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Rousse State Opera is one of the most significant cultural

phenomenon in Bulgaria.

Its creation was the result of a long cultural process that began in

Ruse more than a decade before the Liberation. A combination

of the desire for artistic expression, a longing for beauty, and a

thirst for high European culture, has meant that the citizens of Ruse

have imbued the opera with a formidable energy. This energy is still

present today and, despite all the trials, the ups and downs of the

city’s history, and the turbulent history of the country, the people

of Ruse will always seek beauty and never stop developing their

skills and the talents of their children via the influences of Western

Europe.

November 27th, 2019, marks the 70th anniversary of the official

nationalization and opening of the Rousse Opera. With this bookalbum,

we will look back even further in time and begin our

chronology thirty years earlier. Before the inspiring autumn of 1949,

the history of the opera in Ruse is marked by a spring - the spring of

1919, when on April 23rd, at exactly 9 pm, on the stage of the City

Theater, as written on the poster, was the premiere of the Bulgarian

opera "Kamen and Tsena” based on the poem “Gramada” by

Ivan Vazov. Remarkable in their enthusiasm and optimism, our

predecessors decided to put on an opera in Ruse in the aftermath

of the First World War, while the country was in the midst of a national

catastrophe. Knowing the power of music and performance to

change hearts and minds, they got to work bringing the people

of the city together and encouraging them to create something

beautiful!

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THE TOWN OF RUSE is located on the high right bank of the Danube

River. It is one of the important cultural, commercial and industrial centers

of Bulgaria. The proximity of the river has been of great importance for

the development of the city from antiquity to the present day.

In the first century AD, the Roman fortress Sexaginta Prista - "Port of the

Sixty Ships" was founded. Under the name Ruschuk, the city became one

of the main administrative centers of the Ottoman Empire, which played

a key role in its economic and cultural development. Ruse is a place of

many firsts: the first railway in Bulgaria was built from Ruse to Varna, a

modern printing house was opened here, a newspaper was founded in

the city, and son. The city is also home to many consulates.

After the Liberation, Rousse was the largest city in the Principality of

Bulgaria with a rapidly developing economy and European appearance.

Because of the beautiful architecture of the buildings designed by

European and Bulgarian architects, Rousse is known as "The Little Vienna".

ОIn addition to many museums - historical, urban life, houses of

celebrities, the Pantheon of the Revival, and the remains of the Roman

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fortress Sexaginta Prista - Ruse is home to the only National Museum of

Transport in Bulgaria.

In the vicinity of the city there are landmarks of world importance -

Rusenski Lom Nature Park, the remains of the medieval town of Cherven,

the only active rock monastery in Bulgaria and the rock-hewn Churches

of Ivanovo, a site included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

The bridge over the Danube River near Ruse was built in 1952-1954, and

still retains strategic importance.

Due to its rich cultural life, Ruse is considered one of the cultural capitals

of Bulgaria. The city hosts many festivals and forums - March Music Days,

Autumn Days of Art and Science, Festival "Scene by the River" and others.

It is the birthplace of man world-famous celebrities, including the only

Nobel laureate in Bulgarian literature, Elias Canetti.

The motto of Ruse is:

"City of the free spirit".

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HISTORY SECTION

hIstory of the oPERA

BALLET

CHORUS

RUSE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

RUSE CHILDREN OPERA

EDUCATIONAL CONCERTS - LECTURES

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OPERA PREMIERES

BALLET PREMIERES

CONCERTS

RUSE OPERA PREMIERES

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GALLERY

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ACHIEVEMENTS

PREMIERES FOR BULGARIA

INTERNATIONAL TOURS

AUDIO RECORDS OF RUSE PHILHARMONIC

196 PERFORMERS WITH INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION

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DIRECTORS OF THE ROUSSE OPERA

AWARDS

HISTORY OF THE OPERA As early as the 19th century, temporary

opera, choral and symphonic ensembles began to form in Ruse. This was a

result of having encountered European musical culture, which came to Ruse

along the Danube River. There are performances and fragments of various

titles with the participation of various choral formations and instrumental

ensembles. Some of these show strong ambitions to create serious opera

art, such as Wagner's “Tannhäuser” (1901), “Ernani” by Verdi (1904), “Faust”

by Gounod (1910), etc.

The first serious and permanent structure which performed opera

music was created in 1891, by Atanas Paunov and Triffon P. Triffonov - Music

Society “Lyra”. Later, various private musicals and opera companies formed

in the city. With varying levels of success, they presented some of the most

famous titles from the world of opera and literature, managing to arouse the

interest of the people of Ruse in the opera.

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In 1919, as a result of the increasing popularity of opera, an Opera

Society was founded – an institution which, after various transformations,

we now know as the State Opera Ruse. The conductors of the compositions

were Dimitar Ivanov and Yordan Minkov, and the assistant director of the

Ruse Theater Kiril Georgiev, who remained in history under his pseudonym

Bacho Kiro. The premiere of the first opera “Kamen and Tsena” by Ivan

Ivanov and Ventseslav Kautsky, took place on April 23rd, 1919.

During the first years of the opera, dozens of performances by

Bulgarian composers took place, many of which are forgotten today.

Amongst these were “Tahirbegovitsa” by Dimitar Hadzhigeorgiev and

“Gergana“ by Maestro Georgi Atanasov - a performance embodying the

maestro’s interest in the historical period of 1929-1947, as well as various

operettas such as “Corneville's Bells”, “The King's Peacock”, “Strong as a

Turk”, and so on.

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Serious operative activity remained very difficult and for this reason

over the years the Opera Society had to pause its activity on several

occasions. As a result of the new state policy, the Society was nationalized

in 1949, thus transforming into the “Public Opera - Ruse”. The first premiere

of the state opera was “La Traviata” by Verdi - on November 27th, 1949.

The conductor Konstantin Iliev, stage designing artist Asen Popov and the

stage director Dragan Kardzhiev left their mark on the development of the

theater.

In its first years as a state institution, Ruse Opera House was under

common administrative management with the Ruse Theater and was housed

in the Profit-Yielding Building. After the successful and highly renowned

performance of “Don Pasquale” by Donizetti, in 1952 Ruse Opera became a

completely independent administrative unit, with George Chendov sitting as

its first director.

By 1954, the main conductors of the Ruse Philharmonic Orchestra

(Konstantin Iliev, Dobrin Petkov, Ruslan Raychev) were also conductors of the

Ruse Opera. From 1954-1955 Ruse Opera appointed its first major conductor

Romeo Raychev.

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The time of 1955-1956 represented one of the key moments in the

history of the Ruse Opera. In 1955 the Ruse Opera performed its season in

Sofia with the titles “Les pêcheurs de perles” (The Pearl Fishers), “Cavalleria

rusticana”, Rigoletto, “Die Entführung aus dem Serail” and the ballet “Rivals”

by Paul Härtel. In the same year, the new opera house - the emblem of the

city of Ruse, where the State Opera Ruse is housed until today - was built.

The first premiere in the new opera house took place on February 5th, 1956

“Eugene Onegin” by Tchaikovsky.

In 1958 the Ruse Opera formed a partnership, with the Romanian

National Opera in Bucharest, and a year later, with the Union of Composers

in Moscow. As a result, titles by a series of Russian and Soviet composers (such

as Prokofiev, Khrennikov, Stravinsky, Shostakovich) were performed in Ruse.

Most of these were presented to the Bulgarian public for the first time.

The culmination of these collaborations include the 1965 premiere of

a special edition of the opera “Katerina Izmailova” by Dmitri Shostakovich.

Shostakovich himself took an active part in the preparation of the show and

worked closely with the conductor Romeo Raychev and stage director Evgeni

Nemirov. As a result, and out of gratitude for Shostakovich's collaboration with

the Ruse Opera and Ruse Philharmonic Orchestra, the composer became an

honorary citizen of the city of Ruse.

The Ruse Opera works actively for the popularization of the Bulgarian

opera. Opera titles such as “Tsar Kaloyan” by P. Vladigerov, “Yana's nine

brothers” from L. Pipkov, “Ioannis Rex” and “Maria Dessislava” by P. Hadjiev,

“Deer Kingdom” by K. Iliev, “The Colorfull bird” by S. Pironkov or ballets such

as “Goat`s horn” by Kr. Kyurkchiyski and “Nestinarka” by M. Goleminov are

just some of the Bulgarian titles in the repertoire of the troupe from over the

years.

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During the 1950s and 1960s, a remarkable trio, named “The Star

Trio” earned great national and international acclaim, according public

recognition for the State opera Ruse. Penka Marinova, Nikolay Zdravkov and

Kiril Krastev, who represent three of the most prominent soloists in Bulgarian

history, were honored in 2011 by the Opera House with a memorial in the Ruse

center - Further remarkable Bulgarian artists, who shaped the idea of a high

artistic level of the theater and built its international authority were the tenor

Ivan Dimov, the mezzo-soprano Snezhina Yakimova, sopranos Mimi Nikolova

and Ana Angelova, baritone Anastas Anastasov, bass Stefan Dimitrov,

Maria Ventseslavova, Penka Dilova, Stefka Evstatieva, Ivan Konsulov, Ivan

Kyurkchiev, Emilia Boteva, Galya Gorcheva, Mariana Tsvetkova, basses Orlin

Anastasov and Martin Tsonev.

In recent years, the Ruse Opera has taken part in a number of

productions and worked continuously with important figures, cementing its

place in Bulgarian musical culture. Among them are the conductors Boris

Hinchev, Mihail Angelov, Dimitar Manolov, Ivan Filev, Veselin Baychev, Milen

Nachev, Georgi Dimitrov, Metodi Matakiev, Nayden Todorov; the directors

Dragan Kardzhiev, Petar Raichev, Mikhail Hadjimishev, Evgeni Nemirov, Dimitar

Uzunov, Stefan Trifonov, Avram Georgiev, Plamen Kartalov, Pavel Gerdjikov,

Ognyan Draganov, Nina Naidenova; the choreographers Asen Manolov,

Margarita Arnaudova, Asen Gavrilov, Petar Lukanov, Hikmet Mehmedov,

Silvia Tomova; the set designers Asen Popov, Ani Hadjimisheva, Petar Popov,

Venera Naslednikova, Dimitar Kirov, Maria Trendafilova, Ivan Savov, Radostin

and Boyana Chomakovi, Ivan Tokadzhiev, Boris Stoynov, Tsvetanka Petkova-

Stoynova; choir conductors Atanas Dimitrov, Tomina Sidova, Hristo Stoev and

Steliana Dimitrova-Hernani.

With its intense creative life, Ruse Opera has always proven attractive

for stars of the world. Its stage has hosted artists of international fame and

recognition such as Elena Nikolay, Hristo Brumbarov, Todor Mazarov, Nikolay

Ghiaurov, Nikola Ghiuzelev, Rayna Kabaivanska, Ghena Dimitrova, Anna

Tomova-Sintow, Darina Takova, Alissa Zinovieva, Nicolae Herlea, Vladimir

Atlantov, Gloria Lindh, Sylvia Shash, Ava Cooper, Zinaida Palli, Peter Glossop,

Jorg Schneider, Mario Malannini, Marzio Jossi, Leo Nucci, Johannes Martin

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Krenzle, Octav Enigarescu, Pompey Herastjanu; conductors and stage

directors such as Ward Nessen, Mark Hermler, Richard Glasup, Conrad

Leitner, Jon Runsescu, Natalia Sats, Manfred Straubbe, Gian Gianotti, Ursula

Horner, Matthias Vogt, Vera Nemirova; choreographers such as Giancarlo

Vantaggio, Vytautas Grivickas, Viktor Vlasse, Antal Fodor, Alain Bernard.

The rich creative potential of the different staff - orchestra, choir,

ballet, soloists and art studios, as well their long-term collaboration with the

most renowned names of the Bulgarian and world opera, make the State

Opera Ruse one of the leading and avant-garde opera theaters in Bulgaria.

The repertoire of the theater has a wide stylistic and genre range. Besides

traditional pieces of world opera and ballet classics, a large number of

contemporary Bulgarian and foreign titles were first introduced to Bulgaria

here over the years.

The Ruse Opera has contributed recordings to the Golden Fund of

Bulgarian National Radio and Bulgarian National Television .

It has participated in international festivals in Bulgaria and abroad, including

Switzerland, Austria, Germany, France, Italy, Romania, Greece, Spain and

others. The tours of the Ruse Opera House in Romania, Greece, Ukraine,

Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Austria, Germany, France

and Portugal were also a huge success.

In 1999, the Ruse Public Opera and the State Philharmonic Orchestra

- Ruse were united as one institution, which was initially called Opera

Philharmonic Society - Ruse and in 2010 became the State Opera - Ruse.

The opera has received the Crystal Lyre Prize several times throughout

the years - 2003, 2004, 2006, 2012, 2014. In 2012 State Opera - Ruse was

honored with the Crystal Lyre Prize again for its production of the opera “The

Nose“ by Shostakovich. Thanks to the votes of listeners to “Allegro Vivace”

at the Bulgarian National Radio in 2015, the opera was awarded with the

“Ensemble of the Year” prize and “Ruse” Prize.

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THE BALLET AT THE RUSE OPERA was founded in 1949. The first ballet

performance was Joseph Bayer's "The Fairy Doll" on March 7th, 1952, produced

by the great Bulgarian ballet master Asen Manolov. The pedagogue of the

troupe is Patsi Bogatinova.

The troupe`s creative path is long and rich. Its joint work with many famous

Bulgarian and foreign choreographers makes it one of the most renowned

ballet companies in the country. The Ruse ballet dancers have worked with

almost all famous Bulgarian ballet masters, including Asen Manolov, Asen

Gavrilov, Petar Lukanov, Margarita Arnaudova, Hikmet Mehmedov and

foreign choreographers - Giancarlo Vantaggio, Vytautas Grivickas, Victor

Vlasse, Vilen Galstyan, Antal Fodor, Alain Bernard, Natalia Osipova.

The high professionalism of Ruse`s ballet artists has also proven to be

a magnet for Bulgarian choreographers of the new creative generation,

including Vesa Tonova, Christian Bakalov, Angelina Gavrilova, Ana Doneva,

Jordan Krastev, Asen Nakov and others.

During the course of its history, the Ruse ballet has played host to the

best of Bulgaria’s ballet dancers, as well as premier ballet dancers from some

of the biggest ballet companies in Romania, Cuba, Italy, France, Germany.

The Ballet ensemble has toured with its performances in many

countries, including Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, South Korea,

Dubai, Spain, France.

The repertoire of the Ruse ballet is rich and varied. It includes both

classical ballet classics, such as “Giselle”, “Don Quixote”, “The Nutcracker”,

“Sleeping Beauty”, “Swan Lake”, “Carmina Burana”, and many works in

the style of contemporary dance, for example “The Island of Freedom”,

“Revelations”, “Flight to Light”, and more.

In 2004, the Ruse Opera Ballet, was awarded the Crystal Lyre Award,

for excellence in ballet art for its performance of Tchaikovsky's “Sleeping

Beauty”. This is the highest award bestowed by the Union of Bulgarian

Musicians and Dancers.

The current ballet master of the ensemble is Mariana Zaharieva. For

several creative seasons beginning in 2013, the main artistic director of the

Ruse Ballet was Silvia Tomova. After her, the ballet was briefly led by Rumen

Rashev, and currently the director of the ballet at the Ruse Opera is the

prima ballerina Vesela Vasileva.

Ruse opera, Architect Pencho Bonev (30.11.1912, Gabrovo - 05.07.1964, Sofia)

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THE CHOIR OF THE STATE OPERA-ROUSSE dates back to 1949. In the

years before, the choral parts in the first opera productions were performed

by various choirs from the city of Rousse, known for its great tradition of

choral art. It is significant that in the middle of the 20th century there were 28

functioning choirs in Rousse. Even today, one of the most famous Bulgarian

choirs remains the Rousse mixed choirs “Danube Sounds” and “Professor

Vasil Arnaudov”.

During its long existence, the Choir of Rousse Opera has gained a

great amount of professional experience, creating and maintaining a very

diverse repertoire spanning many different genres.

The ensemble is proud to perform more than 40 titles by foreign and

Bulgarian composers, among which we distinguish the names of Mozart,

Beethoven, Rossini, Donizetti, Verdi, Puccini, Mascagni, Gounod, Saint-

Saens, Wagner, Bizet, Glinka, Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky , Smetana, Gershwin,

Shostakovich, Parashkev Hadjiev, Alexander Raychev, Simeon Pironkov,

Maestro Georgi Atanasov.

In the cantata-oratorio genre, the choir of the Rousse Opera has

achieved no less success. Some of the emblematic titles in the band's concert

repertoire are Handel's “Messiah”, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, Rossini's

Stabat Mater, Requiems by Mozart, Verdi and Rutter, Carl Orff's “Carmina”

Burana, Prokofiev's cantata “Alexander Nevsky”, “Mass for Peace” by Karl

Jenkins.

The choir owes its high professional level to the long-term work of

conductors Atanas Dimitrov, Tomina Sidova, Hristo Stoev and Steliana

Dimitrova-Hernani. Under the expert guidance of these professionals, the

Opera Choir have earned applause and standing ovations from all across

Europe, including - Austria, Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands,

Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Greece, Romania and Russia.

One review from a member of the foreign press reads: “The choir in

“Nabucco” surpassed the soloists - the choir was at a particularly high level

and without exaggeration we can say that he was the star of the evening.” -

Middelburg, the Netherlands.

In 2006, the Ruse Opera Choir was awarded the Crystal Lyre Prize for

their performance of Handel's “Messiah” at the opening of the International

Festival Sofia Music Weeks.

Тhe Choir of Rousse Opera, 1952

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THE RUSE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA was founded in 1919 as a successor

to the traditions of the symphonic work conducted in Ruse after the

Liberation. The first concert of the Ruse Urban Philharmonic Orchestra took

place on March 2nd, 1919. In the first 30 years of its existence, the orchestra

underwent many metamorphoses, adapting to its funding opportunities and

involvement in various organizations such as the Lyra Society and Opera

Society. In 1947, the orchestra was nationalized and on January 4th, 1948,

performed its first concert as State Symphony Orchestra - Ruse, conducted

by Konstantin Iliev.

On its creative journey, Ruse Philharmonic has accumulated a rich

repertoire, both classical and contemporary. Its premieres are traditionally

of national importance. A number of works by Shostakovich, Prokofiev, G.

Kancheli, Hindemith, R. Strauss, P. Hadjiev, K. Iliev, Kr. Kyurkchiiski, Jenkins,

Charpentier have been performed for the first time in our country. Over

the past 70 years the orchestra has worked with many of the most admired

Bulgarian conductors, as well a number of renowned foreign conductors.

Among them we see the names of Kurt Masur, Carlo Zecchi, Dmitri

Kitayenko, Kurt Sanderling, Evgeni Svetlanov, Valery Gergiev and others.

Soloists of the concert programs of the Ruse Philharmonic include Sviatoslav

Richter, Rudolf Kerer, I. Oistrakh, Leonid Kogan, R. Richie, Vladimir Spivakov,

Franco Petrachi, Yuri Bashmet, Robert Cohen and others.

One of the most memorable events in the orchestra's history was

its collaboration with Dmitry Shostakovich and the author's premiere of his

Second piano concert in 1958.

In creative harmony with the Philharmonic Choir "Danube Sounds",

the orchestra is the initiator and host of the International Festival "March

Music Days", the festival "Winter Music Evenings" and the newest summer

music festival in Ruse "Scene / Stage by the River". The musicians participated

in prestigious national and international festivals: "Sofia Music Weeks", "New

Bulgarian Music", "Varna Summer Fest", "Siena Music Weeks" - Italy, where

the orchestra worked from 1984 to 1991.

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There the orchestra has worked with famous musicians such as Franco

Ferrara, Carlo - Maria Giulini, Katia Ricciarelli, Boris Belkin, Yuri Bashmet and

many others. From the end of the 90's until today, the Ruse Philharmonic

Orchestra has been an annual guest of one of the largest festivals of symphonic

and choral music in France “Coreades”.

The orchestra of the State Opera - Ruse has completed a number of

international tours, passing at a high artistic level in Germany, Poland, Austria,

Switzerland, Italy and France, Belgium, Spain, Portugal and others. It has

contributed recordings to the Golden Fund of the Bulgarian National Radio,

the Bulgarian National Television and the Berlin Radio, as well as recordings

gramophone records and CDs for various companies from Europe and the

USA.

After merging with the State Opera - Ruse in 1999, the ensemble

performed its new tasks as an opera and symphony orchestra with its inherent

high artistic level. It now maintains a rich opera repertoire, which includes over

50 operas, 30 of which are “active”. This means that, if necessary, they could

be revived at any time and presented as soon as possible. The orchestra

of the State Opera-Ruse is regularly presented to the audience as well as a

symphony orchestra - Ruse Philharmonic. It constantly maintains and develops

its symphonic and cantata-oratorio repertoire.

Over the last decade of its career, the orchestra has toured these

titles with great success in Spain, France, Italy, Austria, Germany, Switzerland

and Romania. It has also participated in the opera festivals of Rhodes island,

Greece (2001-2003), in Cyprus (2004), on Palma de Mallorca, Spain (2001

and 2002), at the Classic Open Air in Solothurn, Switzerland (2008-2013), at

the International “Hunedoara Lyrics” Festival - Romania (2018, 2019).

In 2003 the orchestra was awarded the “Crystal Lyre” award for the

concert on the occasion of the opening of the “March Music Days” and

for the final concert with works by Stravinsky. In 2014, the Ruse Philharmonic

Orchestra repeated this great success, receiving the “Crystal Lyre” for the

first performance in Bulgaria of the “The Armed Man” by Karl Jenkins.

In 2015, the Ruse Philharmonic, as an orchestra of the State Opera-

Ruse, received one of the most prestigious awards in its history - the prize

“Ensemble of the Year”.

Creative Team Of The State Opera Ruse, 1954

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RUSE CHILDREN'S OPERA was established in 2015, by the former

director of the State Opera-Ruse, Nayden Todorov, and the conductor,

Gancho Ganchev. This is the second organization of its kind in Bulgaria,

after the Children and Youth Opera in Varna, whose creative model ours is

inspired by.

The first performance of the Ruse Children's Opera was the Christmas

musical "Scrooge" (16.12.2015), conducted and directed by Gancho

Ganchev. Participants were selected through a casting process and

were initially children from NSA (national School of Arts) "Professor Veselin

Stoyanov" and Ruse`s vocal academies.

A special team was created to work with the children: vocal

pedagogue - Svilen Dimitrov, theater educators - Rositsa Minovska-

Devedjieva and Ilia Devedjiev, dance pedagogues - Malina Arnaudova

and Radka Nedelcheva, accompanist - Bozhena Petrova.

In 2016, the Ruse Children's Opera staged another musical with

conductor and director Gancho Ganchev - "West Side Story" (June 28,

2016), adapted for the stage by Miglena Shisheva. With this production, less

than a year old, Ruse Children's Opera took a decisive step, earning a welldeserved

place in the poster of the State Opera-Ruse.

Ruse Children`s opera’s first independent performance - the

operetta "Annie in the kingdom of flowers" (30.10.2016) was staged thanks

to a successful application to "Ruse - city of the free spirit" foundation’s

call for proposals. Music - Ivan Krastev, libretto (after Maurice Karem)

- Ilia Devedjiev, conductor - Svilen Dimitrov, director - Rositsa Minovska-

Devedjieva, choreography - Malina Arnaudova and Radka Nedelcheva,

costumes - Elitsa Georgieva. The students were chosen from the ballet classes

of NSA “Prof. Veselin Stoyanov” with teacher Denitsa Ancheva. With two

consecutive castings, the Ruse Children's Opera recruited new participants

and the ensemble grew to 45 children aged 7 to 17.

At the same time, a system was created for regular, organized classes

in vocal technique, acting and dance. The Ruse Children's Opera began to

function as a school for young artists.

In the following year, the mentoring team accepted a big challenge -

"Beauty and the Beast" (10.05.2017) by Alan Menken, with a new adaptation,

new translation and new arrangement. Conductor - Svilen Dimitrov, staging

- Ilia Devedjiev, translation and adaptation - Rositsa Minovska-Devedjieva,

choreography - Zornitsa Petrova, artist - Ognian Balkandjiev, costumes -

Lilyana Vasileva.

After successful premieres, the titles of the Children's Opera have

been permanently added to the repertoire of the State Opera-Ruse. Dance

teachers Radka Nedelcheva and Malina Arnaudova created a Dance

Studio for younger children, who participate in the performances of the

Children's Opera.

The performances have been presented in Sofia and the nearby

cities of Razgrad, Tutrakan and Silistra.

In 2018, the Ruse Children's Opera added to its line-up with the

concert-performance "A New World" (May 15, 2018) and the Christmas

concert-performance "Save Christmas!" with songs from famous musicals.

