For the first time on the stage of the Sofia Opera in Bulgaria! The premiere is on 9 January, the next performances on 10,16, 17, 30 and 31 January.
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A Broadway team will stage the latest work by the great masters of the American musical, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. Directed by West Hyler, set design by Jeremy Barnett, costumes by Whitney Locher, artistic lighting by Zach Blaine.
Preparations and the first rehearsals of the musical have officially started.
The magnificent artists of the Sofia Opera will recreate the story of Maria, who accepts a job as a governess in a large family while deciding whether to become a nun. She falls in love with the children and eventually their widowed father, Captain von Trapp. In the spectacle take part also 14 children from the “Talasamche” vocal group.
Here are the artists in the lead roles:
MARIA: Vesela Delcheva
SISTER BERTHE: Alexandrina Stoyanova-Andreeva
SISTER MARGARETTA: Silvana Pravcheva
MOTHER ABBESS: Mariana Zvetkova
SISTER SOPHIA: Diana Dimitrova
CAPTAIN GEORG VON TRAPP: Aleksandar Georgiev
FRANZ: Plamen Granjean
MISSIS SCHMID: Tsvetelina Kotzeva
ROLF GRUBER: Nikola Petek, Kalin Dushkov
BARONESS ELSA SCHRADER: Rada Toteva
URSULA: Tsveta Sarambelieva
MAX DETWEILER: Nikolay Pavlov
HERR ZELLER: Mario Petrov
BARON EBERFELD: Nikolay Voynov
BARONESS EBERFELD: Blagovesta-Mekki Tsvetkova
ADMIRAL VON SCHREIBER: Anton Radev
CHILDREN:
LIESLI: Bozhana Yankulova, Maria Lunin
FRIEDRICH: Vladimir Ilisavsky, Nikola Petkov
LOUISA: Iva Smoleva, Veronika Peykova
KURT: Ivan Radev, Boris Aleksandrov
BRIGITTA: Danaya Boyadjieva, Nia Slavova
MARTA: Marta Vateva, Bozhidara Hristeva
GRETL: Nicol Veselinova, Ana Kanchev
Conductors Igor Bogdanov, Svetoslav Lazarov
Choreography: Riolina Topalova
Assistant director: Teodor Georgiev
Chorus master: Violeta Dimitrova
Director of “Talasamche” Children’s Vocal and Drama Formation: Dimitar Kostantsaliev
Accompanist: Svetoslav Lazarov
Sofia Opera and Ballet Orchestra and Chorus
THE SOUND OF MUSIC is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization
