Vyara Stoyanova
The Sofia Opera’s summer season at the square opens on the 11th of July
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SLAVEIKOV Square
08.05.2025
“Les Misérables”, West End’s musical performed for the longest period of time returns to Sofia on an even grander scale. The performance by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg will be performed at a new location this summer: on an open stage in front of the Saint Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in the capital’s center.
The Sofia Opera will present a total of nine performances of “Les Misérables”, starting from the 24th of July. The theater has gained the rights to perform the title under an agreement with „Music Theatre International (Europe) Ltd“ and „Cameron Mackintosh LTD“. The musical’s return to the Sofia Opera’s repertoire is symbolic and will mark the 140th anniversary of Victor Hugo’s death; the story in “Les Misérables” follows the plot of Hugo’s novel of the same name.
“Misérables” will be performed according to acad. Plamen Kartaloff’s director’s vision. Starring Vladimir Mihaylov as Jean Valjean, Orlin Pavlov and Atanas Srebrev as Javert, Vesela Delcheva as Fantine. Also starring: Veniamin Dimitrov, Denitsa Karaslavova, Plamen Dimov-Grandzhan, Rumen Grigorov, Paolina Maleshkova and others.
The “West End” musical is part of the Opera at the Square summer season which will open on the 11th, 12th and 13th of July when “The Rila Hermit” musical poem (script by Tihomir Pavlov and score by Father Kiril Popov) will be performed. Production: Plamen Kartaloff. The performances are dedicated to the 1160th anniversary of the Bulgarian people’s christening.
The summer season will conclude on the 8th of August with a grand performance of Ludwig van Beethoven’s ninth symphony, with the world-famous maestro Daniel Oren conducting and performances by Jessica Pratt, Violeta Radomirska, Gregory Kunde and Alexandar Vinogradov. The performance of Beethoven’s final symphony is dedicated to the 240th anniversary of the creation of „Ode to Joy“ by Friedrich Schiller.
Tickets for the Sofia Opera open stage performances in front of the Saint Alexander Nevsky Cathedral are already on sale online.
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