(December 8, 2018)

Apart from their own productions, the young actors often appear

in the performances of the Ruse Opera - "Falstaff", "Carmen", "Carmina

Burana", "Der Rosenkavalier", "Aida", "Turandot", "Nabucco", "La Boheme".

The ballet of the Ruse Opera also readily includes them in its titles "Snow

White", "Don Quixote", "Sleeping Beauty", "The Unprecedented Kingdom".

Ruse Children's Opera is unique in the way that it moved directly

onto the professional stage of the State Opera-Ruse from the moment it

was formed, always performing with the instrumental backing of the opera’s

word-class orchestra.

Thanks to the wide range of competence-building activities organized

by their teachers, the young performers quickly established themselves as a

strong presence in the cultural scene of Ruse. They have become an integral

part of many performances and concerts, acting as animators, and starting

from an early age their development into complex, multifaceted artists.

It is clear to us from the pedagogical team of the Ruse Children's

Opera, that not all of our prized pupils will become professional artists, but

this does not mean that anything they have learned will go to waste. All

those who have worked together with the children are convinced that their

diligent, disciplined work in the opera will serve them well in their lives outside

of it. They will also act as a message, offering an open invitation for new

talent to join the rich and thrilling world of Bulgaria opera, operetta, and

musicals.

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EDUCATIONAL CONCERTS - LECTURES

The educational concerts of the State Opera - Ruse are performed in the

music halls of schools in Ruse, Gabrovo, Svishtov and at the Mozart Festival

in Pravets, as well as in the Hall "Opera - Lobby" in Ruse. They are scripted

presentations on the following classical music topics:

1. THE VIENNA CLASSICS - HAYDN, MOZART

2. BEETHOVEN - LOVE AND REVOLUTION

3. MUSICAL AND OPERETTA FOR KIDS

4. FOLKLORE IN CLASSICAL MUSIC

5. FIGARO LIKES MOZART AND ROSSINI - with the participation of a string

quartet

6. WALK INTO THE OPERA AND MEET WITH MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

7. THE VOICE INSTRUMENT - with the virtual participation of the Ruse

Philharmonic

8. FATHER HAYDN AND HIS SONS, MOZART AND BEETHOVEN - with the virtual

participation of the Ruse Philharmonic

The themes are developed by selecting the most important and

interesting facts from musical history and the lives of composers, chosen in

order to keep a young audience engaged.

The script is composed of the narrator's text, which is accompanied

and interrupted by a sequence of relevant musical and dance illustrations.

The story is illustrated with printed and multimedia images of the composers,

facsimiles of their manuscripts, images related to the topic, and interesting

props. In the last two lectures, through a projection in front of the audience,

the orchestra of the Ruse Opera - Ruse Philharmonic Orchestra is present.

The musical illustrations, which alternate with the text of the presenter,

are instrumental fragments performed on piano or accompanied by the

orchestra from the screen, as well as arias and duets, which are performed

live by solo singers.

The soloists, as well as the presenter, who is also a singer-performer,

dress up in costumes in order to embody the characters whose arias or duets

they perform.

A hairdresser and make-up artist help their artistic transformation -

they are given wigs and make-up during the story. This is done in front of the

audience.

The transformation in front of the audience is extremely impressive, it

also happens with the narrator himself, who illustrates it with a musical

performance.

The duration of each lecture is no more than 45-50 minutes.

Plamen Beykov

Dramaturgist of the State Opera-Ruse,

author and presenter of the educational programs

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“Dad Haydn and His Sons Mozart and Beethoven”, with multimedia participation of The Orchesta of Ruse Opera, 2018

Ruse children love their Opera Theatre - asphalt drawing

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OPERA PREMIERES

SEASON 1918-1919

“KAMEN AND TSENA”

Ivan Ivanov

Ventseslav Kautsky

SEASON 1919-1920

“TAHIRBEGOVITSA”

Dimitar Hadzhigeorgiev

Liuba Hadzhieva in “Kamen and Tsena”, 1919

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SEASON 1923-1924

“THE KING‘S PEACOCK” - Luigi Borghes

SEASON 1926-1927

“STRONG AS A TURK” - Luigi Borghes

SEASON 1935 -1936

“GERGANA” - Maestro Georgi Atanasov

“Prodana nevěsta”- Bedřich Smetana, 1951

SEASON 1946-1947

“GERGANA” - Maestro Georgi Atanasov

Liuba Hadzhieva in “Tahirbegovitsa”, 1919

SEASON 1949-1950

“LA TRAVIATA” - Giuseppe Verdi

“MADAMA BUTTERFLY” - Giacomo Puccini

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Penka Marinova in “Keto and Kote”, 1954

SEASON 1950 - 1951

“DON PASQUALE”

G. Donizetti

“PRODANA NEVESTA”

B. Smetana

СЕЗОН 1951 - 1952

“LA BOHÈME”

Giacomo Puccini

“Bohéme” - Giacomo Puccini, Conductor - Dobrin Petkov,

Director - Mihail Hadjimishev, 1951

“RIGOLETTO”

Giuseppe Verdi

SEASON 1952 - 1953

“TOSCA” - Giacomo Puccini

“IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA” - G. Rossini

“FREE WIND” - Isaak Dunayevsky

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Maria Bohachek and Snezhina Yakimova in

“Cavalleria Rusticana” - P. Mascagni, 1954

Maria Bohachek (Tatyana) in “Eugene Onegin” - P. I. Tchaikovsky, 1956

SEASON 1953 - 1954

“PAGLIACCI”

Ruggero Leoncavallo

“DIE ENTFÜHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL”

W. A. Mozart

“KETO AND KOTE”

Victor Dolidze

SEASON 1954-1955

“CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA”

Pietro Mascagn

“LES PÊCHEURS DE PERLES”

(“THE PEARL FISHERS”)

Georges Bizet

Elisaveta Yovovich and Stefan Georgiev-Hernani

in “La Traviata”, 1949

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SEASON 1955-1956

“EUGENE ONEGIN”

P. I. Tchaikovsky

“MAZEPPA”

P. I. Tchaikovsky

Brilyanta Kevorkian and Kiril Krastev in

“Don Pasquale” - G. Donizetti, 1950

Nedelcho Pavlov (Knyaz Gremin) in

Eugene Onegin”, 1956

“L‘elisir d‘amore” - Gaetano Donizetti, 1957

SEASON 1956 - 1957

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“IL TROVATORE” - Giuseppe Verdi

“MAM‘ZELLE NITOUCHE” - Florimond Hervé


“L‘ELISIR D‘AMORE” - Gaetano Donizetti

СЕЗОН 1957 - 1958

“CARMEN” - Georges Bizet

“MANON” - Jules Massenet

“LA GIOCONDA” - Amilcare Ponchielli

“DER SCHAUSPIELDIREKTOR” - W. A. Mozart

“L‘elisir d‘amore” - Gaetano Donizetti, 1957

SEASON 1958 - 1959

“DIE CSARDASFÜRSTIN”

Emmerich Kálmán

“LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST”

Giacomo Puccini

“THE DESERTED MILL”

Maestro Georgi Atanassov

Ivan Dimov in “Aida”

Giuseppe Verdi, 1959

SEASON 1959 - 1960

“INTO THE STORM”

Tikhon Khrennikov

“AIDA”

Giuseppe Verdi

“LA BELLE HÉLÈNE”

Jacques Offenbach

Nedelcho Pavlov in

“Don Giovanni” - W. A. Mozart, 1963

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Mimi Nikolova and Boris Tsvetkov in

“Frasquita” - Franz Lehár, 1962

СЕЗОН 1960 - 1961

“FAUST”

Charles Gounod

“ONCE UPON A TIME”

Parashkev Hadjiev

N. Haritonova and Kr. Mihaylov in “Lakmé” - Léo Delibes, 1961

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“Lakmé” - Léo Delibes, Conductor H. Stanishev, 1961

Nedelcho Pavlov, Snezhina Yakimova and Velichka Kirova with the production team of “Lakmé” -

Léo Delibes, 1961

SEASON 1961 - 1962

“LAKMÉ” - Léo Delibes

“FRASQUITA” - Franz Lehár

“TSAR KALOYAN” - Pancho Vladigerov

“THE STORY OF A REAL MAN” - Sergey Prokofiev

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Ana Georgieva, Margarita Radulova and Eli Kusteva in “Tsar Kaloyan” - Pancho Vladigerov, 1962

SEASON 1962 - 1963

“DON CARLO”

Giuseppe Verdi

“DON GIOVANNI”

W. A. Mozart

SEASON 1963 - 1964

“ANTIGONE 43”

Lubomir Pipkov

”ARSHIN MAL ALAN”

(“THE CLOTH PEDDLER”)

Uzeyir Hajibekov

Margarita Radulova in “Turandot”

Giacomo Puccini, 1964

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SEASON 1964 - 1965

“TURANDOT” - Giacomo Puccini

“SAILOR'S HONOR” - Alexander Yossifov

“KATERINA IZMAYLOVA” - Dmitriy Schostakovich

Е. Stoitseva (Katerina ) in “Katerina Izmaylova” - Dmitriy Schostakovich, 1965

SEASON 1965 - 1966

“DIE FLEDERMAUS” - Johann Strauss

“BRIDGE” - Alexander Raychev

Nadia Haritonova and Dobri Manikov in

“Don Giovanni” - W. A. Mozart, 1963

“DON PASQUALE”

G. Donizetti

“LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR”

G. Donizetti

Tsv. Todorova and A. Angelova in “Cosi fan tutte”

W. A. Mozart, 1973

“LE NOZZE DI FIGARO”

W. A. Mozart

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I. Dimov, P. Shipkov, A. Gerov, P. Belogushiev, V. Grigorov and

Y. Stefanov in “Sailor's Honor” - Alexander Yossifov, 1965

Liudmila Gancheva and Velichka Kirova in “Yan Bibiyan” - Nayden Gerov, 1969

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SEASON 1966 - 1967

“DER VOGELHÄNDLER”

(“THE BIRD SELLER”)

Karl Zeller

“DAFT GIDIUYA”

Parashkev Hadjiev

“MOTHER”

Tikhon Khrennikov

“ZAR UND ZIMMERMANN”

Albert Lortzing

SEASON 1967 - 1968

“OTELLO”

Giuseppe Verdi

“REBELLIOUS SONG”

Georgi Zlatev - Cherkin

“THE QUEEN OF SPADES”

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

“SAMSON AND DELILAH”

Camille Saint-Saëns

“Yan Bibiyan” - Nayden Gerov, 1969

“My Fair Lady” - Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner, 1970

SEASON 1968 - 1969

“CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA”

Pietro Mascagni

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SEASON 1969 - 1970

“DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE”

(“THE MAGIC FLUTE”)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

“DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER”

(“THE FLYING DUTCHMAN”)

Richard Wagner

D. Manikov (Alfred Doolittle) in “My Fair Lady”

Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner, 1970

“YAN BIBIYAN”

Nayden Gerov

“UN BALLO IN MASCHERA”

Giuseppe Verdi

“LA TRAVIATA”

Giuseppe Verdi

“MY FAIR LADY”

Frederick Loewe and

Alan Jay Lerner

SEASON 1970 - 1971

“ALBENA”

Parashkev Hadjiev

“WERTHER”

Jules Massenet

“PRINCE IGOR”

Alexander Borodin

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Valentin Grigorov and Penka Marinova in

“Albena” - Parashkev Hadjiev, 1970

SEASON 1971 - 1972

“IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA”

Gioachino Rossini

Elena Nicolai and Nedelcho Pavlov

“Aida” - Giuseppe Verdi, 1960

Nikolay Zdravkov in

“Werther” - Jules Massenet, 1971

Maria Ventseslavova and Nikola Abadjimarinov in

“Masters” - Parashkev Hadjiev, 1971

“BETROTHAL IN A MONASTERY”

Sergei Prokofiev

“MASTERS”

Parashkev Hadjiev

Kunka Kuzmanova and Anastas Anastassov in

“Prince Igor” - A. Borodin, 1971

“IL MATRIMONIO SEGRETO”

Domenico Cimarosa

“DIE LUSTIGE WITWE”

Franz Lehár

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Ana Angelova, Nikolay Zdravkov and Rosa Mitova in

“Werther” - Jules Massenet, 1971

“Die Lustige Witwe” - Franz Lehár, 1971

SEASON 1972 - 1973

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“LETO 893” - Parashkev Hadjiev

“COSI FAN TUTTE” - W. A. Mozart

“THE BOY GIANT” - Tikhon Khrennikov

“Carmen” - Georges Bizet, Conductor - Romeo Raychev

Director - Stefan Trifonov, 1974

“Leto 893” - Parashkev Hadjiev, 1973

SEASON 1973 - 1974

“SIMON BOCCANEGRA”

Giuseppe Verdi

“CARMEN”

Georges Bizet

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“MOMCHIL”

Lubomir Pipkov

“LA BOHÈME”

Giacomo Puccini

Dobri Manikov in “Leto 893”, 1973

D. Lozanova and V. Arabov in

“Cosi fan tutte” - W. A. Mozart, 1973

Anastas Anastassov and

Maria Ventseslavova in

“Macbeth”


SEASON 1974 - 1975

“ALERT”

Alexander Raychev

“MACBETH”

Giuseppe Verdi

Anastas Anastassov in

“Alert” - Alexander Raychev, 1974

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“Cosi fan tutte” - W. A. Mozart, 1973

“GRÄFIN MARIZA” - Emmerich Kálmán


“Simon Boccanegra” - Giuseppe Verdi, 1973

Nadia Haritonova in “Momchil” -Lubomir Pipkov, 1974

SEASON 1975 - 1976

“THE DAWNS HERE ARE QUIET” - Kiril Molchanov

“ANDREA CHÉNIER” - Umberto Giordano

Kiril Krastev, Anastas Anastassov and Todor Bonev in

“La Bohème” - Giacomo Puccini, 1974

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K. Kuzmanova, P. Dilova, A. Angelova, P. Mitova and V. Shahanova in

“The Mornings here are quiet” - Kiril Molchanov, 1975

SEASON 1976 - 1977

“DEER KINGDOM”

Konstantin Iliev

"PUSS IN BOOTS"

Cornel Trailescu

Violeta Shahanova in

"Puss in Boots"

Cornel Trailescu, 1976

“SEMYON KOTKO”

Sergei Prokofiev

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“IL TROVATORE”

Giuseppe Verdi

V. Shahanova and K. Yankov in

"Puss in Boots" - C. Trailescu, 1976

Stefka Evstatieva and Ivan Dimov in

“Andrea Chénier” - Umberto Giordano, 1976

SEASON 1977 - 1978

“DIE FLEDERMAUS”

Johann Strauss

“MARIA DESSISLAVA”

Parashkev Hadjiev

Maria Ventseslavova and Stefan Dimitrov in

“Maria Dessislava” - Parashkev Hadjiev, 1978

SEASON 1978 - 1979

“TOSCA” - Giacomo Puccini

SEASON 1979 - 1980

“JULA”

Krassimir Kyurkchiysky

“JULY NIGHT” - Parashkev Hadjiev

“BORIS GODUNOV”

Modest Mussorgsky

“THE MERRY WIVES OF

WINDSOR”

Otto Nicolai

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SEASON 1980 - 1981

“AIDA” - Giuseppe Verdi

“KHAN ASPARUH”

Alexander Raychev

Nedelcho Deianov in

“The Merry Wives of Windsor” - Otto Nicolai, 1980

“THE COLORFUL BIRD”

Simeon Pironkov

Kiril Krastev in “Maria Dessislava”

Parashkev Hadjiev, 1978

SEASON 1981 - 1982

“CHARLEY`S ANT”

Oscar Felzman

“BAIKA”

Igor Stravinsky

“THE SOLDIER'S TALE”

Igor Stravinsky

“IOANIS REX”

Parashkev Hadjiev

P. Dilova, I. Dobrev, A. Ahmahian and V. Shirokanska in

“La gazza ladra” - Gioachino Rossini, 1985

“L'ELISIR D'AMORE”

Gaetano Donizetti

V. Shirokanska and A. Ahmahian in

“La gazza ladra” - Gioachino Rossini, 1985

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SEASON 1982 - 1983

“THE GYPSY BARON”

Johann Strauss

“LA GAZZA LADRA”

Gioachino Rossini

“ZACHARY THE PAINTER”

Marin Goleminov

“HANSEL AND GRETEL”

Engelbert Humperdinck

“La gazza ladra” - Gioachino Rossini – M. Kasabov, A. Ahmahian,

P. Dilova, I. Dobrev, S. Dimitrov, Y. Stefanov, E. Boteva, 1985

SEASON 1983 - 1984

“LA TRAVIATA”

Giuseppe Verdi

“FRA DIAVOLO”

Daniel Auber

Ana Angelova in “Fra Diavolo”

Daniel Auber, 1984

SEASON 1984 - 1985

“YANA'S NINE BROTHERS"

Lubomir Pipkov

B. Angelova, D. Dimova, I. Diakov and I. Stoev in

“Il tabarro” - Giacomo Puccini, 1986


Gioachino Rossini

“EUGENE ONEGIN”

P. I. Tchaikovsky

“LA BOHÈME”

Giacomo Puccini

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“Fra Diavolo” - Daniel Auber, 1984

Георги Боровански и Александър Тинков в

“Севилският бръснар” - Джоакино Росини, 1985

Georgi Borovanski and Alexander Tinkov in

“Il barbiere di Siviglia” - G. Rossini, 1985

“Fra Diavolo” - Daniel Auber, 1984

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Georgi Borovanski, Krasimir Kurtakov, Emilia Boteva and Tsvetan Mihaylov in


SEASON 1985 - 1986

“FAUST”

Charles Gounod

Emilia Boteva and Alexander Tinkov in


“FIDELIO”

Ludwig van Beethoven

“DIE CSÁRDÁSFÜRSTIN”

Emmerich Kálmán

SEASON 1986 - 1987

“IL TABARRO”

Giacomo Puccini

“DAFT GIDIYA”

Parashkev Hadjiev

“O, MY DREAM”

Simeon Pironkov

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SEASON 1987 - 1988

“IVAN SUSANIN”

Mikhail Glinka


W. A. Mozart

“AIDA”

Giuseppe Verdi

Adelaida Iakimova in “Aida” - G. Verdi, 1988

“LA BELLE HÉLÈNE”

Jacques Offenbach

SEASON 1988 - 1989

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“PRODANÁ NEVĚSTA”

B. Smetana

“VIVA LA MAMMA”

G. Donizetti

“RIGOLETTO”

Giuseppe Verdi

“O, My Dream” - Simeon Pironkov, 1987

“Daft Gidiya” - Parashkev Hadjiev, 1987

SEASON 1989 - 1990

“SNOW WHITE AND THE

SEVEN DWARFS”

Atanas Kossev

“NABUCCO”

Giuseppe Verdi

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A. Tinkov and K. Gorancheva in “Rigoletto” - G. Verdi, 1990

Maria Ventseslavova in the role of

The Queen in

“Snow White”, 1989

Stefan Dimitrov in “Nabucco” - G. Verdi, 1991

SEASON 1990 - 1991

“CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA” - Pietro Mascagni

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“DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE” - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

“DAS LAND DES LÄCHELNS”

(“THE LAND OF SMILES”) - Franz Lehár

Zlatan Marinov and Ventsislav Vodenicharov in

“Cavalleria rusticana” - Pietro Mascagni, 1991

Ventsislav Vodenicharov in “Cavalleria rusticana” - Pietro Mascagni, 1991

SEASON 1991 - 1992

“BALL IM SAVOY”

Paul Abraham

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Gioachino Rossini

“L’ ITALIANA IN ALGERI”

Gioachino Rossini

I. Kyurkchiev and A. Tinkov in

“Rigoletto” - G. Verdi, 1989

E. Boteva, Y. Nikolaeva and S. Dimitrov in

“Nabucco” - G. Verdi, 1991

SEASON 1992 - 1993

“AIDA”

Giuseppe Verdi

“IL TROVATORE”

Giuseppe Verdi

“THE WOLF AND

THE SEVEN YOUNG GOATS”

Alexander Vladigerov

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Kr. Gorancheva, A. Tinkov, E. Boteva, D. Kyurkchiev and S. Dimitrov in

“L’ Italiana in Algeri” - G. Rossini, 1992

D. Kyurkchiev, S. Dimitrov and A. Tinkov in “L’ Italiana in Algeri” - G. Rossini, 1992

SEASON 1993 - 1994

“TANNHÄUSER”

Richard Wagner

“LA SERVA PADRONA”

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

SEASON 1994 - 1995

“PATILANTSI”

Alexander Raychev


Gaetano Donizetti

“TOSCA”

Giacomo Puccini

“AIDA”

Giuseppe Verdi

D. Lozanova, S. Dimitrov and K. Gorancheva in “Viva la mamma” - G. Donizetti, 1988

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SEASON 1995 - 1996

“AIDA”

Giuseppe Verdi


Emmerich Kálmán

“STIFELIO”

Giuseppe Verdi


Gioachino Rossini

I. Dobrev and V. Shahanova in

“L’ elesir d’ amore” - G. Donizetti, 1996

“LA TRAVIATA”

Giuseppe Verdi

SEASON 1996 - 1997

“LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR” - Gaetano Donizetti

“L'ELISIR D'AMORE” - Gaetano Donizetti

“DIE CSARDASFÜRSTIN” - Emmerich Kálmán

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“NABUCCO”, “IL TROVATORE” - Giuseppe Verdi

V. Shahanova and S. Stoyandzov in “L’ elesir d’ amore” - G. Donizetti, 1996

SEASON 1997 - 1998

“RIGOLETTO”

Giuseppe Verdi


Giuseppe Verdi

“IL TROVATORE”

Giuseppe Verdi

Evgeni Ganev in “La serva padrona”

G. B. Pergolesi, 2000

SEASON 1998 - 1999

"MOMCHIL"

Lubomir Pipkov

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“L’ ITALIANA IN ALGERI”

Gioachino Rossini

Violeta Shahanova and Evgeni Ganev in

“La serva padrona” - G. B. Pergolesi, 2000

Stoyan Stoyandzov in

“L’ elesir d’ amore” - G. Donizetti, 1996

SEASON 1999 - 2000

“OTELLO”

Giuseppe Verdi

“DON GIOVANNI”

W. A. Mozart

“ROBINSON CRUSOE”

Alexander Yossifov

“LA SERVA PADRONA”


“KAFFEEKANTATE”

Johann Sebastian Bach

SEASON 2000 - 2001

“TOSCA”

Giacomo Puccini

“CARMEN”

Georges Bizet

A. Yakimova and K. Kurtakov in

“Faust” - Charles Gounod, 1985


Giuseppe Verdi

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A. Baranov, G. Gorchakova and S. Stoyandzhov in

“Gräfin Mariza” - Emmerich Kálmán, 2014

I. Petkova, S. Dimitrov and O. Nikolov in “Norma” - Vincenzo Bellini, 2002

“Oedipus rex” - Igor Stravinsky, Conductor - Georgi Dimitrov, Diroctor - Assen Shopov, 2003

SEASON 2001 - 2002

“RIGOLETTO” - Giuseppe Verdi

“DON PASQUALE” - Gaetano Donizetti

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“IL TROVATORE”

Giuseppe Verdi

Petia Tsoneva in “Carmen” - Georges Bizet, 2012

“NORMA”

Vincenzo Bellini

“MAX AND MORITZ”

Alexander Yossifov


Gioachino Rossini

SEASON 2002 - 2003

“AIDA”

Giuseppe Verdi

“LA TRAVIATA”

Giuseppe Verdi

“MADAMA BUTTERFLY”

Giacomo Puccini


Giuseppe Verdi

“OEDIPUS REX”

Igor Stravinsky

Martin Iliev in “Tosca” - Giacomo Puccini, 2010

“IL MAESTRO DI CAPPELLA”

Domenico Cimarosa

“peter and the wolf”

Sergei Prokofiev

SEASON 2003 - 2004

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“DIE LUSTIGE WITWE” - Franz Lehár


Nely Krevchenko and Martin Iliev in “Otello” - G. Verdi, 2011

“La Traviata” - Giuseppe Verdi, 1996

SEASON 2004 - 2005

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“OTELLO” - Giuseppe Verdi

“DON GIOVANNI” - W. A. Mozart

“IL MATRIMONIO SEGRETO” - Domenico Cimarosa

“THE APOLOGY OF SOCRATES” - Simeon Pironkov

“ALICE IN THE WONDERLAND” - Alexander Yossifov

Kamen Chanev in “Il barbiere di Siviglia” - G. Rossini, 2001

A. Krunev, S. Stoyandzov, M. Milanov in


SEASON 2005 - 2006

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“DON GIOVANNI” - W. A. Mozart

“IL TROVATORE” - Giuseppe Verdi

“TURANDOT” - Giacomo Puccini


“BASTIEN AND BASTIENNE AND THEIR MIDUMMERDREAM” - W. A. Mozart

Andreana Nikolova (Carmen), Martin Iliev (Don Jose), 2007

SEASON 2006 - 2007

“CARMEN”

Georges Bizet

“AMADEUS”

Peter Shaffer

“ALGARA”

Boyko Bogdanov

Андреана Николова (Кармен), Мартин Илиев (Дон Хозе), 2007

“I CAPULETI E I MONTECCHI”

Vincenzo Bellini


Gioachino Rossini




“LA BOHÈME”

Giacomo Puccini

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Daniela Diakova and Ventseslav Anastassov in

“Carmen” - Georges Biset, 2012

A. Nikolova in “Carmen” - Georges Biset, 2007

SEASON 2007 - 2008

“MACBETH”

Giuseppe Verdi

“DON CARLO”

Giuseppe Verdi

“THE TELEPHONE”

Gian Carlo Menotti

Darina Takova - the Prima of Teatro alla scala in

Ruse opera production “La Traviata”, 2006

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“DON PASQUALE”

Gaetano Donizetti

“SOFFIETTO E INCUDINE”

Giorgio Ferrari


Gaetano Donizetti




Teodora Chukurska in

“Die Lustige Witwe” - Franz Lehár, 2013

Bozhidar Vassilev and Plamen Beykov in

“Don Pasquale” - G. Donizetti, 2007

SEASON 2008 - 2009

“COSI FAN TUTTE”

W. A. Mozart

“LA FILLE DU RÉGIMENT”

(“LA FIGLIA DEL REGGIMENTO”)

Gaetano Donizetti


W. A. Mozart

G. Girgihova and D. Kyurkchiev in “Soffietto e incudine” - Giorgio Ferrari, 2008

“AIDA”

Giuseppe Verdi

“BEAR POOH”

Alexander Yossifov

“DIE FLEDERMAUS”

Johann Strauss

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“MANON LESCAUT”

Giacomo Puccini

“EUGENE ONEGIN”

P. I. Tchaikovsky


Gaetano Donizetti

Bozhidar Vassilev, Anna Gemedzhieva, Georgios Filadalfefs

and Plamen Beykov in “Don Pasquale” - G. Donizetti, 2007

M. Milanov, I. Nikolaeva and Z. Maldzhanska in

“Lucia di Lammermoor” - G. Donizetti, 2008

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SEASON 2009 - 2010

“FAUST” - Charles Gounod

“LA FORZA DEL DESTINO” - Giuseppe Verdi

“LES PÊCHEURS DE PERLES”

(“THE PEARL FISHERS”) - Georges Bizet

“RIGOLETTO” - Giuseppe Verdi

Andreana Nikolova and Peter Danailov in

“Don Carlo” - G. Verdi, 2014

SEASON 2010 - 2011

“DIE ENTFÜHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL”

W. A. Mozart

“GUGLIELMO TELL”

Gioachino Rossini

“CARMINA BURANA”

Carl Orff

D. Momekov in “Gianni Schicchi”


Teodora Chukurska in

“The Marilyn Monroe Process” - Roland Baumgartner, 2014

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Bozhidar Vassilev in “Guglielmo Tell” - Gioachino Rossini, 2011

SEASON 2011 - 2012

“NOSE”

Dmitriy Schostakovich

“FOUR TWINS”

Georgi Kostov


Emmerich Kálmán

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“My Fair Lady” - Frederick Loewe and

Alan Jay Lerner, 2012

“MY FAIR LADY”

Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner

“LA TRAVIATA” - Giuseppe Verdi

“OTELLO” - Giuseppe Verdi

“CARMEN” - Georges Bizet

P. Kostov and P. Tsoneva in

“Nabucco” - G. Verdi, 2014

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Maria Tsvetkova in “La Figlia del reggimento”

Gaetano Donizetti, 2009

Tsvetelina Maldzhanska in “La Traviata” - G. Verdi, 2011

. Vassilev, P. Beykov and G. Filadelfefs in “Guglielmo Tell” - Gioachino Rossini, 2011

SEASON 2012 - 2013

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“HANSEL AND GRETEL”

Engelbert Humperdinck


Parashkev Hadjiev

“DAS VEILCHEN VOM MONTMARTRE”

(“THE VIOLET OF MONTMARTRE”)

Emmerich Kálmán

“AIDA”

Giuseppe Verdi

“Die Zauberflöte” - W. A. Mozart, 2015

Georgi Sultanov - tenor and Anatoly Krastev - violoncello

in “Guglielmo Tell” - Gioachino Rossini, 2011

“CAIN”

Lubomir Denev

“RIGOLETTO”

Giuseppe Verdi

“Rita” - Gaetano Donizetti, 2011

“FALSTAF”

Giuseppe Verdi

79

Ventseslav Anastassov in “Nabucco” - Giuseppe Verdi, 2014

SEASON 2013 - 2014

“GRÄFIN MARIZA”

Emmerich Kálmán

“LA BOHÈME”

Giacomo Puccini

Ivan Konsulov in “Simon Boccanegra”


“AIDA”

Giuseppe Verdi

Maria Tsvetkova and Petia Tsoneva in

“Maria Dessislava” - P. Hadjiev, 2012

“DON CARLO”

Giuseppe Verdi

“DON GIOVANNI”

W. A. Mozart

80

Plamen Beykov and Leo Nucci in “Rigoletto”


“L'elisir d'amore” - Gaetano Donizetti, 2018

81

“Le Nozze di Figaro” - W. A. Mozart, 2008

Ventseslav Anastassov in

“Rigoletto” - Giuseppe Verdi

Plamen Beykov in

“Nabucco” - Giuseppe Verdi

“Aida” - Giuseppe Verdi, 2015

82

Maria Tsvetkova and Yulian Konstantinov

in “Faust” - Charles Gounod, 2010

“Faust” - Charles Gounod, Director - Boyko Bogdanov, 2010

Mariana Zvetkova and Kamen Chanev in “Turandot” - Giacomo Puccini, 2006

“HOFFMANNS ERZÄHLUNGEN”

(“THE TALES OF HOFFMANN ”) - Jacques Offenbach

“DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER”

(“THE FLYING DUTCHMAN”) - Richard Wagner


(“THE MAGIC FLUTE”) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

“DIE LUSTIGE WITWE” - Franz Lehár

83

“MOZART AND SALIERI” - Music and drama performance

“Tosca” - Giacomo Puccini, 2013

SEASON 2014 - 2015

“NABUCCO”

Giuseppe Verdi

“ORPHEUS”

John Robertson

Alexander Krunev in “The Tales of Hoffmann ”

Jacques Offenbach, 2014

“KATERINA IZMAYLOVA” - Dmitriy Schostakovich

“THE WIZARD OF OZ” - Harlold Arlen

84

Plamen Beykov in “Katerina Izmaylova”

Dmitriy Schostakovich, 2015

Alexander Krunev in “Tosca” - Giacomo Puccini, 2013

85

“ORFEO ED EURIDICE” - Christoph Willibald Gluck

“THE MARILYN MONROE PROCESS” - Roland Baumgartner

“REQUIEM” - W. A. Mozart - Music, drama and ballet performance

Alexander Krunev in “The Tales of Hoffmann ” - Jacques Offenbach, 2014

“Orfeo ed Euridice” - Christoph Willibald Gluck, 2014

SEASON 2015 - 2016

“CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA” - P. Mascagni

“STABAT MATER” - G. Rossini

“SCROOGE” - James Leslie

Ruse Children Opera

86

“WEST SIDE STORY” - Leonard Bernstein

Ruse Children Opera

“Il barbiere di Siviglia” - Gioachino Rossini, 2016

“KASANOVA”

Georgi Kostov

“SIMON BOCCANEGRA”

Giuseppe Verdi

“LA VOIX HUMAINE”

Francis Poulenc

Georgois Filadelfefs in

“La voix humaine” - Francis Poulenc, 2016

87

S. Stoyandzov and A. Krunev in


“RITA”

Gaetano Donizetti

“GIANNI SCHICCHI”

Giacomo Puccini

“LION”

Nicolas Mc Roberts


Gioachino Rossini

SEASON 2016 - 2017

“IL MAESTRO DI MUSICA”


“NOSTRADAMUS”

Nicolo Kotsev

“SUOR ANGELICA”

Giacomo Puccini

“SAMSON AND DELILAH”


T. Chukurska in “Suor Angelica”


“ANI IN THE FLOWERS KINGDOM”

Ivan Krastev

Ruse Children Opera

88

“BEAUTY AND THE BEAST” - Alan Menken

Ruse Children Opera

M. Milanov and D. Karaivanova in “Il maestro di musica” - G. B. Pergolesi, 2016

I. Devedzhiev in “Beauty and the Beast” - Alan Menken, 2017

89

“DER ROSENKAVALIER”

Richard Strauss


Parashkev Hadjiev

Daniela Karaivanova in

“Daft Gidiya”, P. Hadjiev, 2018

A. Baranov and N. Motsov in “Daft Gidiya”, P. Hadjiev, 2018

SEASON 2017 - 2018

“MAN OF LA MANCHA”

Dale Wasserman

“DAFT GIDIYA”

Parashkev Hadjiev

Tania Ivanova in “Macbeth” - G. Verdi, 2018

90

“L’EQUIVOCO STRAVAGANTE”

Gioachino Rossini


Igor Stravinsky

Andreana Nikolova in “Cavalleria

rusticana” - P. Mascagni, 2015

Орлин Горанов и Мариан Бачев в “Човекът от Ла Манча” - Дейл Васелман, 2017

“NABUCCO”

Giuseppe Verdi

“AIDA”

Giuseppe Verdi

Peter Kostov and Ioana Zhelezcheva in “Madama Butterfly” - G. Puccini, 2018

Momchil Milanov in “Nabucco” - G. Verdi, 2018

“MACBETH”

Giuseppe Verdi

“A NEW WORLD”

Ruse Children Opera

Ventseslav Anastassov in “Nabucco” - Giuseppe Verdi, 2018

91

“La bohème” - Giacomo Puccini, 2019

SEASON 2018 - 2019


Gioachino Rossini

“FAKE HERO”

92

“Fake Hero”, dedicated to the actor Todor Kolev, 2018

P. Kostov, M. Milanov, D. Momekov, and A. Krunev in “La bohème” - Giacomo Puccini, 2019


Gaetano Donizetti

“SAVE CHRISTMAS!”

Ruse Children Opera

“Cabaret” - John Cander, 2019


Carl Orff

“LA BOHÈME”

Giacomo Puccini

“DON CARLO”

Giuseppe Verdi

93

“CABARET”

John Cander

A. Nikolova and A. Baranov in

“Cabaret” - John Cander, 2019

Mariana Zvetkova in “Cavalleria rusticana” - Pietro Mascagni, 201

“CAVALLERIA

RUSTICANA”

Pietro Mascagni


Emmerich Kálmán

“Old Time Bulgarians” - Asen Karastoyanov

SEASON 2018 - 2019

“OLD TIME BULGARIANS”

Asen Karastoyanov

“LA VOIX HUMAINE”

Francis Poulenc

94

Vladimir Marinov and Nikolay Urumov in

“Old Time Bulgarians” - Asen Karastoyanov

Teodora Chukurska in “La Voix Humaine” - Francis Poulenc, 2019

Daniela Karaivanova in “La Traviata” - Giuseppe Verdi, 2019

95

“LA TRAVIATA”

Giuseppe Verdi

Alexander Baranov, Daniela Karaivanova and Boris Lukov in “La Traviata” - Giuseppe Verdi, 2019

BALLET PREMIERES

SEASON 1951 - 1952

“THE FAIRY DOLL”

(“Die Puppenfee”)

Josef Bayer

SEASON 1953 - 1954

“SCHEHERAZADE”

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

SEASON 1954 - 1955

“The Miraculous Mandarin“ - Béla Bartók , 1965

“RIVALS”

Paul Hertel

96

SEASON 1957 - 1958

“GISELLE”

Adolphe Adam

“TILL EULENSPIEGEL”

Richard Strauss

“THE ENCHANTED FOREST”

Hermann Klee

N. Rumenin, T. Todorov and M. Damianov in “Francesca da Rimini” - P. I. Tchaikovsky, 1965

“Carnival in Cuba” - Georges Gershwin, 1965

SEASON 1960 - 1961

“SWAN LAKE”


SEASON 1962 - 1963

“NEUE ODYSSEE”

Victor Bruns

SEASON 1961 - 1962

“THE NUTCRACKER”


SEASON 1963 - 1964

“THE MADARA HORSEMAN”

Dimiter Sagaev

97

“A Fair in Sofia” - Jules Levi, 1973

Ionka Petkova in “Peer Gynt” - Edvard Grieg, 1973

SEASON 1964 - 1965

“FRANCESCA DA RIMINI” - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

98

“CARNIVAL IN CUBA” - Georges Gershwin

“THE MIRACULOUS MANDARIN” - Béla Bartók

“Peer Gynt” - Edvard Grieg, 1973

SEASON 1965 - 1966

“THE PRODIGAL SON”

Sergei Prokofiev

“LE BAISER DE LA FÉE”

(“THE FAIRY'S KISS”)

Igor Stravinsky

“AN AMERICAN IN PARIS”

George Gershwin

Kapka Rogleva in “Peer Gynt” - Edvard Grieg, 1973

99

SEASON 1966 - 1967

“CINDERELLA”

Sergei Prokofiev

SEASON 1967 - 1968

“HAIDUSHKA PESEN”

Alexander Raychev

“El amor brujo” (“The Magic of Love”) - Manuel de Falla, 1974

N. Rumenin (Cinderella) and D. Gaydarov (The Prince) in

“Cinderella” - Sergei Prokofiev, 1967

SEASON 1968 - 1969

“CARMEN”

Bizet - Shchedrin

“THE FOUNTAIN OF

BAKHCHISARAI”

Boris Asafyev

SEASON 1969 - 1970


Alexander Raychev

SEASON 1972 - 1973

“A FAIR IN SOFIA”

Jules Levi

SEASON 1973 - 1974

“PEER GYNT”

Edvard Grieg

Alexander Malchev, Julia Hubenova,

100

“Don Juan” - Vitaliy Gubarenko, 1977

Stoyan Georgiev and Mariana Zacharieva in “Bolero” - Maurice Ravel, 1974

SEASON 1974 - 1975

“EL AMOR BRUJO”

(“THE MAGIC OF LOVE”)

Manuel de Falla

“L'APPRENTI SORCIER”

(“THE SORCERER'S APPRENTICE”)

Paul Dukas

“CHRISTMAS AND CRUCIFIXION”

Vassil Kazandjiev

“SPRING MOOD”

Krassimir Kyurkchiyski

“BOLERO”

Maurice Ravel

“THE LONELY ONE”

Manuel Rodrigo

“IMMORTALITY”

Ivan Marinov

101


SEASON 1975 - 1976

“GISELLE”

Adolf Adam


Alexander Raychev

SEASON 1977 - 1978

"KAMINNYI HOSPODAR"

(“DON JUAN”)

Vitaliy Gubarenko

SEASON 1978 - 1979

“NESTINARKA”

Marin Goleminov

D. Gaydarov, N. Rumenin, S. Gabrovsky and L. Borisov in

“Don Juan” - Vitaliy Gubarenko, 1977

SEASON 1979 - 1980

“CHIPOLINO”

Karen Khachaturian

SEASON 1980 - 1981

“LA FILLE MAL GARDÉE”

("The Poorly Guarded Girl")

Louis Herold

102

SEASON 1982 - 1983

“ORPHEUS” - Igor Stravinsky

“BALLET SCENES” - Igor Stravinsky


Darina Slavova And Alexander Malchev in


Diliana Nikiforova and Vera Nacheva with

Krassimira Koldamova in the role of Édith Piaf in

“Édith Piaf”, production of Ruse State Opera

SEASON 1983 - 1984

“GAYANE” - Aram Khachaturian

103

SEASON 1984 - 1985

“THE NUTCRACKER”- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

SEASON 1985 - 1986

“BOLERO” - Maurice Ravel

“THE REHEARSAL”- Bach - Presser

Stoyan Georgiev and Nadezhda Abadjieva

in “A Fair in Sofia” - Jules Levi, 1973

SEASON 1986 - 1987

“RHAPSODY IN BLUE”

George Gershwin

“BLUE MONDAY”

George Gershwin


104

N. Abadjieva, Y. Petkova, T. Todorov and Ts. Boyadjieva in


“CONCERT IN F”

George Gershwin

”L'ARLÉSIENNE”

Georges Bizet

Dimiter Gaydarov in “Don Juan”

Vitaliy Gubarenko, 1977

Yonka Petkova and Nadia Rumenin in “L'Apprenti sorcier” (“The Sorcerer's Apprentice”)

Paul Dukas, 1975

SEASON 1988 - 1989

“THE FAIRY DOLL”

Josef Bayer

SEASON 1989 - 1990

“THE BLUE DANUBE”

Johann Strauss

105

Mariana Zacharieva in “Gayane”

A. Khachaturian, 1983

“L'Apprenti sorcier” (“The Sorcerer's Apprentice”) - Paul Dukas, 1975


SEASON 1990 - 1991

“LET IT BE”

Beatles

SEASON 1991 - 1992

“MEETING OF THE WORLDS”

Rock-Ballet

N. Rumenin, S. Gabrovski and D. Gaydarov in “El amor brujo”

(“The Magic of Love”) - Manuel de Falla, 1974

106

SEASON 1993-1994

“ÉDITH PIAF”

Stayko Staykov

D. Slavova and D. Gaydarov in “El amor brujo”

(“The Magic of Love”) - Manuel de Falla, 1974

SEASON 1994 - 1995

“METAMORPHOSES”

Johann Sebastian Bach

Krum Tsolov in “Haidushka pesen”

Alexander Raychev, 1976

“BOLERO”

Maurice Ravel

107

Yonka Petkova, Krum Tsolov and Darina Slavova in

“Haidushka pesen” - Alexander Raychev, 1976

SEASON 1995 - 1996

“DON QUIXOTE”

Leon Mincus

SEASON 1996 - 1997

”THE GOAT HORN”


108

N. Rumenin (Donna Anna),

Yuriy Zubarev (Don Juan) and

SEASON 1997 - 1998

“NESTINARKA” - Marin Goleminov

SEASON 1998 - 1999

“GISELLE” - Adolphe Adam


SEASON 1999 - 2000

“I DANCE IN THE SUNSET

OF MY DAYS”

“NOTRE DAME DE PARIS”

“A LEGEND FOR IMÉ”

SEASON 2000 - 2001


Karl Orff

“LES SYLPHIDES”

S. Georgiev (Comandor) in “Don Juan”

Vitaliy Gubarenko, 1977

Chavdar Hristov, Stoyan Gabrovski and Yonka Petkova in

“Gayane” - A. Khachaturian, 1983

109

T. Popova, D. Mircherva, Ts. Boyadjieva, V. Ivanova and M. Hristova in“Nestinarka” - Marin Goleminov, 1978

110

“Gayane” - Aram Khachaturian, 1983

“Nestinarka” - Marin Goleminov, 1978

SEASON 2001 - 2002

“BUTTERFLIES”

111

“THE WOMAN AND HER FACES”

SEASON 2002 - 2003

“APOLLON MUSAGÈTE” - Igor Stravinsky

Nadia Rumenin in “Don Juan” - Vitaliy Gubarenko, 1977

SEASON 2003 - 2004

“SLEEPIHG BEAUTY”


SEASON 2004 - 2005

“BALLET MUSIC IN MEMORY

OF STRAVINSKY”

Simeon Pironkov

112

Yonka Petkova and Rinat Imaev in “The Nutcracker”

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, 1984

“The Nutcracker” - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, 1962

SEASON 2006 - 2007

“THE NUTCRACKER”


“STREET FLOWER”

On the music motives from

“LA TRAVIATA” - G. Verdi

Tania Popova and Maya Shopova

“The Madara Horseman” - Dimiter Sagaev, 1964

113

Snezhana Baycheva, Dilyan Maximov and Silvia Malinova in

“Let it Be” - Beatles, 1991

SEASON 2007 - 2008

“SEASONS” - Anita Assenova

“IN THE HALL” - Anita Assenova

114

“THE ISLAND OF FREEDOM” - Guns and Roses

Valentin Hristov, Satik Agopian, Jose Valdes, and Silvia Malinova in“Let it Be” - Beatles, 1991

115

Dilyan Maximov and Silvia Malinova in “Let it Be” - Beatles, 1991

“Die fledermaus” - Johann Strauss

“Revelations” - Ballet collage

Choreographic experiments by

Alexander Markov and Marin Yankov, 2015

116

SEASON 2008 - 2009

“SWAN LAKE” - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

“RUSSALIA” - Anita Assenova

“THE DANCE” - Anita Assenova

Vesela Vasileva, Tsvetelina Katrin Kotova and

Monika Ilieva in “Don Quixote” - Leon Mincus

Galina Hristova in “Carmen” - Georges Bizet, 2014

SEASON 2009 - 2010

“MOVEMENT” - Anita Assenova

“I BELIEVE IN YOU” - Anita Assenova

“THE NUTCRACKER” - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

“SCHEHERAZADE” - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

117

“Revelations” - Ballet collage Choreographic experiments by

Alexander Markov and Marin Yankov, 2015

SEASON 2010 - 2011

“ALICE”

Anita Assenova

“A LEGEND ABOUT THE MAGIC

FOREST”


“FREE ESSAY”

Anita Assenova

SEASON 2011 - 2012

118

“THE LITTLE PRINCE” - Anita Assenova

“Flight to the light” (Music collage) - choreogr. Silvia Tomova, 2014

Greta Georgieva, Daniel Tichkov and Svetoslav Marinov in

“Romeo and Juliet” - P. I. Tchaikovsky, 2014

“Don Quixote” - Leon Mincus

SEASON 2012 - 2013

“DON QUIXOTE”

Leon Mincus

“THE ROAD”

Anita Assenova

“L'Elisir d'amore” - G. Donizetti

119

“Apollon Musagète” - Igor Stravinsky,

Choreogr. Kalina Bogoeva, 2003

SEASON 2013 - 2014

120

“WHY AM I DANCING” - Freedom Dance Studio

“THE STAR MOMENT OF LITTLE STEPHCHO”

“ROMEO AND JULIET” - P. I. Tchaikovsky

“ONCE UPON A TIME” - Freedom Dance Studio

“FLIGHT TO THE LIGHT” - Music collage

“LE CARNAVAL DES ANIMAUX”

(“THE CARNIVAL OF THE ANIMALS”) - Camille Saint-Saëns

“A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM” - Minkov Dance Academy

“Sleeping Beauty” - P. I. Tchaikovsky, 2015

Anton Ivanov and Tsvetelina Katrin Kotova in “Giselle” - Adolphe Adam, 2014

SEASON 2014 - 2015

“SLEEPING BEAUTY”


“LONGING”

Freedom Dance Studio

“REVELATIONS”

Music collage

121

“Don Quixote” - Leon Mincus, 2013

“THE WORLDS OF THE CITY”

Freedom Dance Studio

“Swan Lake” - P. I. Tchaikovsky, 2010

“Giselle” - Adolphe Adam, 2014

SEASON 2015 - 2016

122

“STRANGE SQUAD”

“TOGETHER”

“FROM FAIRY TALES AND LEGENDS”

“SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS”

Alexander Yossifov


Gioachino Rossini

Opera-Ballet Performance

Christo Angelov in

“The Soldier's Tale” - Igor Stravinsky, 2018

Vesela Vasileva in “Don Quixote” - Leon Mincus, 2017

“Aida” - G. Verdi, 2018

“REQUIEM” - W. A. Mozart

Music-Dance Performance

“THE PERFORMANCE”

Delian Dobrev, Stoyan Fartunov and Hristo Dobrev in

“Macbeth” - G. Verdi, 2018

123

“Requiem” - W. A. Mozart, 2015

SEASON 2016 - 2017

“SEASONS”

“DREAMS”

Anita Assenova

“Don Quixote” - Leon Mincus, 2017

124

SEASON 2017 - 2018


Igor Stravinsky

“SWAN LAKE”


Irena Barbukova in “Sleeping Beauty” - P. I. Tchaikovsky, 2015

“Swan Lake” - P. I. Tchaikovsky, 2018

SEASON 2018 - 2019

“METAMORPHOSES OF LOVE” - Astor Piazzolla

“THE UNPRECEDENTED KINGDOM”

“LET'S DANCE”

“CARMINA BURANA” - Karl Orff

SEASON 2019 - 2020

“LA FILLE MAL GARDÉE” ("The Poorly Guarded Girl") - Peter Hertel

125

Maria Nikolova in “Metamorphoses of Love” - 2019

CONCERTS

The professionalism of the Ruse Philharmonic Orchestra

means that every concert inevitably becomes a musical event. For

this reason, it is difficult to pick out certain moments in the orchestra’s

long and illustrious history. Therefore, with the clarification that it is

impossible to list them all, we provide a sample of the many Ruse

Philharmonic concerts that will long remain in the memories of their

audiences.

