Dear audience,

As the new year begins, we wholeheartedly wish you good health, inspiration and happiness.

May 2026 be filled with harmony, beauty and new reasons for joy: both in life and in art.

We thank you for being a part of our audience and for sharing our love for art.

During the first month of 2026, we invite you to see the brilliant comedy “Falstaff” by Giuseppe Verdi. On the 15^th, 16^th, 17^th and 18^th of January, a star-studded ensemble and the conductor Nikola Pashkovski will bring joy to all fans: Kiril Manolov, Vesela Yaneva and Mariana Pencheva, Gabriela Georgieva and Mila Mihova, Alexandrina Stoyanova-Andreeva and Maria Radoeva, Stanislava Momekova, Silvia Teneva and Maria Pavlova, Emil Pavlova and Reinaldo Droz, Atanas Mladenov and Ventseslav Anastasov. Director: Marco Gandini.

 

We also invite you to the first performances of our ballet ensemble for this year. Starring in the ballet “Giselle” by Adolphe Adam on the 23^rd of January: Katerina Petrova, Maria Yordanova, Emil Yordanov and Rumen Bonev.

 

Two performances of the ballet “Don Quixote” by Ludwig Minkus will take place. On the 24^th of January, we will see Boryana Petrova, Frederico Pinto, Tsetso Ivanov and Vera Aspridi perform, and on the 25^th of January: Marta Petkova, Nikola Hadzhitanev, Tsetso Ivanov and Pamela Pandova-Boneva.
  

Starring in the opera “Turandot” by Puccini on the 28^th of January: Tsvetelina Vasileva, Adrian Dumitru, Stanislava Momekova and Svetozar Rangelov, Atanas Mladenov, Angel Antonov and Daniel Ostretsov. Conductor: Grigor Palikarov; director: Plamen Kartaloff.

For our youngest audience, we have adapted the opera “The Magic Flute” and the ballet “Cinderella” as well as “The Three Little Pigs” and “The Ugly Duckling”.

We extend a special invitation for you to see the musical “Matilda”. Performances are on the 30^th and 31^st of January and on the 1^st of February.

 

We’re expecting you throughout the new year: you will experience thrilling premieres, unforgettable performances and heartfelt moments.

Happy new 2026!

Yours,

The Sofia Opera and Ballet