spectacle is focused on the best of the operetta classical works which are presented enthrallingly with the special guest-performance of Penyo Pirozov from “Stefan Makedonski” National Music Theater.
The Wizard of Oz – the power of hope
28 September, Monday, 18.00
THE WIZARD OF OZ
a musical by Harold Arlen
Conductor GANCHO GANCHEV
Director KOSTADIN BANDUTOV
Choirmaster and Rehearsal Pianist MIGLENA SHISHEVA
Scenographer TODOR IGNATOV
Choreographer KONSTANTIN ILIEV
Ballet Master BISTRA BACHVAROVA
Theater Pedagogue PETYA PETKOVA
Vocal Pedagogue GALINA STANISHEVA
The popular musical dedicated to hope and friendship is presented by the troupe of the Varna Youth Opera, whose chief artistic director is Gancho Ganchev.
Giselle – classical choreography in the latest production of Sergey Bobrov
29 September, Tuesday, 19.00
GISELLE
a ballet to music by Adolphe Adam
Staging and Choreography SERGEY BOBROV – Honored Artist of Russia
Conductor VILIANA VALCHEVA
Assistant Choreographers OLESYA ALDONINAand DEMID ZIKOV
Artistic Director of the ballet EKATERINA CHESHMEDZHIEVA
Soloists: ILIYANA SLAVOVA, PAVEL KIRCHEV, YURIKA AOKI, MARTIN CHIKALOV, DANIEL OBRESHKOV, GALINA VELCHEVA, EVGENIYA MINKOVA, RUMEN STEFANOV, LILYANA GEORGIEVA, GERGANA GEORGIEVA
After the successful summer premiere spectacles, the classical ballet will be presented again with the participation of the orchestra of the Varna State Opera live, conducted by Viliana Valcheva. The production is the idea and realization of Sergey Bobrov – Honored Artist of Russia, Ballet Master in Chief of the Varna State Opera.