Beethoven

SYMPHONY No. 1

Cond. Emil Karamanov

1948

Goleminov

"NESTINARKA"

Cond. Stefan Vachev

1951

126

Schostakovich

SYMPHONY No. 5

Cond. Konstantin Iliev

1949

Beethoven

SYMPHONY No. 7

Cond. Vladi Simeonov

1950

Reinhold Moritzevich Glière

"THE BRONZE HORSEMAN"

Cond. Marin Goleminov

1952

The leaflet from the first concert of Ruse Philharmonic, 1948

The Choir “Duvavski zvutsi” (“Danube Sounds”) - Ruse Philharmonic Choir

Schostakovich

SYMPHONY No. 9

Cond. Dobrin Petkov

1953

Dvorak

SYMPHONY No. 5

Cond. Iliya Temkov

1954

Haydn

SYMPHONY NO. 101

(THE CLOCK SYMPHONY)

Cond. Dobrin Petkov

1955

Berlioz

FANTASTIC SYMPHONY

Cond. Vassil Stefanov

1956

Wagner

"RIENZI"

Cond. Ruslan Raychev

1957

127

Konstantin Iliev (third one), Dmitriy Schostakovich and

Dobrin Petkov (the last one in right), 1952

Schubert

SYMPHONY No. 8

Cond. Stefan Vachev

1958

Ruse Philharmonic with Dmitriy Schostakovich, 1958

Dobrin Petkov with Ruse Philharmonic

César Franck

SYMPHONY IN D MINOR

Cond. Ivan Vulpe

1959

Iliya Temkov with Ruse Philharmonic

128

Wagner

"SIEGFRIED IDYLL"

Cond. Assen Naydenov

1960

Beethoven

SYMPHONY No. 7

Cond. Sasha Popov

1961

Bizet

SYMPHONY IN C

Cond. Ivan Vulpe

1962

Konstantin Iliev and Pantcho Vladigerov, 30 September 1949

Ruslan Raychev

Pipkov

SYMPHONY No. 1

Cond. Boris Hinchev

1963

Simeon Pironkov

SYMPHONY

Cond. Ivan Spassov

1964

Brahms

SYMPHONY No. 1

Cond. Ruslan Raychev

1965

Beethoven

SYMPHONY No. 5

Cond. Kurt Masur

1966

Iliya Temkov

Alipi Naydenov

129

Prokofiev

SCYTHIAN SUITE

Cond. Gennady

Rozhdestvensky

1967

Dvorak

SYMPHONY NO. 9

"FROM THE NEW WORLD"

Cond. Vaclav Neumann

1968

International Festival March Music Days, 1972

130

Khachaturian

SYMPHONY No. 2 "The Bell"

Cond. Aram Khachaturian

1969

Schostakovich

SYMPHONY No. 10

Cond. Arnold Katz

1970

Schostakovich

SYMPHONY No. 6

Cond. Yuri Temirkanov

1971

Stravinsky

"PETRUSHKA"

Cond. Carol Stria

1972

Beethoven

SYMPHONY No. 9

Cond. Joseph Konta

1973

Brahms

SYMPHONY No. 2

Cond. Emil Tchakarov

1974

Ruslan Raychev and Ivan Vulpe with Ruse State Orchestra, 1957

Stravinsky

SYMPHONY OF PSALMS

Cond. Dimiter Manolov

1975

Stravinsky

"THE FIREBIRD"

Cond. Veronika Dudarova

1976

Mussorgsky

"PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION"

Cond. Alexander Vladigerov

1977

Emil Karamanov

Tchaikovsky

SYMPHONY No. 6

Cond. Antoni Wit

1978

131

Mahler

SYMPHONY No. 4

Cond. Rumen Bayrakov

1979

Children Choir ”Pim-Pam” with Ruse Philharmonic

Georgi Dimitrov with Ruse Philharmonic, March Music Days, 2005

”Ivan The Terrible”, Cond. Alipi Naydenov, narrator - B. Morgunov

132

Sibelius

SYMPHONY No. 1

Cond. Heinz Rögner

1980

Prokofiev

SYMPHONY No. 7

Cond. Ivan Marinov

1981

Alexander Raychev

"LEIPZIG 33"

Cond. Ivan Marinov

1982

Handel

"WATER MUSIC"

Cond. Stefan Vachev

1983

Prokofiev

"IVAN THE TERRIBLE"

Cond. Alipi Naydenov

1984

The Choir of Ruse State Opera, Chorus master - Hristo Stoev, 21.03.1986

Sofia, ”Bulgaria” Concert Hall - ”The Armed Man” (”Mass for Peace”), K. Jenkins, 2014

Bruckner

SYMPHONY No. 7

Cond. Dimiter Manolov

1985

Bartók

CONCERTO FOR ORCHESTRA

Cond. Alexey Izmirliev

1986

Bruckner

SYMPHONY No. 8

Cond. Emil Tabakov

1987

Sibelius

SYMPHONY No. 5

Cond. Peter Milde

1988

133

Dimiter Kossev with Ruse Philharmonic

Ruse Philharmonic with Yordan Kamdzhalov, Mahler, Symphony No. 5, 2019

134

Beethoven

MISSA SOLEMNIS


1989

Mozart

CORONATION MASS


1990

Richard Strauss

"DEATH AND TRANSFIGURATION"

("TOD UND VERKLÄRUNG")


1991

César Franck

SYMPHONY IN D MINOR

Cond. Vassil Kazandjiev

1992

The Choir of Ruse State Opera, Chorus master - Seliana Dimitrova-Hernani

Philharmonic Choir ”Duvavski zvutsi” (”Danube Sounds”) and

Children Choir ”Duvavski valni” (”Danube Waves”), Cond. Nayden Todorov

Pēteris Vasks

SYMPHONY No. 1 FOR

STRINGS ("VOICES")

Cond. Tovi Lifshitz

1993

William Walton

"HENRY V"

Cond. Guy Woolfenden

1994

Stravinsky

"THE RITE OF SPRING"

Cond. Tsanko Delibozov

1995

Haydn

HARMONIENMESSE

Cond. Plamen Djurov

1996

135

Ruse Opera Orchestra in the Classic Open Air Festival, Solothurn Switzerland

John Lord with Ruse Philharmonic

136

Schoenberg

"VERKLÄRTE NACHT"

("TRANSFIGURED NIGHT")


1997

Faure

REQUIEM

Cond. Mihail Angelov

1998

Doppler

FANTASIE

Cond. Vassil Kazandjiev

1999

Nayden Todorov

Найден Тодоров

Bruckner

TE DEUM


2000

Beethoven

SYMPHONY No. 9

Cond. Milen Nachev

2001

Dimitar Kossev

Sunay Muratov - Principal conductor of State Opera-Ruse (2018-2020)

Konstantin Iliev

SYMPHONY No. 4

Cond. Georgi Dimitrov

2002

Beethoven

MASS IN C


2004

Mahler

"DAS LIED VON DER ERDE"

("THE SONG OF THE EARTH")


2003

Krassimir Kyurkchiysky

SYMPHONY No. 2


2005

Vladimir Boshnakov

Beethoven

SYMPHONY No. 9

Cond. Metodi Matakiev

2006

137

“The Messiah” - G. F. Handel, cond. Nayden Todorov, 24.05.2006

The Choir and The Orchestra of Ruse Opera in the festival “Sofia Music Weeks”

Schostakovich

SYMPHONY No. 9

Cond. Emil Tabakov

2007

Kazandjiev

SYMPHONY No. 5


2008

Richard Strauss

"DON JUAN"

Cond. Nayden Todorov

2009

Mussorgsky

"PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION"

Cond. Ivo Venkov

2010

138

Verdi

REQUIEM

Cond. Wolfgang Seeliger

2011

Giya Kancheli

"THE MORNING PRAYERS"

("MORGENGEBETE")

Cond. Patrick Gallois

2013

Nayden Andreev

"MOLENIE"


2012

Karl Jenkins

"THE ARMED MAN"

("MASS FOR PEACE")


2014

Stravinsky

"THE FIREBIRD"


2015

Bruckner

SYMPHONY No. 4

Cond. Yordan Kamdzhalov

2018

Mahler

SYMPHONY No. 5

Cond. Yordan Kamdzhalov

2019

Dimitar Kossev - Principal conductor of State Opera-Ruse from 2020

139

John Rutter

MASS OF THE CHILDREN

Cond. Svilen Dimitrov

2019

RUSE OPERA PREMIERES

1949-2919

140

SEASON 1949-1950

“LA TRAVIATA” – G. Verdi – 27.11.1949 – Cond. Konstantin Iliev,

Dir. Dragan Kardjiev, Design. Аssen Popov, Choreogr. A. Vorobiova, Chorm. Iliya Iliev

“MADAMA BUTTERFLY” – G. Puccini – 25 03.1950 – Cond. K. Iliev,

Dir. M. Hadjimishev, Design. A. Hadjimisheva, Chorm. Iliya Iliev

SEASON 1950/51

“DON PASQUALE” – G. Donizetti – 8.11.1950 – Cond. K. Iliev, Dir. P. Raychev,

Design. A. Hadjimisheva, Chorm. I. Iliev

“PRODANÁ NEVĚSTA” – B. Smetana – 12.02.1951 – Cond. К. Iliev,

Dir. P. Raychev, Design. T. Voynov, Choreogr. Assen Manolov, Chorm. I. Iliev

SEASON 1951/52

“LA BOHÈME” – G. Puccini – 12.10.1951 – Cond. Dobrin Petkov,

Dir. M. Hadjimishev, Design. A. Hadjimisheva, Chorm. I. Iliev

“THE FAIRY DOLL” – Ballet by Josef Bayer – 7.03.1952 – Cond. I. Iliev,

Choreogr. Alexander Manolov, Design. A. Hadjimisheva

“RIGOLETTO” – G. Verdi – 21.04.1952 – Cond. К.Илиев, Dir. M. Hadjimishev,

Design. A. Hadjimisheva, Chorm. I. Iliev

SEASON 1952/53

“TOSCA” – G. Puccini – 15.10.1952 – Cond. M. Lefterov,

Dir. M. Hadjimishev, Design. A. Hadjimisheva, Chorm. N. Nikolaev

“IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA” – G. Rossini – 30.01.1953 – Cond. L. Pintev,

Dir. Iliya Ivanov, Design. A. Hadjimisheva, Chorm. N. Nikolaev

“FREE WIND” – Isaak Dunayevsky – 1.06.1953 – Cond. Dobrin Petkov, Dir. Otto Maleev,

Design. T. Voynov, Choreogr. A. Manolov, Chorm. N. Nikolaev

SEASON 1953/54

“PAGLIACCI” – R. Leoncavallo – 28.10.1953 – Cond. L. Pintev, Dir. H. Popov,

Choreogr. A. Manolov, Design. T. Voynov, Chorm. N. Nikolaev

“SCHEHERAZADE” – Ballet by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov – 28.10.1953

Cond. Liuben Pintev, Choreogr. Assen Manolov, Design. T. Voynov

“DIE ENTFÜHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL” – W. A. Mozart – 15.02.1954 – Cond. D.

Petkov, Dir. E. Nemirov, Design. A. Grozev, Choreogr. A. Manolov, Chorm. N. Nikolaev

“KETO AND KOTE” – Victor Dolidze – 31.05.1954 – Cond. L. Pintev, Dir. G. Petrov, Design.

T. Voynov, Choreogr. A. Manolov, Chorm. N. Nikolaev

SEASON 1954/55

“CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA” – P. Mascagni – 6.12.1954 – Cond. Romeo Raychev, Dir. E. Nemirov,

Design. T. Voynov, Choreogr. A. Manolov, Chorm. N. Nikolaev

“RIVALS” – Ballet by Paul Hertel – 6.12.1954 – Cond. Romeo Raychev,

Choreogr. A. Manolov, Design. T. Voynov

“LES PÊCHEURS DE PERLES” – Georges Bizet – 30.03.1955 – Cond. L. Pintev,

Dir. and Choreogr. E. Nemirov, Design. T. Voynov, Chorm. N. Nikolaev

OPENING OF THE NEW BUILDING – 5 February 1956

SEASON 1955/56

“EUGENE ONEGIN” – P. I. Tchaikovsky – 5.02.1956 – Cond. Romeo Raychev,

Dir. I. Ivanov, Design. A. Hadjimisheva, Choreogr. A. Manolov Chorm. N. Nikolaev

“MAZEPPA” – P. I. Tchaikovsky – 30.05.1956 – Cond. Romeo Raychev,

Dir. St. Trifonov, Design. T. Voynov, Choreogr. A. Manolov, Chorm. N. Nikolaev

SEASON 1956/57

“IL TROVATORE” – G. Verdi – 14.11.1956 – Cond. Romeo Raychev, Dir. E. Nemirov,

Design. M. Popova, Chorm. N. Nikolaev

“MADAMA BUTTERFLY” – G. Puccini – 30.01.1957 – Cond. Romeo Raychev, Dir. St. Trifonov, Design.

T. Voynov, Chorm. N. Nikolaev

“MAM‘ZELLE NITOUCHE” – Florimond Hervé – 11.04.1957 –

Cond. Romeo Raychev, Dir. and Design. E. Nemirov, Choreogr. A. Manolov, Chorm. N. Nikolaev

“L‘ELISIR D‘AMORE” – G. Donizetti – 23.05.1957 – Cond. L. Pintev,

Dir. St. Trifonov, Design. T. Voynov, Chorm. N. Nikolaev

SEASON 1957/58

“DER SCHAUSPIELDIREKTOR” – W. A. Mozart – 17.10.1957 – Cond. Ruslan Raychev,

Dir. E. Nemirov, Design. T. Voynov

“TILL EULENSPIEGEL” – Ballet by Richard Strauss – 17.10.1957 – Cond. Ruslan Raychev,

Choreogr. Mercedes Pavelich, Design. T. Voynov

“THE ENCHANTED FOREST” – Ballet by Hermann Klee – 17.10.1957

Cond. Ruslan Raychev, Choreogr. Mercedes Pavelich, Design. T. Voynov

“CARMEN” – Georges Bizet – 16.01.1958 – Cond. Ruslan Raychev, Dir. Jean Ranzescu,

Design. Teodor Suruchanu and Lidia Yovanescu, Choreogr. A. Manolov, Chorm. N. Nikolaev

“MANON” – Jules Massenet – 28.04.1958 – Cond. Ruslan Raychev, Dir. St. Trifonov,

Design. A. Popov, Chorm. N. Nikolaev

“GISELLE” – Adolphe Adam – 14.06.1958 – Cond. Boris Hinchev,

Choreogr. A. Manolov, Design. Lidia Yovanescu

“LA GIOCONDA” – Amilcare Ponchielli – 17.07.1958 – Cond. Romeo Raychev,

Dir. E. Nemirov, Design. P. Popov, Choreogr. A. Manolov, Chorm. N. Nikolaev

SEASON 1958/59

“DIE CSARDASFÜRSTIN” – Emmerich Kálmán – 20.11.1958 – Cond. N. Nikolaev, Dir. Sv. Donev,

Design. P. Popov, Choreogr. A. Manolov, Chorm. N. Nikolaev

“LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST” – G. Puccini – 17.03.1959 – Cond. B. Hinchev, Dir. E. Nemirov,

Design. P. Popov, Chorm. N. Nikolaev

“THE DESERTED MILL” – Maestro Georgi Atanassov – 28.04.1959 – Cond. B. Hinchev,

Dir. St. Trifonov, Design. P. Popov, Chorm. N. Nikolaev

SEASON 1959/60

“INTO THE STORM” – Tikhon Khrennikov – 10.09.1959 – Cond. Romeo Raychev,

Dir. St. Trifonov, Design. G. Karakashev, Choreogr. A. Manolov, Chorm. N. Nikolaev

“AIDA” – G. Verdi – 20.12.1959 – Cond. Romeo Raychev, Dir. Jean Ranzescu,

Design. Lidia Yovanescu and Roland Laub, Choreogr. A. Manolov, Chorm. N. Nikolaev

“LA BELLE HÉLÈNE” – Jacques Offenbach – 2.04.1960 – Cond. B. Hinchev, Dir. E. Nemirov,

Design. P. Popov, Choreogr. A. Manolov, Chorm. N. Nikolaev

SEASON 1960/61

“ONCE UPON A TIME” – Parashkev Hadjiev – 24.11.1960 – Cond. Romeo Raychev, Dir. E. Nemirov,

Design. P. Popov, Choreogr. D. Gaydarov, Chorm. N. Nikolaev

“SWAN LAKE” – P. I. Tchaikovsky – 19.01.1961 – Cond. Christo Stanishev, Choreogr. A. Manolov,

Design. Lidia Yovanescu and Jaen Ipser

“FAUST” – Charles Gounod – 20.04.1961 – Cond. Romeo Raychev, Dir. D. Kardjiev, Design. A. Popov,

Choreogr. A. Manolov, Chorm. N. Nikolaev

SEASON 1961/62

“LAKMÉ” – Léo Delibes – 9.12.1961 – Cond. Ch. Stanishev, Dir. E. Nemirov, Choreogr. A. Manolov,

Design. L. Yovanescu and J. Ipser, Chorm. N. Nikolaev

“FRASQUITA” – Franz Lehár – 16.01.1962 – Cond. N. Nikolaev, Dir. Sv. Donev, Design. A. Popov,

Choreogr. A. Manolov, Chorm. N. Nikolaev

“TSAR KALOYAN” – Pancho Vladigerov – 5.04.1962 – Cond. Romeo Raychev,

Dir. E. Nemirov and St. Trifonov, Design. I. Ikonomov, Choreogr. A. Manolov, Chorm. N. Nikolaev

“THE STORY OF A REAL MAN” – Sergey Prokofiev – 9.06.1962 – Cond. B. Hinchev, Dir. St. Trifonov,

Design. Jack Avdala, Chorm. N. Nikolaev

“THE NUTCRACKER” – P. I. Tchaikovsky – 29.06.1962 – Cond. Christo Stanishev,

Choreogr. A. Manolov, Design. P. Brankovianu

SEASON 1962/63

“DON CARLO” – G. Verdi – 27.01.1963 – Cond. B. Hinchev, Dir. E. Nemirov,

Design. Roland Laub and Venera Naslednikova, Chorm. N. Nikolaev

“NEUE ODYSSEE” – Ballet by Victor Bruns – 8.04.1963 – Cond. B. Hinchev,

Choreogr. A. Manolov, Design. Paula Brankovianu “DON GIOVANNI” – W. A. Mozart – 11.06.1963

Cond. R. Raychev, Dir. M. Hadjimishev, Design. A. Hadjimisheva, Chorm. N. Nikolaev

SEASON 1963/64

“ANTIGONE 43” – Lubomir Pipkov – 23.12.1963 – Cond. B. Hinchev, Dir. St. Trifonov,

Design. P. Popov, Chorm. N. Nikolaev

”ARSHIN MAL ALAN” (“THE CLOTH PEDDLER”) – Uzeyir Hajibekov – 18.01.1964

Cond. N. Nikolaev, Dir. G. Chendov, Design. P. Popov, Choreogr. A. Manolov, Chorm. N. Nikolaev

“THE MADARA HORSEMAN” – Ballet by Dimiter Sagaev – 28.05.1964 – Cond. Romeo Raychev,

Choreogr. A. Manolov, Design. P. Popov

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SEASON 1964/65

“TURANDOT” – Giacomo Puccini – 17.09.1964 – Cond. Romeo Raychev, Dir. St. Trifonov,

Design. M. Popova, Chorm. A. Dimitrov

“SAILOR'S HONOR” – Alexander Yossifov – 30.01.1965 – Cond. A. Yossifov, Dir. G. Chendov,

Design. P. Popov, Choreogr. D. Vrubel, Chorm. A. Dimitrov

“FRANCESCA DA RIMINI” – P. I. Tchaikovsky – 7.03.1965 – Cond. A. Vladigerov,

Choreogr. P. Lukanov, Design. N. Khrennikova

“CARNIVAL IN CUBA” – G. Gershwin – 7.03.1965 – Cond. A. Vladigerov,


“THE MIRACULOUS MANDARIN” – B. Bartók – 7.03.1965 – Cond. A. Vladigerov,


“KATERINA IZMAYLOVA” – D. Schostakovich – 7.04.1965 – Cond. R. Raychev, Dir. E. Nemirov,

Design. I. Ikonomov, Chorm. A. Dimitrov

SEASON 1965/66

“BRIDGE” – Alexander Raychev – 2.10.1965 – Cond. Romeo Raychev, Dir. T. Andreeva-Prohaska,

Design. P. Popov, Chorm. A. Dimitrov

“DON PASQUALE” – G. Donizetti – 11.11.1965 – Cond. N. Nikolaev,

Dir. and Design. E. Nemirov, Chorm. A. Dimitrov

“LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR” – G. Donizetti –12.12.1965 – Cond. Romeo Raychev,

Dir. T. Andreeva-Prohaska, Design. P. Popov, Chorm. A. Dimitrov

“DIE FLEDERMAUS” – Johann Strauss – 29.12.1965 – Cond. I. Temkov, Dir. K. Naumov,

Design. J. Avdala, Choreogr. P. Stoitsev, Chorm. A. Dimitrov

“LE BAISER DE LA FÉE” – Ballet by I. Stravinsky – 12.03.1966

Cond. A. Vladigerov, Choreogr. P. Lukanov, Design. N. Khrennikova

“THE PRODIGAL SON” – Ballet by S. Prokofiev – 12.03.1966 – Cond. A. Vladigerov,


“AN AMERICAN IN PARIS” – Ballet by G. Gershwin – 12.03.1966

Cond. A. Vladigerov, Choreogr. P. Lukanov, Design. N. Khrennikova

“LE NOZZE DI FIGARO” – W. A. Mozart – 26.05.1966 – Cond. M. Lefterov,

Dir. T. Andreeva-Prohaska, Design. P. Popov, Chorm. A. Dimitrov

SEASON 1966/67

“DER VOGELHÄNDLER” (“THE BIRD SELLER”) – Karl Zeller – 18.10.1966 – Cond. D. Manolov,

Dir. E. Nemirov, Design. P. Dobrinovich, Chorm. A. Dimitrov

“DAFT GIDIA” – Parashkev Hadjiev – 28.01.1967 – Cond. D. Manolov,

Dir. B. Dionissiev, Design. P. Popov, Choreogr. D. Gaydarov, Chorm. A. Dimitrov

“CINDERELLA” – Ballet by Sergei Prokofiev – 28.02.1967 – Cond. A. Vladigerov,

Choreogr. M. Arnaudova, Design. P. Popov

“MOTHER” – Tikhon Khrennikov – 31.03 1967 – Cond. Romeo Raychev,

Dir. E. Pasenkov, Design. A. Morozov, Chorm. A. Dimitrov

“ZAR UND ZIMMERMANN” – A. Lortzing – 1.07.1967 – Cond. U. Nissen,

Dir. W. Gubish, Design. S. Bach, Choreogr. N. Bocharnikov, Chorm. A. Dimitrov

SEASON 1967/68

“OTELLO” – Giuseppe Verdi – 16.11.1967 – Cond. D. Manolov, Dir. J. Ranzesku,

Design. R. Laub, Chorm. A. Dimitrov

“REBELLIOUS SONG” – Georgi Zlatev - Cherkin – 16.01.1968 – Cond. Romeo Raychev,

Dir. B. Dionissiev, Design. P. Popov, Choreogr. D. Gaydarov, Chorm. A. Dimitrov

“THE QUEEN OF SPADES” – P. I. Tchaikovsky – 30.03.1968 – Cond. Romeo Raychev,

Dir. E. Nemirov, Design. K. Nedelchev and M. Naydenova, Chorm. A. Dimitrov

“HAIDUSHKA PESEN” – Ballet by Alexander Raychev – 7.04.1968

Cond. D. Manolov, Choreogr. A. Manolov, Design. M. Naydenova

“SAMSON AND DELILAH” – Camille Saint-Saëns – 26.05.1968 – Cond. R. Boyadjieva,

Dir. D. Uzunov, Design. M. Popova, Choreogr. B. Kovachev, Chorm. A. Dimitrov

SEASON 1968/69

“CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA” – P. Mascagni – 28.11.1968 – Cond. M. Angelov, Dir. B. Dionissiev,

Design. T. Voynov avd D. Kirov, Chorm. A. Dimitrov

“CARMEN” – Ballet, Bizet - Shchedrin – 28.11.1968 – Cond. M. Angelov, Choreogr. P. Ivanova,

Design. T. Voynov avd D. Kirov

“DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER” – R. Wagner – 9.03.1969 – Cond. Romeo Raychev,

Dir. D. Uzunov, Design. M. Popova, Chorm. A. Dimitrov

“THE FOUNTAIN OF BAKHCHISARAI” – Ballet by Boris Asafyev – 7.04.1969 – Cond. D. Manolov,

Choreogr. A. Gavrilov, Design. M. Yankov

SEASON 1969/70

“DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE” – W. A. Mozart– 16.09.1969 – Cond. M. Angelov,

Dir. St. Trifonov, Design. M. Popova, Chorm. A. Dimitrov

“YAN BIBIYAN” – Nayden Gerov – 14.10.1969 – Cond. T. Stoev, Dir. P. Alexandrov,

Design. P. Popov, Chorm. A. Dimitrov

“HAIDUSHKA PESEN” – Ballet by Alexander Raychev – 10.11.1969 – Cond. Romeo Raychev, Choreogr. A.

