Events at Stara Zagora State Opera

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24 October /Friday/, 2025, 19.00, Opera Stage EVENING OF THE CONTEMPORARY DANCE Premiere Oh, Superman! Ballet fragment Choreography James Sutherland Assistant Choreographer Elza Genova The Night One-act ballet Choreography Arshak Galumyan Assistant Choreographer Thomas Kline Soloists and corps de ballet of the Stara Zagora State Opera 6th International Choreography Competition LINKAGE 25-27 October 2025 26 October – Final of the 6th International Choreography Competition LINKAGE 27 October – Gala Evening and Award Ceremony

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17 October /Friday/, 2025, 19.00, Opera Stage FAUST an opera by Charles Gounod Conductor Ivaylo Krinchev Director Ognyan Draganov Director Puppets Tsveti Penyashki Scenography and Costumes Denis Ivanov Scenography of Puppets Vasil Rokomanov and Silva Bachvarova Choreography and Plasticity Angelina Gavrilova Choirmasters Mladen Stanev, Stefaniya Ruseva Concertmaster Paulina Zaharieva Language preparation of the singers, subtitle translation Snezhina Zdravkova Doctor Faust – Gabriel Arse Old Faust – Nikolay Motsov Mephistopheles – Ivaylo Dzhurov Valentin – Valeri Turmanov Marguerite – Besa Llugiqi...

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10 October /Friday/, 2025, 19.00, Opera Stage DIE CSÁRDÁSFÜRSTIN an operetta by Imre Kalman Conductor Viktor Krumov Director Nikolay Aprilov Scenography and Costumes Radina Bliznakova, Liliya Babunova Choreography Tatyana Yaneva Concertmaster Paulina Zaharieva Count Leopold von Lippert-Weylersheim – Nikolay Aprilov Countess Cecilia /Cilica/ – Diana Naydenova Edwin – Georgi Sultanov Countess Stasi – Yanitsa Nesheva Count Boni Kancsianu – Velin Mihaylov Sylva Varescu, a cabaret singer – Shmilena Sultanova General Rohnsdorff – Evgeniy Arabadzhiev Ferry Baci, a writer – Simeon...

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8 October /Wednesday/, 2025, 19.00, Opera Stage PARIS NIGHTS a ballet in four parts Libretto, choreography and staging Donvena Pandurski Music: Carl Maria von Weber, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Jacques Offenbach Scenography and Costumes Pavel Shappo Artistic Director Silviya Tomova Soloists: Aneliya Dimitrova, Clara Ferrer, Alessia Bakin, Romina Slavova, Fiordi Lloha, Tomoki Ishigo Soloists and corps de ballet of the Stara Zagora State Opera

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1 October /Wednesday/, 2025, 19.00, Opera Stage LES PECHEURS DE PERLES an opera by Georges Bizet Conductor Arnaud Perrier Director Slavcho Nikolov Stage Design and Costumes Gendoni Choreography and plasticity Romina Slavova Choirmasters Mladen Stanev and Stefaniya Ruseva Concertmasters Anna Ivanova Language preparation of the singers, subtitle translation Snezhina Zdravkova Leila – Emiliya Terzieva Nadir – Stoyan Buyukliev Zurga – Valeri Turmanov Nourabad – Evgeniy Arabadzhiev Orchestra and Choir of the Stara Zagora State Opera

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12 June /Friday/, 13 June /Saturday/ Opera Stage Beginning: 19.00 End: 20.15 SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS Ballet by Aleksandar Yosifov To the eponymous fairy tale by brothers Grimm Choreographer and Director Silviya Tomova Scenography Ivan Tokadzhiev Costumes Parvoleta Chavdarova – Letitsiya Décor and costumes of the Ruse State Opera Participants soloists and corps de ballet of the Stara Zagora State Opera

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12 June /Friday/, 13 June /Saturday/ Opera Stage Beginning: 19.00 End: 20.15 SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS Ballet by Aleksandar Yosifov To the eponymous fairy tale by brothers Grimm Choreographer and Director Silviya Tomova Scenography Ivan Tokadzhiev Costumes Parvoleta Chavdarova – Letitsiya Décor and costumes of the Ruse State Opera Participants soloists and corps de ballet of the Stara Zagora State Opera

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10 June /Tuesday/ Stage Opera-Lobby Beginning: 19.00 End: 20.30 CELEBRATION CONCERT Conductor Metropolitan Cyprian Choirmasters Mladen Stanev, Stefka Minkova, Stefaniya Ruseva Mutual concert of the Stara Zagora State Opera And National School for Musical and Scenic Arts “Hristina Morfova” Participants soloists, choir, orchestra of the Stara Zagora State Opera and choir and orchestra of the National School for Musical and Scenic Arts “Hristina Morfova”

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30 May /Friday/ Opera Stage Beginning: 11.00 End: 13.45 LA TRAVIATA Opera by Giuseppe Verdi Spectacle-lecture for Adolescents Conductor Douglas Bianchi Choirmasters Mladen Stanev, Stefaniya Ruseva In the leading roles: Desi Stefanova /Violetta Valery/, Momchil Karaivanov /Alfredo Germont/, Ivan Kabamitov /Giorgio Germont/ Orchestra, Choir, Ballet of the Stara Zagora State Opera