SOFIA OPERA PEARLS STREAMS - FESTIVE GALA CONCERT  of the Sofia Opera and Ballet
04 May 2020

SOFIA OPERA PEARLS STREAMS - FESTIVE GALA CONCERT of the Sofia Opera and Ballet

FESTIVE GALA CONCERT

of the Sofia Opera and Ballet

 

 600 Kabaivanska Milcheva Guleghina Foster Krasteva Bandalovska Andreev

500 Tonon Trinks Wachter Klinichev Billand

In this difficult period of social isolation, the Sofia Opera Pearls Streams continues with a Spring Concert, after the bright Easter holidays and on the eve of St. George's Day, which includes special video adresses and short musical greetings by some of the biggest names in the opera world. Among them are Raina Kabaivanska, Maria Guleghina, Catherine Foster, Nadia Krasteva, Tsvetana Bandalovska, Kostadin Andreev, director Filippo Tonon, conductors Constantin Trinks, Erich Wächter, Pavel Klinichev, music critic Klaus Billand.

The online concert is another gift for our audience and will be broadcast on the site of the Sofia Opera – www.operasofia.bg, its Facebook profile and Youtube channel: www.youtube.com/user/operasofia/.

In the programme:

RICHARD WAGNER

PARSIFAL

Overture

Performed by the Sofia Opera Orchestra

Conductor – CONSTANTIN TRINKS

GIACOMO PUCCINI

TOSCA

Aria of Flora Tosca

Performed by RAINA KABAIVANSKA

Conductor – BRUNO BARTOLETTI

Director – GIANFRANCO DE BOSIO


GIUSEPPE VERDI

IL TROVATORE

Gypsy Chorus

Performed by Chorus, Ballet and Orchestra of the Sofia Opera

Conductor LAURENT CAMPELLONE

Director FILIPPO TONON

Chorus Master VIOLETA DIMITROVA

Choreography RIOLINA TOPALOVA


GIUSEPPE VERDI

AIDA

Duet of Amneris and Radamès

Performed by ALEXANDRINA MILCHEVA and NIKOLA NIKOLOV

Conductor IVAN MARINOV

Orchestra of the Sofia Opera


GIUSEPPE VERDI

UN BALLO IN MASCHERA

Aria of Amelia

Performed by MARIA GULEGHINA

Conductor BORIS SPASOV

Director PLAMEN KARTALOFF


ALEXANDER BORODIN

PRINCE IGOR

Performed by the SOFIA OPERA BALLET

Soloists VESA TONOVA and STOIMEN TODOROV

Conductor GEORGI NOTEV

Director PLAMEN KARTALOFF

Choreography ASEN GAVRILOV

Recorded in 1999 in Alexander Battenberg Square


GEORGES BIZET

CARMEN

Aria of Micaëla

Performed by TSVETANA BANDALOVSKA

Conductor ZHORZH DIMITROV

Director PLAMEN KARTALOFF

Scenography MIODRAG TABACKI

Costumes HRISTIYANA MIHALEVA-ZORBALIEVA


CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS

SAMSON ET DALILA

Aria of Dalila from the finale of Act 1

Performed by NADIA KRASTEVA

Soloists ENDRIK WOTTRICH and ANGEL HRISTOV and Ballet of the Sofia Opera

Conductor DIDIER TALPIN

Director, scenography and costumes HUGO DE ANA


LUDWIG MINKUS

HINDU DANCE – LA BAYADÈRE

Soloists: KRISTINA CHOCHANOVA, GEORGI ASPARUHOV, JOHN ABENANTY Ballet of the Sofia Opera

Choreography MARIUS PETIPA

Conductor PAVEL KLINICHEV


GIACOMO PUCCINI

TURANDOT

Aria of Turandot

Performed by CATHERINE FOSTER

Conductor GIORGIO PROIETTI

Director PLAMEN KARTALOFF

Scenography and Costumes IOANNA MANOLEDAKI


GIUSEPPE VERDI

REQUIEM

GERGANA RUSEKOVA mezzo-soprano

GABRIELA GEORGIEVA soprano

KAMEN CHANEV tenor

SAMI LUTTINEN bass

Conductor ERICH WÄCHTER

Chorus Master VIOLETA DIMITROVA


RICHARD WAGNER

PARSIFAL

Performed by KOSTADIN ANDREEV

Conductor CONSTANTIN TRINKS

Director PLAMEN KARTALOFF


LYUBOMIR PIPKOV

YANA’S NINE BROTHERS

Fragments

Performed by – Chorus of the Sofia Opera

Conductor ZHORZH DIMITROV

Director PLAMEN KARTALOFF

Chorus Master VIOLETA DIMITROVA

Scenography SVEN JONKE

Greeting by


KLAUS BILLAND – music critic


RICHARD WAGNER

DIE WALKÜRE

The Valkyries Ride

Performed by

Helmwige MILENA GYUROVA

Ortlinde IRINA ZHEKOVA

Gerhilde LYUBOV METODIEVA

Waltraute DIMITRINKA RAYCHEVA

Roßweiße TSVETA SARAMBELIEVA

Siegrune MARIELA ALEXANDROVA

Grimgerde MARGARITA DAMYANOVA

Schwertleite BLAGOVESTA MEKKI-TSVETKOVA

Ballet men’s ensemble of the Sofia Opera

Conductor PAVEL BALEV

Director PLAMEN KARTALOFF

Set/Costumes NIKOLAY PANAYOTOV

Multimedia GEORGI HRISTOV

Soloists, chorus, ballet and orchestra of the Sofia Opera


FINALE

Be embraced, you millions!

This kiss is for the whole world!

Brothers, above the canopy of stars

must dwell a loving father.

Do you bow down before Him, you millions?

Do you sense your Creator, O world?

Seek Him above the canopy of stars!

He must dwell beyond the stars.

From “To Joy” by Friedrich Schiller


VIDEO

TV1

Personal Archive


PRODUCTION EDITOR

Ivalina Vasileva


CAMERA

Peter Kostov and Chavdar Zhirov


EDITING

Miroslav Andreev, Peter Kostov and Chavdar Zhirov


Subtitles translation

Vladimir Gorchakov and Dimitar Bardarsky


Artistic Coordinator

Vera Beleva.


Director

Vera Petrova