Gavrilov, Design. I. Ikonomov

“UN BALLO IN MASCHERA” – G. Verdi – 3.02.1970 – Cond. Romeo Raychev,

Dir. D. Uzunov, Design. A. Hadjimisheva, Choreogr. F. Bakalov, Chorm. A. Dimitrov

“LA TRAVIATA” – G. Verdi – 9.04.1970 – Cond. M. Angelov, Dir. St. Trifonov,

Design. M. Yankov, Choreogr. F. Bakalov, Chorm. A. Dimitrov

“MY FAIR LADY” – Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner – 14.06.1970 – Cond. T. Stoev, Dir. T. Andreeva-Prohaska,

Design. E. Eneva,

Chorm. A. Dimitrov, Choreogr. P. Stoitsev

SEASON 1970/71

“ALBENA” – Parashkev Hadjiev – 21.11.1970

Cond. Romeo Raychev, Dir. St. Trifonov, Design. P. Popov, Chorm. A. Dimitrov

“WERTHER” – J. Massenet – 8.02.1971 – Cond. T. Stoev, Dir. T. Andreeva-

Prohaska, Design. K. Radev, Chorm. A. Dimitrov

“PRINCE IGOR” – A. Borodin – 6.04.1971 – Cond. M. Angelov, Dir. St. Trifonov, Design. A. Stoychev and

M. Trendafilova, Choreogr. A. Manolov, Chorm. A. Dimitrov

SEASON 1971/72

“IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA” – G. Rossini – 26.09.1971 – Cond. I. Filev, Dir. T. Andreeva-Prohaska,

Design. M. Trendafilova, Chorm. A. Dimitrov

“BETROTHAL IN A MONASTERY” – S. Prokofiev – 25.01.1972 – Cond. V. Baychev,

Dir. St. Trifonov, Design. M. Popova, Chorm. A. Dimitrov

“IL MATRIMONIO SEGRETO” – D. Cimarosa – 29.02.1972 – Cond. I. Filev,

Dir. T. Andreeva-Prohaska, Design. P. Popov and M. Trendafilova, Chorm. A. Dimitrov

“MASTERS” – Parashkev Hadjiev – 5.04.1972 – Cond. Romeo Raychev,

Dir. St. Trifonov, Design. A. Stoychev, Chorm. A. Dimitrov

“DIE LUSTIGE WITWE” – F. Lehár – 3.06.1072 – Cond. T. Stoev,

Dir. P. Starbanov, Design. M. Yankov, Choreogr. D. Vrubel, Chorm. A. Dimitrov

SEASON 1972/73

“THE BOY GIANT” – Tikhon Khrennikov – 29.10.1972 – Cond. V. Baychev,

Dir. N. Satz, Design. N. Khrennikova, Choreogr. O. Tarassova

“A FAIR IN SOFIA” – Ballet by Jules Levi – 16.01.1973 – Cond. I. Filev,

Choreogr. B. Kovachev, Design. M. Popova

“LETO 893” – Parashkev Hadjiev – 26.03.1973 – Cond. Romeo Raychev,

Dir. St. Trifonov, Design. A. Stoychev, Choreogr. M. Arnaudova, Chorm. T. Sidova

“COSI FAN TUTTE” – W. A. Mozart – 14.05.1973 – Cond. I. Filev,

Dir. V. Manolova, Design. P. Popov, Chorm. T. Sidova

SEASON 1973/74

“SIMON BOCCANEGRA” – G. Verdi – 7.10.1973 – Cond. V. Baychev, Dir. K. Dimchev, Design. T. Voynov

and E. Todorova, Chorm. T. SidovaPEER GYNT – Ballet,

E. Grieg – 2.12.1973 Cond. I. Filev, Choreogr. V. Grivatskas, Design. P. Popov

“CARMEN” – G. Bizet – 24.01.1974 – Cond. R. Raychev, Dir. St. Trifonov,

Design. R. Chomakov and B. Chomakova, Choreogr. P. Lukanov, Chorm. T. Sidova

“MOMCHIL” – Lubomir Pipkov – 3.04.1974 – Cond. I. Marinov, Dir. D. Uzunov,

Design. A. Hadjimisheva, Choreogr. D. Gaydarov, Chorm. T. Sidova

“LA BOHÈME” – G. Puccini – 6.06.1974 – Cond. I. Filev, Dir. V. Manolova,

Design. P. Popov, Chorm. T. Sidova

SEASON 1974/75

“ALERT” – A. Raychev – 26.11.1974 – Cond. Romeo Raychev, Dir. St. Trifonov,

Design. L. Yordanov, Chorm. T. Sidova

“L'APPRENTI SORCIER” (“THE SORCERER'S APPRENTICE”) – Paul Dukas– 23.01.1975

Ballet miniature – Cond. I. Filev, Choreogr. P. Lukanov, Design. V. Trifonov

“EL AMOR BRUJO” (“THE MAGIC OF LOVE”) – Manuel de Falla – 23.01.1975 – Ballet miniature

Cond. I. Filev, Choreogr. P. Lukanov, Design. V. Trifonov

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“BOLERO” – M. Ravel – 23.01.1975 – Ballet miniature – Cond. I. Filev,

Choreogr. P. Lukanov, Design. V. Trifonov

“GRÄFIN MARIZA” – E. Kálmán – 23.01.1973 – Cond. V. Baychev, Dir. D. Zaharescu,

Design. Ch. Kazaku, Choreogr. S. Georgiev, Chorm. T. Sidova

“MACBETH” – G. Verdi – 4.04.1975 – Cond. V. Baychev, Dir. K. Dimchev,

Design. T. Voynov and E. Eneva Chorm. T. Sidova

“MADAMA BUTTERFLY” – G. Puccini – 12.06.1975 – Cond. I. Filev, Dir. V. Manolova,

Design. M. Trendafilova, Chorm. T. Sidova

“THE LONELY ONE” – M. Rodrigo – 22.06.1975 – Ballet miniature

Cond. I. Marinov, Choreogr. P. Lukanov, Design. V. Trifonov

“CHRISTMAS AND CRUCIFIXION” – V. Kazandjiev – 22.06.1975 – Ballet miniature

Cond. I. Marinov, Choreogr. P. Lukanov, Design. V. Trifonov

“SPRING MOOD” – K. Kyurkchiyski – 22.06.1975 – Ballet miniature – Cond. I. Marinov,


“IMMORTALITY” – I. Marinov – 22.06.1975 – Ballet miniature – Cond. I. Marinov,


SEASON 1975/76

“THE DAWNS HERE ARE QUIET” – K. Molchanov – 4.11.1975 – Cond. Romeo Raychev,

Dir. St. Trifonov, Design. A. Stoychev, Chorm. T. Sidova

“GISELLE” – A. Adam – 23.12.1975 – Cond. I. Filev, Choreogr. P. Lukanov, Design. N. Khrennikova

“ANDREA CHÉNIER” – U. Giordano – 4.03.1976 – Cond. Romeo Raychev,

Dir. H. Lupescu, Design. P. Brankovianu, Chorm. T. Sidova

“HAIDUSHKA PESEN” – Ballet by A. Raychev – 23.03.1976 – Cond. Romeo Raychev,

Choreogr. P. Lukanov, Design. P. Petrov and V. Radkova

SEASON 1976/77

“DEER KINGDOM” – K. Iliev – 16.11.1976 – Cond. V. Baychev, Dir. K. Iliev,

Design. M. Trendafilova, Choreogr. M. Arnaudova, Chorm. T. Sidova

"PUSS IN BOOTS" – C. Trailescu – 26.12.1976 – Cond. Romeo Raychev,

Dir. P. Alexandrov, Design. E. Eneva, Choreogr. P. Lukanov, Chorm. T. Sidova

“SEMYON KOTKO” – S. Prokofiev – 25.03.1977 – Cond. I. Filev, Dir. A. Georgiev,

Design. G. Ivanov and M. Lugova, Chorm. T. Sidova

“IL TROVATORE” – G. Verdi – 2.07.1977 – Cond. Romeo Raychev, Dir. A. Georgiev,

Design. N. Makfuz and V. Radkova, Chorm. T. Sidova

SEASON 1977/78

"KAMINNYI HOSPODAR" (“DON JUAN”) – Ballet by Vitaliy Gubarenko – 3.11.1977

Cond. V. Baychev, Choreogr. and Dir. M. Arnaudova, Design. M. Trendafilova

“DIE FLEDERMAUS” – J. Strauss – 16.01.1978 – Cond. I. Filev, Dir. G. Petrov,

Design. M. Popova, Choreogr. S. Georgiev, Chorm. H. Stoev

“MARIA DESSISLAVA” – P. Hadjiev – 23.03.1978 – Cond. Romeo Raychev,

Dir. A. Georgiev, Design. G. Ivanov and N. Kavaldzhieva, Chorm. T. Sidova

SEASON 1978/79

“JULY NIGHT” – P. Hadjiev – 19.09.1978 – Cond. Romeo Raychev,

Dir. A. Georgiev, Design. V. Ikonomov

“TOSCA” – G. Puccini – 8.10.1978 – Cond. I. Filev, Dir. St. Trifonov,

Design. A. Stoychev, Chorm. H. Stoev

“NESTINARKA” – Dance dramma by M. Goleminov – 11.12.1978 – Cond. K. Goleminov,

Choreogr. P. Lukanov, Design. I. Savov

“BORIS GODUNOV” – M. Mussorgsky – 29.03.1979 – Cond. I. Filev, Dir. S. Lapirov,

Design. N. Khrennikova, Choreogr. C. Hristov, Chorm. H. Stoev

SEASON 1979/80

“JULA” – K. Kyurkchiysky – 1.10.1979 – Cond. I. Filev, Dir. St. Trifonov,

Design. A. Stoychev, Chorm. H. Stoev

“CHIPOLINO” – Ballet by Karen Khachaturian – 11.10.1979 – Choreogr. P. Lukanov,

Design. P. Popov and M. Dimanova

“THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR” – O. Nicolai – 5.02.1980 – Cond. V. Baychev,

Dir. V. Bachvarova, Design. M. Trendafilova,

Choreogr. S. Georgiev, Chorm. T. Sidova

SEASON 1980/81

“THE COLORFUL BIRD” – S. Pironkov – 28.09.1980 – Cond. V. Baychev, Dir. M. Mladenova,

Design. N. Neikov and N. Miteva, Chorm. T. Sidova

“AIDA” – G. Verdi – 20.11.1980 – Cond. I. Filev, Dir. A. Georgiev, Design. M. Trendafilova,

Choreogr. A. Gavrilov, Chorm. H. Stoev

“LA FILLE MAL GARDÉE” ("The Poorly Guarded Girl") – L. Herold – 25.12.1980

Choreogr. P. Lukanov, Design. P. Popov and M. Trendafilova

“KHAN ASPARUH” – A. Raychev – 9.03.1981 – Cond. Romeo Raychev, Dir. A. Georgiev,

Design. G. Ivanov and N. Kavaldzhieva, Choreogr. A. Gavrilov, Chorm. T. Sidova

SEASON 1981/82

“CHARLEY`S ANT” – O. Felzman – 1.11.1981 – Cond. Romeo Raychev,

Dir. V. Bachvarova, Design. M. Trendafilova, Choreogr. A. Gavrilov

“BAIKA” – I. Stravinsky – 15.02.1982 – Cond. V. Baychev, Dir. K. Dimchev,

Design. M. Trendafilova, Choreogr. S. Georgiev

“THE SOLDIER'S TALE” – I. Stravinsky – 15.02.1982 – Cond. V. Baychev,

Dir. K. Dimchev, Design. M. Trendafilova, Choreogr. S. Georgiev

“IOANIS REX” – P. Hadjiev – 18.03.1982 – Cond. Romeo Raychev, Dir. V. Bachvarova,

Design. I. Tokadzhiev and M. Trendafilova, Choreogr. M. Arnaudova, Chorm. H. Stoev

“L'ELISIR D'AMORE” – G. Donizetti – 22.04.1982 – Cond. A. Chifchian,

Dir. M. Hadjimishev, Design. A. Hadjimisheva, Chorm. H. Stoev

SEASON 1982/83

“THE GYPSY BARON” – J. Strauss – 30.11.1982 – Cond. V. Baychev, Dir. D. Zaharescu,

Design. H. Kazaku, Choreogr. V. Vlasse, Chorm. T. Sidova

“LA GAZZA LADRA” – G. Rossini– 30.01.1983 – Cond. G. Dimitrov,

реж. Пламен Карталов, Design. I. Savov, Chorm. H. Stoev

“BALLET SCENES” – I. Stravinsky – 15.02.1983 – Choreogr. G. Vantaggio, Design. I. Savov

“ORPHEUS” – Ballet by I. Stravinsky – 15.02.1983 – Choreogr. G. Vantaggio, Design. I. Savov

“ZACHARY THE PAINTER” – M. Goleminov – 28.03.1983 – Cond. G. Dimitrov,

Dir. P. Kartalov, Design. I. Savov

“HANSEL AND GRETEL” – E. Humperdinck – 17.03.1983 – Cond. A. Chifchian,

Dir. R. Neykov, Design. K. Heinz-Abramovsky, Choreogr.C. Hristov

SEASON 1983/84

“GAYANE” – A. Khachaturian – 6.10.1983 – Cond. V. Baychev, Choreogr. V. Galstyan,

Design. R. Elibekian

“LA TRAVIATA” – G. Verdi – 27.11 1983 – Cond. G. Dimitrov, Dir. P. Kartalov,

Design. I. Savov and H. Kazaku, Choreogr. H. Mehmedov *, Chorm. H. Stoev

“FRA DIAVOLO” – D. Auber – 8.01.1984 – Cond. Ruslan Raychev, Dir. St. Trifonov,

Design. B. Stoynov, Choreogr. H. Mehmedov, Chorm. T. Sidova

SEASON 1984/85

"YANA'S NINE BROTHERS" – L. Pipkov – 19.10.1984 – Cond. V. Baychev, Dir. P. Kartalov,

Design. I. Savov and V. Shahamov, Chorm. H. Stoev

“LA BOHÈME” – G. Puccini – 20.11.1984 – Cond. M. Nachev, Dir. M. Hadjimishev,

Design. A. Hadjimisheva, Chorm. T. Sidova

“THE NUTCRACKER” – P. I. Tchaikovsky – 5.12. 1984 – Prem. in Byala

Cond. A. Chifchian, Choreogr. H. Mehmedov, Design. B. Stoynov

“EUGENE ONEGIN” – P. I. Tchaikovsky – 25.03.1985 – Cond. G. Dimitrov,

Dir. M. Hadjimishev, Design. A. Hadjimisheva и И.Савов, Choreogr. H. Mehmedov, Chorm. T. Sidova

“IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA” – G. Rossini – 23.06.1983 – Cond. M. Nachev,

Dir. B. Shinev, Design. S. Tsvetkova, Chorm. H. Stoev

SEASON 1985/86

“THE REHEARSAL” – Bach-Presser, Ballet – 11.11.1985

Choreogr. and Dir. A. Fodor, Cost. J. Shefer

“FAUST” – C. Gounod – 26.12.1985 – Cond. G. Dimitrov / M. Nachev, Dir. P. Kartalov,

Design. G. Popov, Choreogr. H. Mehmedov, Chorm. T. Sidova

“FIDELIO” – L. van Beethoven, semi staged – 21.03.1986 – Cond. G. Dimitrov,

Chorm. H. Stoev, Style cons. I. Stiglich, Design. G. Popov

“BOLERO” – M. Ravel – 29.04.1986 – Choreogr. & Cost.H. Mehmedov

“DIE CSÁRDÁSFÜRSTIN” – E. Kálmán – 11.06.1986 – Cond. M. Nachev,

Dir. N. Kovachev, Scenogr. I. Savov, Cost. V. Dimov,

Choreogr. H. Mehmedov, Chorm. T. Sidova

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SEASON 1986/87

”L'ARLÉSIENNE” – G. Bizet, Ballet – 9.12.1986 – Cond. M. Nachev,

Dir. and Choreogr. H. Mehmedov, Design. I. Savov

“IL TABARRO” – G. Puccini – 9.12.1986 – Cond. M. Nachev, Dir. St. Trifonov,

Design. I. Savov, Chorm. T. Sidova

“DAFT GIDIA” – P. Hadjiev – 22.01.1987 – Cond. B. Spassov, Dir. R. Neykov, Scenogr. I. Tokadzhiev,

Cost. V. Naslednikova, Chorm. T. Sidova, Choreogr. I. Donev,

with participatiov of “Nayden Kirov” Folk. Ans.

“CONCERT IN F” – G. Gershwin, Ballet – 15.03.1987 – Cond. A. Vladigerov,

Choreogr. A. Bernardt, Scenogr. D. Kirov, Cost. I. Savov

“BLUE MONDAY” – G. Gershwin, Ballet – 15.03.1987 – Cond. A. Vladigerov, Dir. M. Paunov,

Choreogr. A. Bernardt, Scenogr. D. Kirov, Cost. I. Savov, Chorm. H. Stoev

“RHAPSODY IN BLUE” – G. Gershwin, Ballet – 15.03.1987 – Cond. A. Vladigerov,

Choreogr. A. Bernardt, Scenogr. D. Kirov, Cost. I. Savov, Chorm. H. Stoev

“O, MY DREAM” – S. Pironkov – 19.05.1987 – Cond. G. Dimitrov, Dir. M.Straube,

Design. I. Savov, Chorm. H. Stoev

SEASON 1987/88

“IVAN SUSANIN” – M. Glinka – 11.10.1987 – Cond. G. Dimitrov / M. Nachev,

Dir. A. Bashlovkin, Scenogr. I. Savov, Cost. V. Naslednikova,

Choreogr. E. Kirova, Chorm. H. Stoev

“LE NOZZE DI FIGARO” – W. A. Mozart – 24.01.1988 – Dir. M. Nachev,

Dir. P. Gerdzhikov, Style cons. I. Stiglich, Scenogr. R. Chomakov,

Cost. B. Chomakova, Chorm. T. Sidova

“AIDA” – G. Verdi – 26.03.1988 – Cond. G. Dimitrov, Dir. S. Donev, Design. I. Savov,

Choreogr. E. Kirova, Chorm. T. Sidova

“LA BELLE HÉLÈNE” – J. Offenbach – 9.06.1988 – Cond. M. Nachev,

Dir. P. Alexandrov, Design. E. Eneva, Choreogr. S. Georgiev, Chorm. H. Stoev

SEASON 1988/89

“VIVA LA MAMMA” – G. Donizetti – 23.11.1988 – Cond. K. Topalov, Dir. P. Gerdzhikov,

Scenogr. R. Chomakov, Cost. B. Chomakova, Chorm. T. Sidova

“THE FAIRY DOLL” – Ballet by J. Bayer – 12.01.1989 – Dir. and Choreogr. H. Mehmedov,

Scenogr. and Cost. I. Savov

“PRODANÁ NEVĚSTA” – B. Smetana – 30.03.1989 – Cond. M. Nachev / K. Topalov,

Dir. J. Novak, Scenogr. J. Taisler, Choreogr. P. Kozheluh, Chorm. T. Sidova

“RIGOLETTO” – G. Verdi – 4.06.1989 – Cond. G. Dimitrov / K. Topalov, Dir. M. Fogt,

Choreogr. H. Mehmedov, Chorm. H. Stoev

SEASON 1989/90

“SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS” – A. Kossev – 15.10.1989 – Cond. D. Pavlov,

Dir. Scenogr. L. Tsakev

“NABUCCO” – G.Verdi – 8.03.1990 – Cond. G. Dimitrov, Dir. G. Parvanov,

Design., Scenogr. and Cost. I. Savov, Chorm. H. Stoev

“THE BLUE DANUBE” – J. Strauss, Ballet – 21.05.1990 – Libr. N. Volkov,

Dir. and Choreogr. H. Mehmedov, Design. Scenogr. and Cost. I. Savov

SEASON 1990/91

“DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE” – W. A.Mozart – 18.10.1990 – Cond. M. Nachev, Dir. O. Figueroa,

Scenogr. I. Savov, Cost. L. Karkelanova, Chorm. H. Stoev

“DAS LAND DES LÄCHELNS” (“THE LAND OF SMILES”) – F. Lehár – 17.01.1991

Cond. M. Nachev, Dir. N. Kovachev, Cost. K. Karadjova, Scenogr. I. Savov,

Choreogr. P. Lukanov, Chorm. H. Stoev

“LET IT BE” – Beatles – 14.04.1991, Ballet, Dir. & Choreogr. H. Mehmedov,

Scenogr. & Cost. I. Savov“CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA” – P. Mascagni – 30.04.1991 – Cond. M. Nachev,

Dir. & Scenogr. I. Savov, Chorm. H. Stoev

“YAN BIBIYAN” – A. Kossev, Ballet – 1.06.1991 – Libr. A. Malchev,

Dir. and Choreogr. S. Georgiev, Design. I. Tokadzhiev

SEASON 1991/92

“IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA” – G. Rossini – 10.10.1991 – Cond. G. Chaprazov,

Dir. P. Gerdzhikov, Scenogr. R. Chomakov, Chorm. H. Stoev

“BALL IM SAVOY” – P. Abraham – 12.12.1991 – Cond. G. Chaprazov,

Dir. V. Daskalov, Scenogr. and Cost. M. Naydenova, Choreogr. K. Gencheva

“L’ ITALIANA IN ALGERI” – G. Rossini – 12.04.1992 – Cond. & Dir. M. Angelov,

Scenogr. and Cost. I. Savov, Chorm. H. Stoev

“MEETING OF THE WORLDS” – Rock-Ballet – 21.05.1992, Mus. collage S. Staykov,

Choreogr. S. Georgiev, Scenogr. I. Tokadzhiev, Cost. E. Georgieva

SEASON 1992/93

“AIDA” – G. Verdi – 29.09.1992 – Cond. M. Nachev, Dir. Scenogr. and Cost. I. Savov,

Choreogr. H. Mehmedov, Chorm. H. Stoev

“THE WOLF AND THE SEVEN YOUNG GOATS” – A. Vladigerov

– 14.01.1993 – Cond. G. Chaprazov, Dir. B. Diulgerov, Scenogr. and Cost. E. Diulgerova,

Choreogr. N. Nikolov

“IL TROVATORE” – G. Verdi – 04.04.1993 – Cond. O. Gilmour,

Dir.Scenogr. and Cost. I. Savov, Chorm. H. Stoev

SEASON 1993/94

“ÉDITH PIAF” – Mus. collage Stayko Staykov, Ballet – 30.09.1993 – Choreogr. H. Mehmedov,

Scenogr. and Cost. I. Savov

“LA SERVA PADRONA” – G. Battista Pergolesi – 25.01.1994

Cond. D. Yossifov, Dir. P. Krondev, Scenogr. and Cost. I. Savov

“TANNHÄUSER” – R. Wagner – 23.06.1994 – Cond. N. Bliznakov, Dir. W. Eichner,

Choreogr. H. Mehmedov, Scenogr. and Cost. I. Savov, Chorm. H. Stoev

SEASON 1994/95

“BOLERO” – M. Ravel – 20.10.1994 – Choreogr. & Cost.H. Mehmedov

“LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR” – G. Donizetti – 26.01.1995 – Cond. V. Baychev,

Dir. V. Bachvarova, Scenogr. and Cost. I. Tokadzhiev, Movement S. Georgiev, Chorm. H. Stoev

“TOSCA” – G. Puccini – 9.03.1995 – Cond. V. Baychev, Dir. E. Boshnakov,

Scenogr. and Cost. I. Popov, Chorm. H. Stoev

“METAMORPHOSES” – J.S.Bach, Ballet – 20.03.1995 – Mus. collage S. Staykov,

Choreogr. H. Mehmedov, Scenogr. and Cost. T. Petkova-Stoynova

“PATILANTSI” – A. Raychev – 3.05.1995 – Cond. V. Baychev, Dir. R. Neykov,

Scenogr. and Cost. I. Popov, Choreogr. H. Mehmedov

“AIDA” – G. Verdi – 27.06.1995 – Cond. V. Baychev, Dir. & Choreogr. V. Vladimirov,


SEASON 1995/96

“AIDA” – G. Verdi – 15.09.1995 – Cond. V. Baychev, Dir. M. Seem, Choreogr. V. Vladimirov,

Scenogr. and Cost.I. Savov Chorm. H. Stoev

“DIE CSARDASFÜRSTIN” – E. Kálmán – 30.01.1996 – Cond. G. Chaprazov,

Dir. A. Angelov, Choreogr. S. Georgiev, Scenogr. I. Savov, Cost. V. Dimov, Chorm. H. Stoev

“STIFELIO” – G.Verdi – 25.03.1996 – Cond. M. Angelov, Dir. T. Mihaylov, Scenogr. R. Chomakov,

Cost. B. Chomakova, Chorm. H. Stoev

“DON QUIXOTE” – L. Mincus – 9.05.1996 – Cond. S. Linev, Libr. & Dir. P. Lukanov,

Scenogr. and Cost. I. Popov

“IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA” – G. Rossini – 23.05.1996 – Cond. G. Chaprazov, Dir. S. Donev,

Scenogr. R. Chomakov, Cost. B. Chomakova, Chorm. H. Stoev

“LA TRAVIATA” – G. Verdi – 30.05.1996 – Cond. S. Linev, Dir. F. Privitera,

Scenogr. and Cost. I. Popov, Choreogr. N. Mateucci, Chorm. H. Stoev

SEASON 1996/97

“L'ELISIR D'AMORE” – G. Donizetti – 14.10.1996 – Cond. G. Chaprazov, Dir. P. Gerdzhikov,

Scenogr. R. Chomakov, Cost. B. Chomakova, Chorm. H. Stoev

“NABUCCO” – G.Verdi – 30.10.1996 – Cond. M. Matakiev, Dir. F. Privitera,


“LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR” – G. Donizetti – 28.01.1997 – Cond. M. Matakiev,

Dir. F. Privitera, Scenogr. and Cost. I. Popov, Chorm. H. Stoev

”THE GOAT HORN” – K. Kyurkchiyski – 26.03.1997 – Cond. T. Delibozov,

Choreogr.P. Lukanov, Scenogr. and Cost. I. Popov

“IL TROVATORE” – G. Verdi – 5.05.1997 – Cond. M. Matakiev, Dir. F. Privitera,


“DIE CSARDASFÜRSTIN” – E. Kálmán – 19.05.1997 – Cond. G. Chaprazov, Dir. St. Trifonov,

Scenogr. I. Savov, Cost. V. Dimov, Choreogr. S. Georgiev, Chorm. H. Stoev

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SEASON 1997/98

“RIGOLETTO” – G. Verdi – 29.09.1997 – Cond. M. Matakiev, Dir. F. Privitera,

Scenogr. and Cost. D. Paulini, Chorm. H. Stoev

“UN BALLO IN MASCHERA” – G. Verdi – 29.12.1997 – Cond. M. Matakiev,

Dir. F. Privitera, Scenogr. and Cost. I. Savov, Choreogr.P. Lukanov, Chorm. H. Stoev

“NESTINARKA” – M. Goleminov – 30.04.1998 – Cond. T. Delibozov, Choreogr.P. Lukanov,

Scenogr. R. Chomakov, Cost. B. Chomakova

“IL TROVATORE” – G. Verdi – 1.06.1998 – Cond. M. Matakiev, Dir. M. Catena,


SEASON 1998/99

“GISELLE” – A. Adam – 26.11.1998 – Cond. E. Dimitrov, Dir. P. Lukanov (over J. Perrot & M. Petipas),

Scenogr. I. Popov, Cost. E. Todorova

"MOMCHIL" – L. Pipkov – 27.03.1999 – Cond. G. Chaprazov, Dir. P. Gerdzhikov,

Scenogr. R. Chomakov, Cost. B. Chomakova, Choreogr. S. Georgiev, Chorm. H. Stoev

“ТHE LONELINESS”, ballet – 08.04.1999 – Choreogr. S. Georgiev, Scenogr. I. Haralanchev

“L’ ITALIANA IN ALGERI” – G. Rossini – 22.06.1999 – Cond. & Dir. M. Angelov,

Scenogr. and Cost. I. Savov, Chorm. H. Stoev (Prod. of 1992)

SEASON 1999/2000

“ROBINSON CRUSOE” – A. Yossifov – 29.10.1999 – Cond. E. Dimitrov, Dir. N. Aprilov,

Scenogr. & Cost. E. Raeva, Choreogr. S. Georgiev, Chorm. H. Stoev

“I DANCE IN THE SUNSET OF MY DAYS” – 2.11.1999 – Choreogr. & Scenogr. K. Kotev

“NOTRE DAME DE PARIS” – 2.11.1999 – Choreogr. & Scenogr. Thérèse Dutheil

“A LEGEND WITHOUT A NAME” – 4.11.1999 – Chor. & Scenogr. Thérèse Dutheil

“DON GIOVANNI” – W. A. Mozart – 25.11.1999 – Cond. G. Chaprazov, Dir. P. Gerdzhikov,

Scenogr. V. Parapanov, Cost. M. Dimanova, Chorm. H. Stoev

“WITH PIPI IN THE CHRISTMASS NIGHT” – A. Totev – 21.12.1999

Choreogr. S. Georgiev, Scenogr. & Cost. E. Georgieva

“KAFFEEKANTATE” – J. S. Bach – 20.04.2000 – Cond. E. Dimitrov,

Dir., Scenogr. and Cost. I. Savov

“LA SERVA PADRONA” – G. Battista Pergolesi – 20.04.2000 – Cond. E. Dimitrov,


“OTELLO” – G. Verdi – 8.06.2000 – Cond. G. Dimitrov, Dir., Scenogr. and Cost. I. Savov,

Choreogr. M. Zaharieva, Chorm. H. Stoev

SEASON 2000/2001

“CARMINA BURANA” – Karl Orff – 18.09.2000 – Choreogr. K. Kotev (Chor. & Scenogr. J. Lefebvre)

“UN BALLO IN MASCHERA” – G. Verdi – 4.12.2000 – Cond. G. Dimitrov, Dir. K. Popov,

Scenogr. I. Savov, Cost. A. Hadjimisheva, Choreogr. Zh. Tabakova, Chorm. H. Stoev

“TOSCA” – G. Puccini – 12.04.2001 – Cond. G. Dimitrov, Dir., Scenogr. and Cost. I. Savov,

Chorm. H. Stoev, Chorm. Child. Choir M. Vlaykova

„PAS DE QUATRE“ – Cesare Pugni – 31.05.2001 – Choreogr. K. Bogoeva

(over Chor. of J. Perrot), Scenogr. I. Savov

“LES SYLPHIDES”– 31.05.2001 – Choreogr. K. Bogoeva

(over Chor. of M. Fokin, Mus. F. Shopin), Scenogr. I. Savov

“CARMEN” – G. Bizet – 10.07.2001 – Cond. G. Chaprazov, Dir. K. Popov,

Scenogr. and Cost. I. Savov, Choreogr. M. Zaharieva, Chorm. H. Stoev

SEASON 2001/2002

“RIGOLETTO” – G. Verdi – 19.10.2001 – Cond. G. Chaprazov,

Dir., Scenogr. and Cost. I. Savov, Choreogr. M. Zaharieva, Chorm. H. Stoev

“IL TROVATORE” – G. Verdi – 7.12.2001 – Cond. G. Dimitrov, Dir. A. Shopov,


“DON PASQUALE” – G. Donizetti – 1.02.2002 – Cond. E. Dimitrov,

Dir. T. Stamboliev, Scenogr. and Cost. V. Radkova, Chorm. H. Stoev

“BUTTERFLIES”, Ballet – 26.03.2002 – Choreogr. & Dir. S. Malinova, Mus. Collage S. Staykov,

Design. S. Malinova & M. Lazarov

“THE WOMAN AND HER FACES”, Ballet – 26.03.2002 – Choreogr. I. Simova,

Mus. Collage S. Staykov & D. Dimitrov

“MAX AND MORITZ” – A.Yossifov – 17.04.2002 – Cond. M. Hafuzov,

Dir. S. Dimitrov, Scenogr. and Cost. L. Karkelanova

“NORMA” – V. Bellini – 20.06.2002 – Cond. G. Dimitrov,

Dir., Scenogr. and Cost. I. Savov, Chorm. H. Stoev

“IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA” – G. Rossini – 27.07.2002 – Cond. E. Dimitrov,

Dir., Scenogr. and Cost. I. Savov, Chorm. H. Stoev (Premiere in Greece, Rhodes)

SEASON 2002/2003

“UN BALLO IN MASCHERA” – G. Verdi – 18.10.2002 – Cond. & Dir. G. Dimitrov,

Scenogr. and Cost. I. Savov, Choreogr. M. Zaharieva, Chorm. H. Stoev

“LA TRAVIATA” – G. Verdi – 23.11.2002 – Cond. & Dir. G. Dimitrov, Scenogr. and Cost. I. Savov,


“APOLLON MUSAGÈTE” – I. Stravinsky – 30.03.2002 – Cond. G. Dimitrov,

Choreogr. K. Bogoeva, Scenogr. and Cost. I. Savov

“OEDIPUS REX” – I. Stravinsky – 30.03.2002 – Cond. G. Dimitrov, Dir. A. Shopov,


“IL MAESTRO DI CAPPELLA” – D. Cimarosa – 17.04.2003 – Cond. G. Chaprazov,


“PETER AND THE WOLF” – S. Prokofiev – 17.04.2003 – Cond. G. Chaprazov,

Choreogr. I. Simova, Scenogr. I. Savov

“MADAMA BUTTERFLY” – G. Puccini – 30.06.2003 – Cond. G. Chaprazov,

Dir. & Scenogr. I. Savov, Cost. M. Trendafilova, Chor. H. Stoev

“AIDA” – G. Verdi – 19.07.2003 – Cond. G. Dimitrov, Dir., Scenogr. and Cost. I. Savov,


SEASON 2003/2004

“DIE LUSTIGE WITWE” – F. Lehár – 17.11.2003 – Cond. G. Chaprazov,

Dir. T. Stamboliev, Scenogr. I. Savov, Cost. R. Valeva,


“SLEEPIHG BEAUTY” – P. I. Tchaikovsky – 30.05.2003 – Cond. G. Dimitrov,

Choreogr. & Dir. K. Bogoeva, Scenogr. and Cost. I. Savov

“MADAMA BUTTERFLY” – G. Puccini – 8.07.2004 – Cond. J. Yancu, Dir. P. Kartalov,

Scenogr. L. Yordanov, Cost. M. Trendafilova, Chorm. H. Stoev

SEASON 2004/2005

“OTELLO” – G. Verdi – 31.10.2004 – Cond. F. Alvares,

Dir. K. Kirov & A. Karanikolov, Scenogr. P. Mishel, Chorm. H. Stoev

“IL MATRIMONIO SEGRETO” – D. Cimarosa – 28.11.2004 – Cond. B. Abrashev,

Dir. T. Stamboliev, Scenogr. and Cost. R. Chomakov

“DON GIOVANNI” – W. A. Mozart – 15.01.2005 – Cond. D. Miller, Dir. K. Kirov & A. Karanikolov,

Scenogr. P. Mishel, Chorm. H. Stoev

“THE APOLOGY OF SOCRATES” – S. Pironkov – 21.03.2005

Cond. S. Pironkov-Son, Dir., Scenogr. and Cost. I. Savov

“BALLET MUSIC IN MEMORY OF STRAVINSKY” – S. Pironkov – 21.03.2005

Cond. S. Pironkov-Son, Choreogr. P. Lukanov, Scenogr. I. Savov

“ALICE IN THE WONDERLAND” – A. Yossifov – 27.04.2005 – Cond. I. Kozhuharov,

Dir. S. Dimitrov, Choreogr. I. Simova, Scenogr. and Cost. I. Savov

SEASON 2005/2006

“MADAMA BUTTERFLY” – G. Puccini – 12.09.2005 – Cond. E. Dimitrov Dir. P. Kartalov,

Scenogr. and Cost. L. Yordanov, Chorm. H. Stoev

“DON GIOVANNI” – W. A. Mozart – 21.03.2006 – Cond. & Dir. V. Genchev,

cenogr. and Cost. I. Savov, Choreogr. M. Zaharieva, Chorm. H. Stoev

“MADAMA BUTTERFLY” – G. Puccini – 7.04.2006 – Cond. A. Almore, Dir. T. Stamboliev,

Scenogr. I. Savov, Cost. M. Trendafilova, Chor. H. Stoev

“BASTIEN AND BASTIENNE AND THEIR MIDUMMERDREAM” – W. A. Mozart – 13.06.2006 –

Cond. G. Chaprazov,

Dir. & Design. A. Yakimova-Furnadjieva, Choreogr. I. Simova

“TURANDOT” – G. Puccini – 29.06.2006 – Cond. N. Todorov,

Dir. N. Naydenova, Scenogr. B. Stoynov, Cost. T. Petkova- Stoynova,

Choreogr. B. Sechanova, Chorm. H. Stoev

SEASON 2006/2007

“LE NOZZE DI FIGARO” – W. A. Mozart – 15.09.2006 – Cond. E. Dimitrov, Dir. P. Kartalov,

Dir. & Design. J. Krasteva, Cost. I. Manoledakis,


“AMADEUS” – P. Shaffer – 21.09.2006 – Cond. G. Chaprazov, Dir. & Scenogr. O. Diakov,

Choreogr. S. Malinova, Cost. S. Raycheva

“THE NUTCRACKER” – P. I. Tchaikovsky – 13.10.2006 – Choreogr. & Dir. H. Mehmedov,

Scenogr. R. Chomakov, Cost. Ch. Chomakov

“ALGARA” – B. Bogdanov – 24.11.2006 – Cond. N. Todorov,

Mus. Consult. Boyanka Arnaudova, Chorm. H. Stoev

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“DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE” – W. A. Mozart – 5.12.2006 – Cond. N. Todorov,

Dir. A. Tekeliev, Scenogr. D. Kostadinov, Cost. L. Kostadinova, Movement G. Roglev, Chorm. H. Stoev

“I CAPULETI E I MONTECCHI” – V. Bellini – 3.02.2007 – Cond. E. Dimitrov, Dir. P. Gerdzhikov,

Scenogr. & Cost. Ch. Chomakov, Chor. H. Stoev

“STREET FLOWER” – On the music motives from “LA TRAVIATA” – G. Verdi – Tania Popova and

Maya Shopova – 12.03.2007 – Mus. College P. Manchev,

Choreogr. & Dir. M. Krancheva, Scenogr. E. Eneva

“LA BOHÈME” – G. Puccini – 30.03.2007 – Cond. M. Nachev, Dir. K. Boskovsky,

Chorm. H. Stoev, Scenogr. & Cost. V. Topencharov

“LA VOIX HUMAINE” – F. Poulenc – 31.03.2007 – Dir. T. Stamboliev,

Piano Acomp. E. Zhelyazkov, Scenogr. V. Radkova

“CARMEN” – G. Bizet – 29.06.2007 – Cond. N. Todorov, Dir. K. Mihaylescu, Scenogr. V. Topencharov,

Choreogr. K. Uta, Cost. S. Kamerata, Chor. H. Stoev

SEASON 2007/2008

“DON PASQUALE” – G. Donizetti – 12.10.2007 – Cond. N. Todorov,

Dir., Scenogr. and Cost. G. Gianotti, Movement A. Gavrilova, Chorm. H. Stoev

“THE ISLAND OF FREEDOM” – Ballet, Music by GUNS N’ ROSES – 26.10.2007 / Dress-reh.

4.10.2007 – Choreogr., Cost. & Desgn. Y. Stoyanov

“THE TELEPHONE” – G. C. Menotti – 26.11.2007 – Dir., Scenogr. and Cost. S. Simeonov

(Chamber stage Opera-Foyer, Piano acc. B. Petrova)

“SOFFIETTO E INCUDINE” – Giorgio Ferrari – 26.11.2007 – Dir. S. Simeonov,

Scenogr. and Cost. B. Hristova

(Chamber stage Opera-Foyer, Piano acc. B. Petrova & N. Radoslavova, Percuss. P. Zagorov)

“SEASONS” – 26.01.2008 – Choreogr., Cost. & Desgn. A. Assenova

“DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE” – W. A. Mozart – 15.02.2008 – Cond. V. Baychev,

Dir. S. Simeonov, Scenogr. D. Kostadinov, Cost. L. D. Kostadinova,

Movement G. Roglev, Chorm. H. Stoev

“LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR” – G. Donizetti – 28.02.2008 – Cond. A. Izmirliev,

Dir. B. Bogdanov, Scenogr. & Cost. I. Popov, Choreogr. M. Zaharieva, Chorm. H. Stoev

“DON CARLO” – G. Verdi – 28.03.2008 – Cond. N. Todorov, Dir. K. Mihaylescu,

Scenogr. & Cost. V. Petrovich, Chorm. H. Stoev

“MACBETH” – G. Verdi – 13.06.2008 – Cond. G. Croci, Dir. A. Tekeliev, Scenogr. B. Stoynov,

Choreogr. G. Roglev, Chorm. H. Stoev

“IN THE HALL” – 28.06.2008 – Choreogr., Cost. & Desgn. A. Assenova

SEASON 2008/2009

“AIDA” – G. Verdi – 19.09.2008 – Cond. N. Todorov, Dir. S. Simeonov,

Scenogr. & Cost. I. Savov, Choreogr. J. Tabakova, Chorm. H. Stoev

“LE NOZZE DI FIGARO” – W. A. Mozart – 8.10.2008 – Cond. N. Todorov,

Dir. G. Gianotti, Choreogr. A. Gavrilova, Scenogr. B. Stoynov,

Cost. T. Petkova-Stoynova, Chorm. H. Stoev

“BEAR POOH” – A. Yossifov – 1.12.2008 – Cond. G. Chaprazov, Dir. S. Donev,

Scenogr. D. Kostadinov, Cost. L. Kostadinova

“SWAN LAKE” – P. I. Tchaikovsky – 7.12.2008 – Dir. K. Bogoeva on Choreogr. M. Petipa,

Scenogr. B. Stoynov, Cost. T. Petkova-Stoynova

“MANON LESCAUT” – G. Puccini – 19.12.2008 – Cond. V. Vachev,

Dir. A. Tekeliev, Scenogr. & Cost. V. Topencherov, Chorm. H. Stoev

“RUSSALIA”– 31.01.2009 – Choreogr., Cost. & Desgn. A. Assenova, Mus. P. Mirchev

“COSI FAN TUTTE” – W. A. Mozart – 27.02.2009 – Cond. K. Leitner, Dir. S. Simeonov,

Scenogr. & Cost. B. Angelova, Chorm. H. Stoev

“LA FILLE DU RÉGIMENT” (“LA FIGLIA DEL REGGIMENTO”) – G. Donizetti – 27.03.2009

Cond. G. Croci, Dir. P. Gerdjikov, Scenogr. & Cost. R. Chomakov, Mov. S. Malinova, Chorm. H. Stoev

“DIE FLEDERMAUS” – J. Strauss – 16.04.2009 – Cond. N. Todorov, Dir. Sv. Donev, Scenogr. & Cost. E.

Raeva, Choreogr. A. Doneva, Chorm. H. Stoev

“L'ELISIR D'AMORE” – G. Donizetti – 15.05.2009 – Cond. Sl. Dimitrov, Dir. N. Naydenova,

Scenogr. & Cost. M. Dimanova & B. Angelova, Mov. B. Sechanova, Chorm. H. Stoev

“EUGENE ONEGIN” – P. I. Tchaikovsky – 12.06.2008 – Cond. N. Todorov,

Dir. B. Bogdanov, Design. & Cost. T. Bogdanova, Choreogr. M. Zaharieva, Chorm. H. Stoev

“THE DANCE” – 27.06.2009 – Choreogr., Cost. & Desgn. A. Assenova

SEASON 2009/2010

“THE NUTCRACKER” – P. I. Tchaikovsky – 13.10.2009 – Choreogr. & Dir. M. Zaharieva,

Scenogr. & Cost. E. Popova

“RIGOLETTO” – G. Verdi – 10.11.2009 – Cond. M. Kikes, Dir. P. Gerdjikov,

Scenogr. & Cost. I. Savov, Chorm. H. Stoev

“LE NOZZE DI FIGARO” – W. A. Mozart – 18.02.2010 – Cond. V. Baychev, Dir. E. Stoyanova,

Dir.-Consult. S. Simeonov, Scenogr. B. Stoynov, Cost. T. Petkova-Stoynova, Chorm. H. Stoev

“I BELIEVE IN YOU”– 29.02.2010 – Choreogr., Cost. & Desgn. A. Assenova,

Mus., Multimedia &Choreogr., A. Assenov

“FAUST” – Ch. Gounod – 27.03.2010 – Cond. N. Todorov, Dir. B. Bogdanov,

Choreogr. M. Zaharieva, Scenogr. B. Stoynov, Cost. T. Petkova-Stoynova, Chorm. H. Stoev

“SCHEHERAZADE” – N. Rimsky-Korsakov – 15.04.2010 – Choreogr. & Dir. B. Sechanova,

Scenogr. B. Stoynov, Cost. T. Petkova-Stoynova

“NORMA” – V. Bellini – 5.06.2010 – Cond. Y. Gerdjikov, Dir. E. Ilieva, Cost. I. Savov,

Chorm. H. Stoev (Premiere in Svishtov Amfitheatre)

“LES PÊCHEURS DE PERLES” – Georges Bizet – 11.06.2010 – Cond. Sl. Dimitrov,

Prod. of K. Mihaylescu, Dir. E. Ilieva, Chorm. H. Stoev

“MOVEMENT” – 26.06.2010 – Choreogr., Cost. & Desgn. A. Assenova,


“LA FORZA DELL DESTINO” – G. Verdi – 7.07.2010 – Cond. G. Croci,

Dir. & Design. E. Ilieva, Chor. S. Malinova, Chorm. H. Stoev

(Premiere in Solothurn)

SEASON 2010/2011

“DIE ENTFÜHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL” – W. A. Mozart – 20.10.2010

Cond. V. Baychev, Dir. S. Simeonov

“ALICE” – 7.02.2011 – Mus. R. Minchev, Choreogr., Cost. & Desgn. A. Assenova,

Mus., Multimedia &Choreogr. A. Assenov

“GUGLIELMO TELL” – G. Rossini – 18.03.2011 – Cond. N. Todorov, Dir. G. Gianotti,

Scenogr. I. Toksdjiev, Cost. Ch. Chomakov, Choreogr., A. Assenova, Chorm. H. Stoev

“DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE” – W. A. Mozart – 28.04.2011 – Cond. I. Krinchev,

Dir. S. Donev, Scenogr. I. Toksdjiev, Cost. L. Kostadinova, Chorm. H. Stoev

“CARMINA BURANA” – Karl Orff – 28.05.2011 – Cond. N. Todorov,

Dir. N. Hristozova, Chorm. H. Stoev

“FREE ESSAY” – 01.07.2011 – Choreogr., Cost. & Desgn. A. Assenova,


“A LEGEND ABOUT THE MAGIC FOREST” – Camille Saint-Saëns

6.07.2011 – Choreogr. S. Spassova

SEASON 2011/2012

“LA TRAVIATA” – G. Verdi – 3.10.2011 – Cond. S. Adabo,

Dir. & Cost. M. Catena, Scenogr. N. Benoi,

Choreogr. M. Zaharieva, Chorm. S. Dimitrova-Hernani

“CARMEN” – G. Bizet – 25.10.2011 – Cond. K. Leitner, Dir. D. Seron,

Choreogr. C. Villan, Scenogr. Guy.Clode Fransoi, Cost. K. Mobers, Chorm. S. Dimitrova-Hernani

“OTELLO” – G. Verdi – 11.12.2011 – Cond. G. Dimitrov, Dir. B. Bogdanov, Scenogr. V. Parapanov,

Cost. I. Savov, Mult. T. Bogdanova, Chorm. H. Stoev

“NOSE” – Dmitriy Schostakovich – 20.03.2012 – Cond. N. Todorov, Dir. A. Yakimova-Furnadjieva,

Choreogr. T. Sokolova, Design. I. Tokadjiev, Cost. P. Kazandjieva, Chorm. D. Yossifov

