Premiere productions of operas by Richard Wagner at the Sofia opera

DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER

10.02.1930 – premiere with conductor Venedikt Bobchevsky, directors Iliya Arnaudov and Nikolay Vekov, artist Alexander Milenkov.

24.11.1939 – premiere with conductor Asen Naydenov, director Iliya Arnaudov, artist P. Georgiev.

22.01.1943 – premiere with conductor Asen Naydenov, director Iliya Arnaudov.

1959 – premiere with conductor Atanas Margaritov, director Dragan Kardzhiev, artist Asen Popov.

8.07.2022 – premiere with conductor Rosen Gergov, director Plamen Kartaloff, whose scenographic concept was inspired by the works of Barbara Hepworth, costumes – Leo Kulaš.

TANNHÄUSER

30.01.1931 – premiere with conductor Herman Stange, director Hristo Popov, artist Alexander Milenkov.

24.05.1939 – premiere with conductor Asen Naydenov, director Dragan Kardzhiev, artist Alexander Milenkov, costumes Evgeni Vashchenko

1983 – premiere with conductor Ruslan Raychev

26.06.2025 – premiere with conductor Konstantin Trinks, director Plamen Kartaloff, artist Sven Yonke, costume Hristiyana Mihaleva-Zorbalieva

LOHENGRIN

5.10.1934 – premiere with conductor Moysey Zlatin, director Dragan Kardzhiev, artist Alexander Milenkov, costumes Evgeni Vashchenko.

15.01.1939 – revival with conductor Emil Cooper.

10.04.1968 – premiere with conductor Asen Naydenov, director – Mihail Hadjimishev, artist – Ana Hadjimisheva.

13.06.2024 - premiere with conductor Konstantin Trinks, director Plamen Kartaloff, artist Hans Kudlich, costumes Mario Dice

DAS RHEINGOLD

31.10.1943 – premiere with conductor Asen Naydenov, director Hans Meisner, artists Walter Dinze – Preslav Karshovski.

DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN

Since 2010, every year Plamen Kartaloff presents one title from the cycle. Conductor of “Das Rheingold” and “Die Walküre” is Pavel Baleff, “Siegfried” and “Götterdämmerung” is Erich Wächter, artist Nikolay Panayotov, style preparation Richard Trimborn.

22.05.2010 “Das Rheingold”

14.04.2011 “Die Walküre”

22.05.2012 “Siegfried”

22.05.2013 “Götterdämmerung”

From June 22 to 29, 2013, on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of Richard Wagner's birth, the tetralogy DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN is presented.

8, 9, 11 and 13.07.2023 – new premiere of the tetralogy DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of Richard Wagner's birth with conductor Constantin Trinks, direction Plamen Kartaloff, scenography Hans Kudlich and costumes by Hristiyana Mihaleva-Zorbalieva

17.12.2011 – DAS RHEINGOLD – adaptation for children by Yulia Krasteva

26.02.2015 – TRISTAN AND ISOLDE – premiere with conductor Constantin Trinks, director Plamen Kartaloff, scenography Miodrag Tabački, costume designer Leo Kulaš.

4.07.2017 – PARSIFAL – premiere with conductor Constantin Trinks, director Plamen Kartaloff, scenography Sven Jonke, costume designer – Stanka Vauda,

WORLDWIDE VISITS OF THE SOFIA OPERA WITH RICHARD WAGNER

2013 – "Siegfried" – Bolshoi Theatre, Minsk, Belarus

2015 – “Tristan and Isolde” – Ljubljana, Slovenia

“Der Ring des Nibelungen” – Füssen, Germany

2018 – “Der Ring des Nibelungen” – Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, Russia

2023 – “Die Walküre” in Füssen, Germany

“Die Walküre” in Stara Zagora

2024 – “Die Walküre” in Scopje, North Macedonia

2025 – “Die Walküre” in Salernо, Italy