New Years Gala Concert

PART I

Richard Wagner – “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg” – Overture, conductor Velizar Genchev.

Film about the activities of the Sofia Opera and Ballet in the past 2025

Greeting by Prof. Kartaloff, Member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – “Coronation Mass” – “Gloria”. Performed by Eleonora Dzhodzhoska, Violeta Radomirska, Daniel Ostretsov, Dimitar Stanchev, chorus of the Sofia Opera, conductor Alexandra Lubchansky.

Jean-Philippe Rameau – “Les Indes galantes” – Duet of the Savages. Performed by Maria Pavlova, Ventseslav Anastasov and chorus, conductor Alexandra Lubchansky.

Gioacchino Rossini – “Moses in Egypt” – Prayer. Performed by Petar Buchkov, Mila Mihova, Violeta Radomirska, Emil Pavlov and chorus, conductor Alexandra Lubchansky.

Giuseppe Verdi – “Macbeth” – Toast. Performed by Radostina Nikolaeva, Biser Georgiev and chorus, conductor Lubchansky.

Giacomo Puccini – “Manon Lescaut” – De Grieux’s Aria. Performed by Martin Iliev, conductor Alexandra Lubchansky.

Giuseppe Verdi – “La forza del destino” – Rataplan. Performed by Violetta Radomirska, Bojana Yurgandjieva and chorus, conductor Alexandra Lubchansky.

Ludwig Minkus – “Don Quixote” – Adagio of Kitri and Basil. Performed by Marta Petkova and Nikola Hadjitanev, conductor Boris Spasov.

Giuseppe Verdi – “Don Carlos” – Song of the Veil. Performed by Gergana Rusekova, Maria Pavlova and women’s chorus, conductor Alexandra Lubchansky.

Giuseppe Verdi – “Ernani” – Elvira’s Aria. Performed by Gabriela Georgieva, conductor Alexandra Lubchansky.

Giuseppe Verdi – Sergey Onsoff – “La Dame aux Camélias”. Performed by the corps de ballet of the Sofia Opera, conductor Boris Spasov

Giuseppe Verdi – “La Traviata” – Toast, conductor Boris Spasov

INTERMISSION

PART II

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – “The Nutcracker” – Waltz and Adagio. Performed by Katerina Petrova, Emil Yordanov, Charlotte Berard, Bogomil Menchise and corps de ballet, conductor Boris Spasov

Gaetano Donizetti – “L'elisir d'amore” – Duet of Adina and Nemorino. Performed by Silvia Teneva and Reynaldo Droz, conductor Alexandra Lubchansky.

Gaetano Donizetti – “La Fille du régiment” – Marie’s Aria. Performed by Stanislava Momekova and men’s chorus, conductor Alexandra Lubchansky.

Gaetano Donizetti – “La Fille du régiment” – Tonio’s Aria. Performed by Reynaldo Droz and men's chorus, conductor Alexandra Lubchansky.

Ludwig Minkus – “La Bayadère” – The Frenzied Dance. Performed by Anastasia Popova, Georgi Banchev, Tomas Ferreira and corps de ballet, conductor Boris Spasov

Jules Massenet – “Hérodiade” – Salomé’s Aria. Performed by Radostina Nikolaeva, conductor Alexandra Lubchansky.

Gioacchino Rossini – “Il barbiere di Sevillia” – Figaro’s Cavatina. Performed by Atanas Mladenov and Ventseslav Anastasov, conductor Alexandra Lubchansky.

Ruperto Chapì – “Las Hijas del Zebedeo” – Carceleras. Performed by Silvana Pravcheva, Mila Mihova, conductor Alexandra Lubchansky.

Georges Bizet – Rodion Shchedrin – “Carmen Suite” – Bolero. Performed by Vyara Ivancheva, Kristina Chochanova and corps de ballet, conductor Boris Spasov

Gerónimo Giménez – “La Tempranica” – Zapateado. Performed by Ramona Tulumani, conductor Alexandra Lubchansky.

Marguerite Monnot – “Hymn to Love” – based on poems by Edith Piaf. Performed by Ramona Tulumani, conductor Alexandra Lubchansky.

Camille Saint-Saëns – “The Swan”. Performed by Boryana Petrova, Agnes Dankova, Hristo Ivanov.

Carl Orff – “Carmina Burana”
“In trutina”
“Tempus est iocundum”
“Dulcissime”
“Ave formosissima”
“O Fortuna”

Performed by Stanislava Momekova, Ventseslav Anastasov and chorus, conductor Igor Bogdanov.

Johann Strauss II – Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, conductor Alexandra Lubchansky.


With the participation of the orchestra, chorus and ballet of the Sofia Opera and ballet, chorus master Violeta Dimitrova, concertmaster Slava Atanasova