“FOUR TWINS” – G. Kostov – 18.05.2012 – Cond. I. Krinchev,

Dir. S. Donev, Scenogr. & Cost. D. Kostadinov, Choreogr. M. Zaharieva

“DIE CSÁRDÁSFÜRSTIN” – E. Kálmán – 2.06.2012 – Cond. K. Doman,

Scenogr. & Cost. I. Savov, Choreogr. M. Zaharieva

“THE LITTLE PRINCE” – 30.06.2012 – Choreogr., Cost. & Desgn. A. Assenova,


“MY FAIR LADY” – F.Loewe and A. J. Lerner – 17.07.2012 – Cond. V. Boshnakov,

Dir. S. Simeonov, Scenogr. E. Georgieva,

Cost. Y. Dvoretska, Chorm. S. Dimitrova-Hernani

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SEASON 2012/2013

“RIGOLETTO” – G. Verdi – 13.10.2012 – Cond. L. di Martino,

Dir. K. Boskovski, Chorm. S. Dimitrova-Hernani

“MARIA DESSISLAVA” – P.Hadjiev – 16.11.2012 – Cond. I. Kozhuharov,

Dir. Sv. Donev, Scenogr. D. Kostadinov, Chorm. S. Dimitrova-Hernani

“CAIN” – L. Denev – 2.12.2012 – Cond. & Dir. L. Denev,

As.Dir. P. Arnaudova, Scenogr. Z. Mihaylova, Multim. G. Dimitrov, Choreogr. K. Hadjieva

“DAS VEILCHEN VOM MONTMARTRE” (“THE VIOLET OF MONTMARTRE”) – E. Kálmán

7.12.2012 – Cond. E. Papazov, Dir. R. Chepilski, Choreogr. M. Zaharieva,

Chorm. S. Dimitrova-Hernani“FALSTAF” – G. Verdi – 21.03.2013 – Cond. R. Gergov,

Dir. O. Draganov, Scenogr. & Cost. L. Popova, Chorm. S. Dimitrova-Hernani

“DON QUIXOTE” – L.Mincus – 12.04.2013 – Dir. & Chor. V. Tonova,

Scenogr. I. Tokadjiev, Cost. M. Ilieva

“HANSEL AND GRETEL” – E. Humperdinck – 24.04.2013 – Cond. S. Dimitrov,

Dir. N. Naydenova, Choreogr. J. Tabakova, Scenogr. B. Stoynov, Cost. Y. Dvoretska

“AIDA” – G. Verdi – 21.06.2013, Pleven, Open air stage. – Cond. I. Krinchev, Dir. O. Draganov,

Scenogr. I. Savov, Cost. S. Russo,

Choreogr. M. Zaharieva & Y. Krastev, Chorm. S. Dimitrova-Hernani

“THE ROAD” – 29.06.2013 – Choreogr., Cost. & Desgn. A. Assenova,


SEASON 2013/14

“LA BOHÈME” – G. Puccini – 19.10.2013 – Cond. L. di Martino,

Dir. K. Boskovski, Chorm. H. Stoev

“TOSCA” – G. Puccini – 29.11.2013 – Cond. N. Todorov, Dir. O. Draganov,

Scenogr. and Cost. I. Savov, Chorm. S. Dimitrova-Hernani,

Chorm. Child Choir A. Blagoeva

(Sofia Boys Choir)

“DIE LUSTIGE WITWE” – F. Lehár – 19.12.2013 – Cond. V. Boshnakov,

Dir. O. Draganov, Scenogr. B. Stoynov, Cost. T. Petkova-Stoynova,

Chorm. S. Dimitrova-Hernani

“DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE” – W. A. Mozart – 22.01.2014 – Cond. I. Krinchev, Dir. S. Donev,

Scenogr. I. Tokadjiev, Cost. L. Kostadinova, Chorm. S. Dimitrova-Hernani

“THE STAR MOMENT OF LITTLE STEPHCHO”, Ballet – 29.01.2014 – Choreogr. Y. Krastev,

Multim. & Spet. Eff. T. Tsakov

“LE CARNAVAL DES ANIMAUX” – 29.01.2014 – Choreogr. Y. Krastev,

Masks Y. Doychinova, Multim. & Spet. Eff. T. Tsakov

“ROMEO AND JULIET” – P. I. Tchaikovsky – 27.02.2014 – Choreogr. S. Tomova,

Cost. S. Russo, Repet. M. Zaharieva

“FLIGHT TO THE LIGHT”, Ballet – 27.02.2014 – Choreogr. S. Tomova,

Design. S. Russo, Repet. M. Haralampiev

“ONCE UPON A TIME” – 1.03.2014 – Choreogr., Desgn. A. Assenova,

Mus., Multimedia &Choreogr. A. Assenov, Cost. T. Boneva

“HOFFMANNS ERZÄHLUNGEN” (“THE TALES OF HOFFMANN ”) - J. Offenbach – 19.03.2014

Cond. D. Chobanov, Dir. U. Horner,

Scenogr. M. Veteroska, Cost. M. Pupuchevska,

Ligt. V. Lisichkov, Chorm. S. Dimitrova-Hernani

“DON CARLO” – G. Verdi – 15.04.2014 – Cond. R. Moresso, Dir. O. Draganov,

Scenogr. V. Petrovich, Chorm. S. Dimitrova-Hernani

“A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM” - Minkov Dance Academy – 25.04.2014

Mus. Pinguin Caffe Orch., Vost. V. Lassota & R. Hanzeleit, Dir. J. Vilmoe

“DON GIOVANNI” – W. A. Mozart – 12.06.2014 – Cond. M. Panteleev, Dir. O. Draganov,

Scenogr.& Cost. I. Savov, Chorm. S. Dimitrova-Hernani

“GRÄFIN MARIZA” – E. Kálmán – 27.06.2014 Cond. I. Kozhuharov,

Dir. M. Nikolov, Scenogr. I. Tokadjiev, Cost. Ch. Chomakov,

Choreogr. M. Madrutio, Chorm. S. Dimitrova-Hernani

“WHY AM I DANCING”, Ballet– 28.06.2014 – Choreogr., Cost. & Desgn. A. Assenova,


“CARMEN” – Ballet, G. Bizet – 1.07.2014 – Choreogr. N. Osipova, Scenogr. S. Malate,

Rep. S. Tomova & M. Zaharieva

“MOZART AND SALIERI” – Music and drama performance – 15.08.2014

Cond. I. Angelov, Dir. B. Haralampieva, Chorm. S. Dimitrova-Hernani

SEASON 2014/15

“THE MARILYN MONROE PROCESS” – R. Baumgartner – 29.10.2014 – Cond. A. Pavlich,

Dir. & Design. O. Draganov, Cost. P. Chavdarova-Letitia, Choreogr. A. Assenova

“ORFEO ED EURIDICE” – C.W. Gluck – 19.12.2014 – Cond. R. Rega,

Dir. O. Draganov, Scenogr. V. Vitanova & S. Genadiev,

Cost. T. Petkova-Stoynova, Chorm. S. Dimitrov

“KATERINA IZMAYLOVA” – D. Schostakovich – 7.04.1965 – Cond. N. Todorov,

Dir. V. Nemirova, Scenogr. & Cost. D. Lateva,

Dramaturg. S. Nemirova, Movement S. Tomova, Chorm. S. Dimitrova-Hernani

“THE WORLDS OF THE CITY” – 01.04.2015 – Choreogr., Cost. & Desgn. A. Assenova,


“REVELATIONS” – Ballet – 29.04.2015 – Choreogr. A. Doneva, A. Gavrilova,

A. Nakov, K. Bakalov,

A. Markov, M. Yankov, Music collage

“SLEEPING BEAUTY” – P. I. Tchaikovsky – 22.06.2015 – Dir. B. Ivanov

(Coreorg. M. Petipa, Adapt. K. Bogoeva & S. Tomova),

Scenogr. & Cost. S. Velichkova & E, Yamantieva,

Video-mapp. T. Todorov

“ORPHEUS” – J. Robertson – 27.06.2015 – Cond. N. Todorov,

Dir. & Design. O. Draganov, Chorm. S. Dimitrova-Hernani

“LONGING” – Choreogr., Cost. & Desgn. A. Assenova,

Mus., Multimedia A. Assenov,

Acrobat. M. Kovachev

“REQUIEM” – W. A. Mozart – Music, drama and ballet performance – 11.08.2015

Cond. C. Donadio, Dir. O. Draganov, Choreogr. S. Tomova,

Design. S. Russo, Chorm. S. Dimitrova-Hernani

SEASON 2015/16

“STRANGE SQUAD” – Ballet – 9.10.2015 – Choreogr. A. Markov, M. Yankov,

T. Tsakov, Multim. T. Tsakov

“SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS” – Ballet by A. Yossifov – 13.11.2015

Choreogr. & Dir. S. Tomova, Scenogr. I. Tokadjiev, Cost. P. Chavdarova-Letitia

“CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA” / “STABAT MATER” – P. Mascagni / G. Rossini – 11.12.2015

Cond. N. Todorov, Dir. G. Gianotti, Design. E. Cherneva, Chorm. S. Dimitrova-Hernani

“SCROOGE” – J. Leslie – Russe Children Opera – 16.12.2015

Cond. & Dir. G. Ganchev, Chorm. S. Dimitrov

“TOGETHER” – 20.12.2015 – Choreogr., Cost. & Desgn. A. Assenova,

Mus., Multimedia & Choreogr. A. Assenov

“RITA” – G. Donizetti – 13.01.2016 – Cond. V. Baychev, Dir. E. Stoyanova

“KASANOVA” – G. Kostov – 22.01.2016 – Cond. V. Boshnakov,

Dir. O. Draganov, Scenogr. I. Tokadjiev, Chorm. S. Dimitrova-Hernani

“SIMON BOCCANEGRA” – G. Verdi – 18.03.2016 – Cond. G. Dimitrov,

Dir. G. Simeonov, Scenogr. & Cost. I. Savov, Chorm. S. Dimitrova-Hernani

“FROM FAIRY TALES AND LEGENDS” – 26.03.2016 – Choreogr., Cost. & Desgn. A. Assenova,


“LA VOIX HUMAINE” – F. Poulenc – 17.06.2016

Scenogr. & Dir. P. Beykov,

Piano Acc. B. Petrova

„THE РЕRFORMANCE“ – Ballet – 25.06.2016 – Choreogr., Cost. & Desgn. A. Assenova,


“GIANNI SCHICCHI” – G. Puccini – 28.06.2016

Cond. J. Cho, Dir. T. Sokolova, Scenogr. & Cost. Y. Dvoretska, Chorm. S. Dimitrova-Hernani

“WEST SIDE STORY” – L. Bernstein – Russe Children Opera – 28.06.2016

Cond. G. Ganchev, Adapt. M. Shisheva

“LION” – N. Mc Roberts – 8.07.2016 – Cond. N. Mc Roberts, Concert perf.

“IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA” – G. Rossini – 13.08.2016 – Cond. N. Todorov,

Dir. B. Ivanov, Choreogr. A. Gavrilova, Scenogr. & Cost. Y. Dvoretska, Chorm. S. Dimitrova-Hernani

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SEASON 2016/17

“IL MAESTRO DI MUSICA” – G. B. Pergolesi – 26.09.2016 – Mus. Currator G. Filadelfefs,

Dir. & Scenogr. P. Beykov, Piano acc. F. Marchionda

“ANI IN THE FLOWERS KINGDOM” – I. Krastev – 30.10.2016 –Cond. S. Dimitrov,

Dir. R. Minovska-Devedjieva, Choreogr. M. Arnaudova & R. Nedelcheva, Cost. E. Georgieva

“SEASONS” – Ballet, Mus. A. Vivaldi – 9.11.2016 – Choreogr. P. Rotaru, Cost. P. Chavdarova-Letitia

“NOSTRADAMUS” – N. Kotsev – 18.11.2016 – Cond. N. Todorov,

Dir. O. Dyakov, Scenogr. I. Ivanov

“SUOR ANGELICA” – G. Puccini – 19.12.2016 – Cond. G. Dimitrov,

Dir. T. Sokolova, Scenogr. & Cost. Y. Dvoretska

“SAMSON AND DELILAH” – C. Saint-Saëns – 27.01.2017 – Cond. Y. Ilinov

Dir. A. Tekeliev, Scenogr. & Cost. C. Arbore,

Choreogr. M. Zaharieva, Chorm. S. Dimitrova-Hernani

“DER ROSENKAVALIER” – R. Strauss – 19.03.2017 – Cond. N. Todorov,

Dir. V. Nemirova, Dramaturg. S. Nemirova,

Scenogr. & Cost. T. Mush & V. Radkova,


“BEAUTY AND THE BEAST” – A. Menken – Russe Children Opera – 10.05.2017

Cond. S. Dimitrov, Dir. I. Devedjiev, Choreogr. Z. Petrova,

Design. O. Balkanjiev, Cost. L. Vassileva

“DREAMS” – 26.06.2017 – Choreogr., Cost. & Desgn. A. Assenova,


“MARIA DESSISLAVA” – P. Hadjiev – 02.08.2017 – Cond. V. Boshnakov,

Dir. & Scenogr. P. Beykov, Video Y. Michev & G. Beykov,

Cost. T. Boneva & P. Chavdarova-Letitia,


SEASON 2017/18

“MAN OF LA MANCHA” – D. Wasserman – 12.11.2017 – Cond. G. Ganchev, Dir. B. Pankin,

Scenogr. I. Tokadjiev, Cost. P. Mitev,

Choreogr. B. Sechanova, Chorm. S. Dimitrova-Hernani

“TOGETHER” – 21.12.2017 – Choreogr., Cost. & Desgn. A. Assenova,


“MADAMA BUTTERFLY” – G. Puccini – 31.01.2018 – Cond. Y. Ilinov,

Dir. A. Tekeliev, Scenogr. B. Stoynov, Cost. T. Petkova-Stoynova,


“DAFT GIDIYA” – P. Hadjiev – 9.02.2018 – Cond. D. Kossev, Dir. P. Gerdjikov,

Scenogr. I. Tokadjiev, Cost. T. Petkova-Stoynova,

Choreogr. A. Pampulova & B. Donev, Chorm. A. Tinkov

“THE SOLDIER'S TALE” – I. Stravinsky – 15.02.2018 – Cond. Y. Ilinov, Dir. P. Beykov,

Choreogr. N. Dzhibrova, Scenogr. P. Dinova, Design. V. Gogov

“MACBETH” – G. Verdi – 19.03.2018 – Cond. M. Zambelli,

Dir. N. Naydenova, Scenogr. B. Stoynov,

Cost. T. Petkova-Stoynova, Choreogr. B. Sechanova,


“SWAN LAKE” – P. I. Tchaikovsky – 13.04.2018 – Dir. R. Rashev,

Design. & Cost. P. Chavdarova-Letitia

“NABUCCO” – G. Verdi – 19.04.2018 – Cond. D. Kossev, Dir.,

Design. & Cost. F. Vadzolla,


“L’EQUIVOCO STRAVAGANTE” – G. Rossini – 11.05.2018

Cond. Y. Ilinov, Dir. & Scenogr. J. Shoenleber,

Cost. C. Moebius, Chorm. P. Georgiev

“A NEW WORLD” – Russe Children Opera – 15.05.2018

Cond. S. Dimitrov, Dir. I. Devedjiev,

Design. O. Balkanjiev, Multim. M. Devedjiev

“AIDA” – G. Verdi – 7.06.2018 – Cond. V. Valcheva,

Dir. & Scenogr. M. Catena, Cost. S. Russo, Choreogr. Z. Petrova,


SEASON 2018/19

“IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA” – G. Rossini – 19.09.2018 – Cond. V. Boshnakov,

Dir. S. Nikolov, Scenogr. A. Gyoshev, Cost. P. Chavdarova-Letitia, Choreogr. R. Slavova

“FAKE HERO” – Concert-Perform. – 11.10.2018 – Cond. D. Kossev

(Premiere in Sofia, Hall 1, NPC)

“CARMINA BURANA” – C. Orff – 12.11.2018 – Cond. S. Muratov,

Dir. A. Yakimova-Furnadjieva, Scenogr & Multim. P. Dinova,

хореогр. Татяна Соколова, Chorm. S. Dimitrova-Hernani

“LET'S DANCE” – 14.11.2018 – Scen. & Dir. R. Rashev

“L'ELISIR D'AMORE” – G. Donizetti – 24.11.2018 – Cond. V. Laidinen, Dir. P. Gerdjikov,

Design. I. Tokadjiev, Cost. A. Tokadjieva,

Choreogr. A. Pampulova, Chorm. S. Dimitrova-Hernani

“SAVE CHRISTMAS!” – Russe Children Opera – 8.12.2018 – Cond. S. Simitrov,

Dir. I. Devedjiev, Design. O. Balkanjiev

“EXPECTING CHRISTMAS” – 10.12.2018 – I. Peeva,

Comp., Cond. & Dir. P. Raykov

“LA BOHÈME” – G. Puccini – 9.02.2019 – Cond. S. Muratov, Dir. G. Simeonov,

Scenogr. V. Tokadjiev, Chorm. S. Dimitrova-Hernani, Chorm. S. Simitrov

“DON CARLO” – G. Verdi – 25.03.2019 – Cond. S. Muratov, Dir. S. Nikolov,

Scenogr. I. Tokadjiev, Cost. A. Tokadjieva, Chorm. S. Dimitrova-Hernani

“CABARET” – J. Cander – 6.04.2019 – Cond. S. Pavlov, Dir. B. Pankin, Choreogr. B. Sechanova, S

cenogr. I. Tokadjiev, Cost. A. Tokadjieva

“METAMORPHOSES OF LOVE”, Ballet – A. Piazzolla – 21.05.2019

Choreogr. & Scenogr. Z. Petrova

“CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA” – P. Mascagni – 21.05.2019 – Cond. S. Muratov,

Dir. & Scenogr. A. Yakimova-Furnadjieva, Chorm. S. Dimitrova-Hernani

“THE UNPRECEDENTED KINGDOM”, Ballet – 31.05.2019 – Mus. coll. S. Bachvarova,

Dir. I. Devedjiev, Choreogr. D. Kremakova

“DIE CSARDASFÜRSTIN” – E. Kálmán – 29.07.2019 – Cond. D. Kossev,

Dir. G. Simeonov, Design. Y. Dvoretska, Scenogr. I. Tokadjiev, Choreogr. D. Kremakova,


SEASON 2019/20

„OLD TIME BULGARIANS“ – A. Karastoyanov – 24.10.2019

Cond. V. Boshnakov, Dir. A. Yakimova-Furnadjieva, Scenogr. I. Tokadjiev,

Choreogr. D. Kremakova & T. Kolev, Chorm. S. Dimitrova-Hernani, Cost. D. Parvanova

“LA FILLE MAL GARDÉE” ("The Poorly Guarded Girl") – P. Hertel – 8.11.2019 – Adapt. & Dir. M.

Zaharieva, Scenogr. I. Tokadjiev, Cost. Y. Dvoretska, Assist. Dir. Elena Koleva,

Art. Dir. of the ballet V. Vassileva

“LA VOIX HUMAINE” – F. Poulenc – 12.11.2019 – Dir. & Scenogr. A. Yakimova-Furnadjieva

“LA TRAVIATA” – G. Verdi – 27.11.2019 (Jubilee Premiere) – Cond. S. Muratov,

Dir. & Scenogr. M. Catena, Cost. Y. Dvoretska,

Choreogr. B. Giovanelli, Chorm. S. Dimitrova-Hernani

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The list is based on three sources - the jubilee book "40 years of the National Opera - Rousse"

(Compiler - Joanna Bakalova - Gradeva with the assistance of Margarita Marinova,

Brilianta Kevorkyan and Videlina Ivanova - Peneva),

the diaries in the Archive of the Ruse Opera

and the chronological notes of the assistant director Elena Ilieva.

The list of the premiere performances covers the period from the first staging of "La Traviata" on the

stage in the Ruse People's Opera to the last jubilee staging of

"La Traviata" on the stage of the State Opera-Ruse.

Certainly, albeit minimal, clarifications and additions are needed.

Plamen Beykov, 17 August 2020, Ruse

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PREMIERES FOR BULGARIA

SEASON 1953 - 1954

“Keto and Kote” - Victor Dolidze

SEASON 1958 - 1959

“La fanciulla del west” - Giacomo Puccini

SEASON 1959 - 1960

“Into the Storm” - Tikhon Khrennikov

SEASON 1960 - 1961

“Heroic Overture” - Vassil Kazandjiev

“September 1923” - Vassil Kazandjiev

Trompetenkonzert - Siegfried Kurz

Fünf Orchesterstücke - Hanns Eisler

SEASON 1962 - 1963

“Neue Odyssee” (Ballet) - Victor Bruns

“The Ballad of Freedom‘s Soldier” (Cantata) - Alan Bush

“The Story of a Real Man” - Sergei Prokofiev

SEASON 1964 - 1965

“Katerina Izmaylova” - Dmitriy Schostakovich

“Francesca Da Rimini” - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

“Carnival in Cuba” (Ballet) - Georges Gershwin

SEASON 1965 - 1966

“Le baiser de la fée” (“The Fairy‘s Kiss”) - Igor Stravinsky

Symphony No.3 - Alexander Raychev

“Impetuses” - Alexander Raychev

SEASON 1966 - 1967

“Cinderella” - Sergei Prokofiev

“Mother” - Tikhon Khrennikov

Overture “A Bright Day” - Alexander Raychev

“Das Paradies und die Peri” (Secular Oratorio) - Robert Schumann

SEASON 1968 - 1969

“Carmen” (Ballet) - Bizet - Shchedrin

Symphony No.2 - Trifon Silianovski

Violin Concerto No.2 - Pancho Vladigerov

“Joy is coming” (Cantata) - Svetoslav Obretenov

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SEASON 1970 - 1971

“Matthäus-Passion” - Johann Sebastian Bach

SEASON 1972 - 1973

“The Giant Boy” - Tikhon Khrennikov

SEASON 1975 - 1976

“The Dawns here are Quiet” - Kiril Molchanov

SEASON 1976 - 1977

"Puss in Boots“ - Cornel Trailescu

Concerto for Orchestra No.2

(The Chimes; Zvoni) - Rodion Shchedrin

“Stabat Mater” - Gioachino Rossini

SEASON 1983 - 1984

“Ivan The Terrible”- Sergei Prokofiev

SEASON 1985 - 1986

“The Rehearsal” (Ballet) - Bach - Presser

SEASON 1986 - 1987

Overture “Children of Our Planet” - Alexander Yossifov

“Blue Monday” (Ballet) - George Gershwin

Serenade for Solo Violin, String Orchestra,

Harp and Percussion - Leonard Bernstein

SEASON 1987 - 1988

“The Master and Margarita”

(Symphony-Fantasia) - Andrew Petrov

SEASON 1990 - 1991

Violin Concerto - William Walton

SEASON 1991 - 1992

Requiem - Andrew Lloyd Weber

SEASON 1992 - 1993

“Messa di Gloria” - Gioachino Rossini

“Missa Creola” - Ariel Ramirez

SEASON 1993 - 1994

“Façade” - William Walton

“Henry V” - William Walton/Eric Watson

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SEASON 1994 - 1995

Spring Symphony - Benjamin Britten

SEASON 1995 - 1996

“Stifelio” - Giuseppe Verdi

Harmoniemesse - Joseph Haydh

Symphony No.3 “Karit” - Ivan Dimov

“Aceldama” (“Field of Blood”) - Thomas Sleeper

SEASON 1998 - 1999

“Daphnis et Chloé” - Maurice Ravel

SEASON 2000 - 2001

“West Side Story” - Leonard Bernstein (Concert performance)

“Cantata for the Peace” - Vakhtang (Vato) Kakhidze

Symphony No.4 “Nirvana” - Vassil Kazandjiev

SEASON 2001 - 2002

“Rodolphe” - André David

SEASON 2006 - 2007

“I Capuleti e i Montecchi” - Vincenzo Bellini

“Te Deum” - Marc-Antoine Charpentier

SEASON 2008 - 2009

“Feeling Haydn” - Rainer Bischof

SEASON 2010 - 2011

“Guglielmo Tell” - Gioachino Rossini

SEASON 2011 - 2012

“Nose” - Dmitriy Schostakovich

SEASON 2012 - 2013

“Kaddara” - Hakon Børresen

Violin Concerto - György Ligeti

SEASON 2013 - 2014

“The Armed Man” (Mass for Peace) - Karl Jenkins

SEASON 2014 - 2015

“Orpheus” - John Robertson

“Rhodope Legend” - Anatoly Vapirov

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“The Marilyn Monroe Process” - Roland Baumgartner

“Idilio” - Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

“Minority Dances” - Iván Erőd

“Russian Rhapsody” - Schulz-Evler

Piano Concerto, Op.3 - Moritz Moszkowski

Rock-Symphony "Queen`s hits“ - Lubomir Denev

SEASON 2015 - 2016

“Lion” - Nicolas Mc Roberts

SEASON 2016 - 2017

“Il Maestro di musica” - Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

“Beauty and the Beast” - Alan Menken (Russe Children Opera)

