On 10 and 23 May the Sofia Opera will present for the first time the musical poem "The Hermit of Rila", announced the opera.
The text of the work is by Tihomir Pavlov and the music is by the priest Kiril Popov, conductor of the Sofia Priests Choir. Musical poem in two acts and ten pictures.
In 1937, the Bulgarian public figure, writer, poet and ethnographer Tihomir Pavlov (1880-1937) created and published his last poetic work, "The Hermit of Rila", based on the life of the All-Bulgarian saint Reverend John of Rila the Wonderworker. Unfortunately, this unique poem remained in oblivion until, in 2022, our contemporary priest, composer, conductor and pedagogue Father Kiril Popov (b. 1955) found it in his personal archive and received musical inspiration.
The performance is dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Restoration of the Bulgarian Patriarchate.
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