Matthew Scott Rogers will conduct “Madama Butterfly” at the Sofia Opera and Ballet (10 May, at 19:00 h)

The British conductor Matthew Scott Rogers will conduct the opera “Madama Butterfly” by Giacomo Puccini on10 May, at 19:00 h, at the Sofia Opera and Ballet. The...

Increased interest in Tchaikovsky’s masterpiece “Eugene Onegin” at the Sofia Opera – impressio.dir.bg

The story of the unhappy love affair between Tatyana and Eugene Onegin will come to life on 5 May at 19 h on the stage of the Sofia Opera and Ballet with the sp...

Record-breaking number of visitors at the Sofia Opera during the long holidays

During the long holidays – around Easter and on 1 May, when the theatres in Sofia were closed, the Sofia Opera and Ballet can boast of a record-breaking number...

29 APRIL – INTERNATIONAL DAY OF DANCE

Today, 29 April, is the International Day of Dance! The decision to constitute a Day of Dance was taken on a session of UNESCO. In Bulgaria in 1982 was decided...

The ballerina Joy Womack in the role of Kitri in “Don Quixote” on the stage of the Sofia Opera and Ballet – 12 May

On 12 May, at 16 h., the world-known ballerina Joy Womack, laureate of the Varna International Ballet Competition, will perform the role of Kitri in the ballet...

Statement of Acad. Prof. Plamen Kartaloff, Director of the Sofia Opera and Ballet, at the 6th annual meeting of the National Board of Tourism, 23 April 2019 at the Hilton hotel, Sofia

Acad. Prof. Plamen Kartaloff, Director of the Sofia Opera and Ballet, was present at the 6th annual meeting of the National Board of Tourism, which was organize...

Nadia Krasteva, mezzo-soprano, in front of Anastasia Guseva, www.belcanto.ru: “Requiem” by Giuseppe Verdi

On Maundy Thursday, 25 April, Nadia Krasteva will take part in Verdi’s “Requiem” on the stage of the Sofia Opera. The mezzo-soprano shared what means for her th...

PHOTOS FROM THE FIRST PREMIERE SPECTACLE OF “DON GIOVANNI” BY MOZART

A golden ticket will be given for Giuseppe Verdi’s Requiem “Requiem” at the Opera – impressio.dir.bg

One person from the audience at the Sofia Opera will win a “golden ticket”. The gold will be in the form of investment gold ingot (1 gram) The admirers of the...

Nadia Krasteva: Let the beauty of music reach the depths of the soul of everyone, let it bring joy, blessing, goodness – by Olia Al-Ahmed, Bulgarian Telegraph Agency

Sofia, 18 April /by Olia Al-Ahmed, Bulgarian Telegraph Agency/ The music in Verdi’s Requiem passes through the soul, it shakes, purifies, said in an interview...

REQUIEM by Giuseppe Verdi – a sacred work which sounds on the opera stage

The Messa da Requiem was first performed on 22 May 1874 and only three days later it was the first opus of this genre performed on an opera stage and that at La...

Mozart heals – voices, and bodies, and souls – Violeta Tsvetkova, Economist Magazine – 12.04.2019

The young people of today need opera and we, the people of my generation, make it so that in the light of the requirements of the modern world to be felt the fa...

After 16 years “Don Giovanni” again at the Sofia Opera – http://въпреки.com

“We need Mozart the same way we need breakfast and every morning, to start the day, we need a shower. Mozart is exceptionally important for the orchestra, a...

José Carreras will be awarded а “Doctor Honoris Causa” of the National Academy of Music - Duma Newspaper, 10.04.2019, p. 18

One of the most legendary opera singers of our time José Carreras accepted the invitation of the Prof. Pancho Vladigerov National Academy of Music to be awarded...

History of the creation of DON GIOVANNI

The opera “Don Giovanni” was ordered after the great success of “Le nozze di Figaro” in Prague. It is supposed that Lorenzo Da Ponte’s libretto was based on a...