The latest Sofia Opera premiere, part of the repertoire for our youngest viewers, was met with an enormous excitement from the audience
19 Dec 2025Sofia Opera and Ballet

The latest Sofia Opera premiere, part of the repertoire for our youngest viewers, was met with an enormous excitement from the audience

On the 12th of December, the musical fairytale “The Ugly Duckling” by Jules Levy and based on Hans Christian Andersen’s story of the same name brought joy to the children and their parents in the overfilled Sofia Opera Chamber hall.

Yet again, director Yuliya Krasteva created an amazing performance with multimedia and mapping by Elena Shopova. Nella Stoyanova’s costumes immersed the young viewers into a magical world of animals and Katya Petrovska’s choreography turned the stage into a true swan fairytale.

Starring: Diana Vasileva, Elena Stoyanova, Rada Toteva, Silvana Pravcheva, Nikolay Petrov, Kalin Dushkov, Dimitar Arnaudov, Dimitar Kutsarov, Plamen Grandzhan, Tsveta Sarambelieva, Maria Pavlova, Petya Petrova, Nadya Koleva and many other young talents.

The performances of “The Ugly Duckling” are sold out till the end of February. Tickets are still available for the showings during March, 2026. 

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