TOSCA
an opera in 3 acts by Giacomo Puccini
Conductor Mario de Rose
Director Ognyan Draganov
Scenic adaptation – Todor Demerov
Conductor of the choir – Mladen Stanev
Concertmaster – Paulina Zaharieva
Floria Tosca – Tanya Ivanova
Mario Cavaradossi – Kaludi Kaludov
Baron Scarpia – Aleksandar Krunev
Angelotti – Aleksandar Marulev
Sciarrone – Evgeniy Arabadzhiev
Spoletta – Ivaylo Yovchev
Sciarrone – Lyubomir Petkov
Shepherds /children/ – Veronika Gavanosova, Anton Zhelyazkov
Orchestra and Choir of the Stara Zagora State Opera
Vocal formation of the Children’s and Adolescents’ School for Opera and Ballet “Margaritki”/”Daisies”/ led by Zornitsa Zhelyazkova
Proto-Bulgarian Survival School ”Baga-Tur”
The production is in the style of the spirit of the Romantic drama. The action takes place in Rome at the turn of 18th to 19th century, when the world was shaken by the drive to democracy. The means of the modern multimedia effects enhance the feeling of historical authenticity. The themes of love, freedom, self-sacrifice, dictatorship and authorized violence are developed up to the rank of ultimate generalization of the tragic contrasts in human nature.
Duration: 2 hours 45 minutes. With one interval.
Premiere: 18 March 2016