IRA LEVIN WILL CONDUCT WAGNER’S “PARSIFAL” AT THE OPENING OF THE NEW SEASON ON 1 OCTOBER 2017 AND TETRALOGY “DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN” AT THE BOLSHOI THEATRE IN MARCH 2018

The American conductor Ira Levin has been named as the principal guest conductor of the Sofia Opera, beginning in the 2017-18 season. Levin has already conducte...

“Concerts for Babies” of the Sofia Opera and Ballet are celebrating their anniversary

Three years ago, on 18 January 2014, after Academician Plamen Kartaloff’s idea, in the repertoire of the Sofia Opera and Ballet entered the so called “Concerts...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY WITH A FAVOURITE OPERA CHARACTER FOR LITTLE DANY

The 4-years old opera fan surprised also with the composed especially for him "Waltz" by Valentin Stamov In a dream came true turned this birthday for Daniel D...

Penka Momchilova, Bulgarian News Agency - The Chinese Yue Shi as Prince Désiré on the stage of the Sofia Opera and Ballet

The Chinese ballet dancer Yue Shi will be guest-performer as Prince Désiré in "Sleeping Beauty" by Tchaikovsky at the Sofia Opera on 20 and 21 January, informed...

Meeting and talk - "Norma" - opera by Vincenzo Bellini 12.01.2017g.

SOFIA OPERA AND BALLET – JANUARY

Dear friends, We wish you a wealthy, peaceful and prosperous 2017!   In the first month of the new year, the Sofia Opera and Ballet offers you a bouquet of...

"Life Today" Newspaper – The fairy-tale, which continues in life

The spectacle on 22 December 2016 at the Sofia Opera and Ballet finished with a surprising proposal In the classical stage repertoire there isn’t another work,...

The Box office of the Sofia Opera and Ballet will be closed on 24 and 25 December 2016

Dear audience,  We would like to inform you that the Box office of the Sofia Opera and Ballet will be closed on 24 and 25 December 2016. Sofia Opera and Ballet...

In connection with the closing of the financial 2016 year, the online payments will be suspended till 3 January 2017

Dear spectators and friends,     In connection with the closing of the financial 2016 year, we would like to inform you, that the online payments by bank trans...

Life Today Newspaper – The National Opera with a new gesture to the spectators

Interview by Petar Galev with Hristina Staneva Deputy Director Administrative Issues of the Sofia Opera and Ballet After one very successful year in creative...

/Penka Momchilova, Bulgarian Television Agency/ – The meaning of Christmas remind us with a musical parable for children and adults at the Sofia Opera

The meaning of Christmas remind us with a musical parable for children and adults at the Sofia Opera and Ballet – the opera for children “Amahl and the Night Vi...

About Ludwig II, Richard Wagner and the Golden century of the Bavarian culture

Ludwig II of Bavaria is maybe among the strangest crowned personalities in the world history. Born on 25 August 1845 under the sign of the Virgo in the capital...

THE BULGARIAN WAGNERIANA

THE BULGARIAN WAGNERIANA

Recently the produced “Tristan und Isolde” by Academician Plamen Kartaloff for the first time on home stage, at the Sofia Opera, was an exceptional event in our...

WAGNER AND “PARSIFAL”

“In  “PARSIFAL” – this last work of his, Wagner tried to be less severe and autocratic in his attitude to music. Here we shall not find the exhausting, obtrusiv...