A true holiday with the first performance of the ballet “Don Quixote” by Ludwig Minkus
25 Jan 2026Sofia Opera and Ballet

A true holiday with the first performance of the ballet “Don Quixote” by Ludwig Minkus

The audience greeted the Sofia Opera corps de ballet and its lead dancers with wild and continuous applause which filled the hall with true excitement.

Starring:

Kitri – Boryana Petrova; Basil – Frederico Pinto; Espada – Tsetso Ivanov; Mersedes – Vera Aspridi (debut). Also starring: Pamela Pandova-Baneva, Anastasia Popova, Elena Petrova, Mina-Vasilia Stoyanova, Kristina Tchochanova, Georgi Banchev, Vincenzo Karuana, Vyara Ivancheva, Matthew Whittle, the Sofia Opera corps de ballet and lead dancers.

Conductor: Andrei Galanov

Choreography: Marius Petipa, edited by Petar Loukanov.

We thank the audience for the moments we shared together!