SEASON 2017 - 2018

“L’Equivoco stravagante” - Gioachino Rossini

SEASON 2018 - 2019

“Mass of the Children” - John Rutter

WORLD PREMIERЕS OF BULGARIAN

OPERAS AND BALLETS

RODUCЕD BY STATE OPERA-RUSE

“TSAR KALOYAN” - Pancho Vladigerov (Second Edition) - 5.04.1962

“ANTIGONE 43” - Lubomir Pipkov - 23.12.1963

“THE MADARA HORSEMAN” - Ballet by Dimiter Sagaev - 28.05.1964

“SAILOR‘S HONOR” - Alexander Yossifov - 30.01.1965

“BRIDGE” - Alexander Raychev - 2.10.1965

“YAN BIBIYAN” - Nayden Gerov - 14.10.1969

“LETO 893” - Parashkev Hadjiev - 26.03.1973

“DEER KINGDOM” - Konstantin Iliev - 16.11.1976

“MARIA DESSISLAVA” - Parashkev Hadjiev - 23.03.1978

“THE COLORFUL BIRD” - Simeon Pironkov - 28.09.1980

“KHAN ASPARUH” - Alexander Raychev - 9.03.1981

“O, MY DREAM” - Simeon Pironkov - 19.05.1987

“WITH PIPI IN THE CHRISTMASS NIGHT” - Andrey Totev - 21.12.1999

“MAX AND MORITZ” - Alexander Yossifov -17.04.2002

“BALLET MUSIC IN MEMORY OF STRAVINSKY” - Simeon Pironkov - 21.03.2005

“CAIN” - Lubomir Denev - 2.12.2012

“SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS” - Alexander Yossifov - 13.11.2015

“ANI IN THE FLOWERS KINGDOM” - Ivan Krastev - 30.10.2016

“NOSTRADAMUS” - Nicolo Kotsev - 18.11.2016

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SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ABROAD TOURS

1956 - 2019

1956 - TIMISOARA, ROMANIA

State Opera-Ruse

“Les pêcheurs de perles”

(“The Pearl Fishers”) - Georges Bizet

“The Fairy Doll” - Josef Bayer

“Cavalleria rusticana” - Pietro Mascagni

Conductor - Ruslan Raychev

1971 - BRASOV, ROMANIA

State Opera-Ruse

“Die Zauberflöte” (“The Magic Flute”) - W. A. Mozart

“Albena” - Parashkev Hadjiev

1973 - KONSTANTA, ROMANIA

State Opera-Ruse

“Samson and Delilah” - Camille Saint-Saëns

“A Fair in Sofia” - Jules Levi

1976 - KONSTANTA, ROMANIA

State Opera-Ruse

“Leto 893” - Parashkev Hadjiev

“Madama Butterfly” - Giacomo Puccini

Matinee dedicated to the modern ballet

1982 KISHINEV, ODESA, USSR

State Opera-Ruse

“The Merry Wives of Windsor” - Otto Nicolai

“Khan Asparuh” - Alexander Raychev

Concert program

Conductor - Romeo Raychev

1984-1987 - SIENA, ITALY

Ruse Philharmonic

1987 - FRANCE, SWITZERLAND

State Opera-Ruse



Ruse Philharmonic

1989 - ITALY

Choir of State Opera-Ruse


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Ruse Philharmonic

1993 - BELGIUM

State Opera-Ruse

“Aida” - Giuseppe Verdi

Conductor - Stefan Linev

1993 - AUSTRIA, SPAIN

Ruse Philharmonic

Conductor - Tsanko Delibozov

1994 - AUSTRIA, GERMANY

Ruse Philharmonic


1994 - SPAIN

Ruse Philharmonic


1995 - NETHERLAND

State Opera-Ruse



“Il Trovatore” - Giuseppe Verdi

Conductor - Stefan Linev

1996 - FRANCE

Ruse Philharmonic

Requiem - Giuseppe Verdi

Conductor - Jean-Ives Gaudin

1996 - NETHERLAND

State Opera-Ruse



Conductor - Metodi Matakiev

1997 - FRANCE

Ruse Philharmonic

Symphonic works by Wagner, Debussy, Delius

Conductor -Jean-Ives Gaudin

1997 - NETHERLAND

State Opera-Ruse

“Lucia di Lammermoor” - G. Donizetti


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1997 - PORTUGAL

State Opera-Ruse



1997 - GERMANY

State Opera-Ruse



1997 - NETHERLAND

State Opera-Ruse




1997 - SWITZERLAND, FRANCE, LUXEMBOURG

Ruse Philharmonic and Philharmonic Choir “Duvavski zvutsi”

(“Danube Sounds”)


Conductor - Nikola Bliznakov

1998 - FRANCE

Ruse Philharmonic

Messa di Gloria - Giacomo Puccini

Conductor -Jean-Ives Gaudin

1998 - NETHERLAND

State Opera-Ruse

“Un Ballo in Maschera” - Giuseppe Verdi


Requiem - W. A. Mozart


1999 - FRANCE

Ruse Philharmonic

Gloria - Francis Poulenc

Stabat Mater - Francis Poulenc


2000 - FRANCE

Ruse Philharmonic

Symphonic works by Kakhidze, Dvorak, Beethoven


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2000 - SPAIN

State Opera-Ruse

“West Side Story” - Leonard Bernstein (Concert performance)

Conductors - Georgi Dimitrov, Borislav Ivanov

2001 - FRANCE

Ruse Philharmonic

Symphonic works by Piazzolla, Brahms, Dvorak


2001 - GREECE, RHODES

State Opera-Ruse


“Tosca” - Giacomo Puccini

“The Best by Verdi” - Concert programme


2002 - FRANCE

Ruse Philharmonic

Symphonic works by Brahms

“Rodolphe” - André David (World premiere)

Svetlin Roussev - Violin


2002 - BELGIUM

State Opera-Ruse

“La Traviata” - Giuseppe Verdi

Conductor - Borislav Ivanov

2002 - SPAIN

State Opera-Ruse

“Carmina Burana” - Carl Orff

“Le Nozze di Figaro” - W. A. Mozart

Symphony No.40 - W. A. Mozart

Conductor - Ivan Marinov


State Opera-Ruse

“Il Barbiere di Seviglia” - Gioachino Rossini

“Norma” - Vincenzo Bellini



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2002 - SPAIN



2002 - PALMA DE MALLORCA, SPAIN

State Opera-Ruse






2003 - FRANCE

Ruse Philharmonic

Symphonic works by Berlioz


2003 - FRANCE

Ruse Philharmonic

Masses by Schubert and Beethoven



State Opera-Ruse



“Madama Butterfly” - Giacomo Puccini



2004 - GREECE, CYPRUS

State Opera-Ruse


“Il Barbiere di Seviglia” - Gioachino Rossini

Gala-Concert programme


2004 - FRANCE

Ruse Philharmonic

“Otello” - Giuseppe Verdi



2004 - SPAIN



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2005 - FRANCE

Ruse Philharmonic

“Elias” - Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdi


2005 - FRANCE

State Opera-Ruse

“Don Giovanni” - W. A. Mozart

2005 - GERMANY


“Tannhäuser” - Richard Wagner


2006 - FRANCE

Ruse Philharmonic

Symphonic works by Mozart, Bizet, Franc, Poulenc, Rodrigo


2007 - FRANCE

Ruse Philharmonic

Johannes Brahms - Symphony No.2

Johannes Brahms - Ein Deutsches Requiem

Svetlin Roussev - Violin


2007 - SWITZERLAND

State Opera-Ruse

“Don Pasquale” - Gaetano Donizetti

Conductor - Nayden Todorov

2007 - SPAIN

Ruse Philharmonic

Symphonic works


2008 - SWITZERLAND

Classic Open Air Festival, Solothurn

State Opera-Ruse

“Die Zauberflöte” - W. A. Mozart

“Lucia di Lammermoor” - Gaetano Donizetti



“Macbet” - Giuseppe Verdi

“Don Carlo” - Giuseppe Verdi


“La Bohème” - Giacomo Puccini

Conductors - Nayden Todorov, Giorgio Croci

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2008 - AUSTRIA, GERMANY

State Opera-Ruse

“Turandot” - Giacomo Puccini

“Carmen” - Georges Bizet


2008 - SWITZERLAND

State Opera-Ruse



2008 - BRASOV, ROMANIA

State Opera-Ruse



2008 - FRANCE

Ruse Philharmonic

Symphonic works by Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky, Dvorak,

Stravinsky, Borodine, Mussorgsky


2008 - SPAIN

State Opera-Ruse





2009 - ROMANIA

Ruse Philharmonic

Works by Strauss, Ofenbach, Puccini, Dvorak, Vladigerov, Bizet


Soloists - Evgenia Ralcheva, Daniela Karaivanova

2009 - SWITZERLAND


State Opera-Ruse

“Così fan tutte” - W. A. Mozart

“La Fille Du Régiment” (“La Figlia del reggimento”) - Gaetano Donizetti

“L‘elisir d‘amore” - Gaetano Donizetti




“Manon Lescaut” - Giacomo Puccini

“Eugene Onegin” - P. I. Tchaikovsky

“Die Fledermaus” - Johann Strauss

Conductors - Nayden Todorov, Giorgio Croci

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2009 - SPAIN

Ballet of State Opera-Ruse

“Giselle” - Adolphe Adam

“Swan Lake” - P. I. Tchaikovsky

“The Nutcracker” - P. I. Tchaikovsky

12.2009-01.2010 - PORTUGAL



2010 - AUSTRIA, GERMANY,

SWITZERLAND, NETHERLAND, FRANCE

State Opera-Ruse




Conductors - Nayden Todorov, Slavil Dimitrov

2010 - ITALY



“Sleeping Beauty” - P. I. Tchaikovsky


2010 - SWITZERLAND


State Opera-Ruse






“La Forza dell destino” - Giuseppe Verdi


“Faust” - Charles Gounod

“Les Pêcheurs de Perles” - Georges Bizet


Conductors - Nayden Todorov, Giorgio Croci,

Davide Crescenzi

2010 - SPAIN, PORTUGAL

State Opera-Ruse




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2010 - FRANCE

Ruse Philharmonic

Symphonic works by Cimarosa, Tchaikovsky, Mendelsohn

Arias by Bellini, Donizetti, Verdi, Puccini


12.2010-01.2011 - ITALY






2011 - BUCHAREST, ROMANIA

Ruse Philharmonic

Symphonic works by Tchaikovsky,

Goleminov, Pipkov

Conductor - Slavil Dimitrov

2011 - FRANCE

Ruse Philharmonic

Symphonic works by Haydn, Beethoven, Wagner


2011 - SPAIN

State Opera-Ruse


Conductor - Stefano Adabo

2011 - NETHERLAND

State Opera-Ruse


Conductors - Nayden Todorov, Konrad Leitner

12.2011-01.2012 - ITALY





2012 - FRANCE

Ruse Philharmonic

Symphonic works by Mozart, Dvorak, Mendelsohn,

Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Verdi


2012 - DUBAI, UAE



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2012 - AUSTRIA, GERMANY, NETHERLAND, FRANCE

State Opera-Ruse




Conductors - Nayden Todorov, Davide Crescenzi

2012 - SWITZERLAND


State Opera-Ruse


“Il Barbiere di Siviglia” - Gioachino Rossini




“Die Csardasfürstin” - Emmerich Kálmán

Conductors - Nayden Todorov, Davide Crescenzi

2012 - SPAIN





2012 - BUCHAREST, ROMANIA

Ruse Philharmonic

Soloist - John Lord


2012 - ITALY




2013 - ITALY

State Opera-Ruse



2013 - SWITZERLAND


State Opera-Ruse





“Un Ballo in maschera” - Giuseppe Verdi


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2013 - KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN

Ruse Philharmonic

“Flower of Immortality” - Julien Nachar Sidik

2013 - FRANCE

Ruse Philharmonic

Symphonic works by Beethoven,

Mendelsohn, Karl Jenkins,

Tchaikovsky, Dvorak


12.2013-01.2014 - ITALY


“Don Quixote” - L. Minkus


2014 - GERMANY

Ruse Philharmonic

Opera arias, Italian canzonetas, ABBA tribute concert


2014 - FRANCE



2014 - REPUBLIK OF KOREA




2014 - FRANCE



2014 - ITALY


“Don Quixote” - L. Minkus

2014 - FRANCE

Ruse Philharmonic

Symphonic works by Mussorgsky,

Rachmaninoff, Borodine, Balakirev,

Glazunov, Verdi, Bizet, Puccini, Mascani,

Ofenbach, Bellini,

Catalani, Faure, Schubert


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2014 - REPUBLIK OF TUNISIA



2014 - ITALY



2015 - FRANCE

State Opera-Ruse




2015 - FRANCE

State Opera-Ruse


Conductor - Dian Chobanov

2015 - FRANCE

Ruse Philharmonic

Symphonic works by Brahms,

Debusi, Ravel

“Stabat Mater” - Gioachino Rossini

Symphony No.5 - Jean Sibelius


2015 - FRANCE

State Opera-Ruse



2015 - FRANCE

State Opera-Ruse



2016 - FRANCE

Ruse Philharmonic

Symphonic works by Brahms, Dvorak,

Franc, Faure

Requiem - Charles Stanford


185

2017 - FRANCE

Ruse Philharmonic

Symphonic works by Tchaikovsky, Ibert, Franc,

Faure, Berlioz, Cimarosa, Ravel

“Stabat Mater” - Francis Poulenc

“Magnificat” - John Rutter


2018 - FRANCE

Ruse Philharmonic

Symphonic works by Lalo, Gounod, Chabrier

Symphony in C dur - Georges Bizet


2018 - ROMANIA

Hunedoara Lirica Festival

State Opera-Ruse

“Macbeth” - Giuseppe Verdi


2019 - ROMANIA

Hunedoara Lirica Festival




Conductor - Sunay Muratov

2019 - FRANCE

Ruse Philharmonic

Symphonic works by Beethoven, Schumann,

Scubert, Lalo, Liszt, Dvorak

Symphony No.1 - Johannes Brahms

“Ein Deutsches Requiem” - Johannes Brahms


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NATIONAL TOURS OF STATE OPERA-ROUSSE

Bansko

Burgas

Biala

Lovech

Borovo

Dobrich

Drianovo

Dve Mogiliu

Elena

Gorna Oriahovitsa

Gabrovo

Kazanlak

Kardzhali

Kiustendil

Kozloduy

Levski

Lovech

Lukovit

Nikolovo

Novo selo

Pazardzik

Pavlikeni

Pleven

Plovdiv

Popovo

Pravets

Razgrad

Sevlievo

Shumen

Silistra

Sofia

Stara Zagora

Sveti Vlas

Svishtov

Targovishte

Teteven

Tetovo

Triavna

Troyan

Varna

Veliko Tarnovo

Vidin

Ruse Philharmonic - The Orchestra of State Opera - Ruse,

“Stage of the Centuries” Summer Festival on

Tsarevets Hill in Veliko Tarnovo, 2019

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AUDIO RECORDS OF RUSE PHILHARMONIC

Mahler - SYMPHONY No. 4, 1979

Cond. Rumen Bayrakov

Prokofiev - IVAN THE TERRIBLE (Overture and Finale), 1985


Forlane Recording Company

Mascagni - “CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA”, 1990

Cond. Baldo Podich

VAI Recording Company

Respighi - ANCIENT AIRS AND DANCES

Ravel - PIANO CONCERTO

N. Rimsky-Korsakov - Capriccio espagnol, 1995

Cond. Dimiter Karaminkov

IMA Recording Company

Music from Six Continents

Jack Gallagher, Werner Pelinka, Betty Beat

Symphony Works, 1995


Soloists: Bogdana Peneva - Violoncello, Wendy Lorenz - Piano

Vienna Modern Masters Recording Company

Robert Helmschrott

Entelechiae: Riflessioni su Dante, 1995


Soloist: Violeta Shahanova - Soprano

Thomas Sleeper - Concerto for bassoon and orchestra

Margaret Meyer - The Dawn

Haydn Reeder - Lark 2

Bell - Piano concert, 1995



Dinos Constantinides - Syphony No. 5, 1996


Vienna Modern Masters 3035 Recording Company

188

Nancy Van de Vate - Violin Concerto No. 2, 1996


Soloist: Nina Stoyanova - Violin


Fergus Johnston - Samsara, 1996




Various Artists, 1996


Soloists: Bozhena Petrova, Larry Bell - Piano


Nancy Van de Vate - Suite from Nemo, 1997




New Music for Orchestra and Wind Symphony, 1998


Soloist: Maria Peeva - Violin


Anatoly Vapirov - Concerto Grosso, 2000


Dimiter Shanov - Bass guitar

Stoyan Yankulov - Percussions

Yuri Kuznetsov - Piano

A. Vapirov - Saxophone

Music Minus One Recording Company

Mozart - Concerto No. 22 in E-flat major, K. 482, 2006


Iliana Todorova - Piano


189

Ravel, Franck, Poulenc - Symphonic Works, 2006

Cond. Jaen-Yves Gaudin

Carl Reinecke

Concert for Flute and Orchestra

Ballade for Flute and Orchestra, 2007


Katarzyna Bury - Flute


Wagner - Ring, 2007

Cond. Niels Borksand

Soloists: Stig Fogh Andersen, Ingrid Haggstrom, etc.

Concierto de Aranjuez, 2007

Joaquín Rodrigo


Christian Reichert - Guitar


The Best of Wagner, 2008


Soloists: Stig Fogh Andersen, Nina Pavlovsky and Lars Fosser

Mixed Choir and Orchestra of Russe State Opera

Famous Opera Arias, 2008



Famous Italian and French Opera Arias, 2008



Music by Mahler, Prokofiev and Elgar, 2010


Soloist - Elisabeth Hanke

Opera Music from Denmark, 2010


Soloist: Stig Fogh Andersen

190

Famous Soprano Arias, 2010


Soloist: Andrea Hörkens

Wagner - Bizet (Nietzsche), 2010


Soloist - Elisabeth Hanke

Classico CLASSCD 705 Recording Company

CANZONETTA, 2011


Soloist - Kristian Lanza

Polovetsian Dances, 2012


Mixed Choir of State Opera Russe

“69 - 74”, 2012

Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Verdi, Wagner, Johann Strauss

Elisabeth Hanke, Recital


Male Choir of State Opera Russe

Classico CLASSCD 760 Recording Company

Famous Arias and Canzonettas for Tenor, 2013


Soloist - Miro Solman

Richard Strauss - “Don Juan”, 2013


“Un amore cosi grande” - Arias and Canzonettas, 2013


Soloist: Kaludi Kaludov

Hakon Børresen - “Kaddara”, 2013

Opera in 4 acts


Soloists: Gitta-Maria Sjöberg, Anette Bod, Elisabeth Hanke,

Maria Hanke, Stig Andersen, Matti Borg, Poul Frederiksen


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John Robertson


Cond. Anthony Armore

Pantcho Vladigerov



NAXOS Recording Company

Nicholas McRoberts

Duets and Arias, 2015

Cond. Nicholas McRoberts

John Robertson

“Orpheus”, 2015

Opera in 2 acts

Soloists: Alexander Krunev, Petia Tsoneva,

Plamen Beykov, Plamen Troanski


Johann Strauss


Cond. Jean-Yves Gaudin

Alexander Yossifov

“Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”


”The Goat Horn”

Ballet


Edward Grieg

Concert for Piano and Orchestra, оp.16


Piano - Ivan Drennikov

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Schubert

Rosamunde, Overture

Mozart

Eine kleine Nachtmusik

Cond. Iliya Temkov

Balkanton Recording Company

Pantcho Vladigerov

Scandinavian Suite, Op. 13

Alexander Vladigerov

Rondo Concertante

for Violin and Orchestra

Hristo Kostadinov - Violin


Pantcho Vladigerov

Jewish Poem, Op. 47


Ferdinando Carulli

Guitar Concerti



Music Minus One

Recording Company

Irwin Bazelon

Syphony No. 4

For Tuba... with Strings Attached

A Quiet Piece for a Violent Time

Cond. Harold Farberman

Bayo Baev - Tuba

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Dimitar Nenov

Concerto for Piano and

Large Orchestra

Toccata for Piano


Anton Dikov - Piano

Music House BNR Edition, 1981

Sergei Prokofiev

Violin Concerto No. 1

Cond. Dobrin Petkov,

Dimiter Manolov

Boyan Lechev - Violin

Harold Farberman

Music for Orchestra, 1995


Soloists: Lucy Shelton - Piano

Leon Williams - Baritone

Irwin Bazelon

Syphony No. 6

Overture to Shakespeare’s

“The Taming of the Shrew”

Syphony No. 2


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Wolfgang fon Siebenthal

Syphonie Valaisanne

Cond. Gilbert Varga

Concert Hall

Recording Company

Rachmaninov

Piano Concerto No. 3


Marietta Petkova - Piano

Bloomline Recording Company

Joaquín Rodrigo

Concierto de Aranjuez



Waterpipe Records

Recording Company

Prokofiev

“Ivan The Terrible”


Soloists: Vessela Zorova,

Dimiter Stanchev

Narrator: Boris Morgunov

Mixed Choir “Dunavski zvutsi”

Cond. Michail Milkov

Forlane Recording Company

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PERFORMERS WITH INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION

COMPOSERS AND INSTRUMENTALISTS

Dmitriy Schostakovich, Pantcho Vladigerov, Tikhon Khrennikov,

Konstantin Iliev, Marin Goleminov, Roudolf Kerer, Sviatoslav Richter, Igor

Oistrakh, Leonid Kogan, Ruggiero Ricci, Vladimir Spivakov, Patrick Gallois,

Yuri Bashmet, John Lord, Mincho Minchev, Svetlin Russev, Mila Georgieva,

Milena Mollova, Gerarg Poulet, Georgi Badev, Dina Schnaiderman,

Zachar Bron, Vadim Repin, Vasko Vassilev, Evgeni Bozhanov, Emil Kamilarov,

Ludmil Angelov, Yovcho Krushev

CONDUCTORS

Kurt Masur, Carlo Zecchi, Dmitri Kitayenko, Kurt Sanderling, Evgeni

Svetlanov, Valery Gergiev, Franco Ferrara, Gennadt Rozhdestvensky,

Franco Ferrara, Carlo Maria Giulini,Bruno Bertoletti, Yuri Temirkanov, Václav

Neumann, Arnold Katz, Veronika Dudarova, Antoni Wit, Dobrin Petkov,

Ruslan Raychev, Konstantin Iliev, Sasha Popov, Alexander Raychev,

Josif Konta, Horia Andreescu, Michail Angelov, Vassil Kazandjiev, Emil Tabakov,

Ivo Venkov, Ivan Angelov, Nayden Todorov, Yordan Kamdzhalov,

Carol Stria, Jacques Mersier, José Maria Florêncio.

SINGERS

Sopran

Rayna Kabaivanska, Katia Ricciarelli, Anna Tomova-Sintow,

Ghena Dimitrova, Darina Takova, Michèle Crider, Sylvia Shash,

Stefka Evstatieva, Mariana Zvetkova, Zvetelina Vassileva, Maria

Ventseslavova

Mezzosopran

Elena Nikolay, Vesselina Kazarova, Alexandrina Milcheva,

Christina Anghelakova, Emilia Boteva

Tenor

Jorg Schneider, Mario Malannini, Vladimir Atlantov, Antinio

Siracusa, Kaludi Kaludov, Boyko Tsvetanov, Kamen Chanev,

Zoran Todorovich, Orlin Goranov

Baritone

Leo Nucci, Johannes Martin Krenzle, Marzio Jossi, Vladimir

Stoyanov, Nicolae Herlea, Octav Enigarescu, Peter Glossop,

Ivan Konsulov, Ventseslav Anastassov, Alexander Krunev

Bass

Nikolay Gyaurov, Nikola Giuzelev, Pompey Herastjanu, Peter

Schneider, Orlin Anastassov, Martin Tsonev

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THE STAR TRIO

RUSE OPERA HOUSE

1955 - 1970

KIRIL KRASTEV, PENKA MARINOVA, NIKOLAY ZDRAVKOV

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RENOWNED STAGE DIRECTORS

Gian Gianotti, Ursula Horner, Dominique Serron, Marco Catena,

Jon Runsescu, Cristian Mihaylescu, Dragan Kardjiev, Mihail Hadjimishev,

Evgeni Nemirov, Vera Nemirova, Dimitar Uzunov, Stefan Trifonov, Avram

Georgiev, Plamen Kartalov, Pavel Gerdjikov, Boyko Bogdanov, Hacho

Boyadziev, Ognyan Draganov, Nina Naydenova, Alexander Tekeliev

RENOWNED SCENOGRAPHERS

Salvatore Russo, Viorica Petrovici, Assen Popov, Ani Hadjimisheva,

Petar Popov, Venera Nasldennikova, Dimitar Kirov, Maria Trendafilova,

Ivan Savov, Ivan Tokadjiev, Radostin and Boyana Chomakovi, Tsvetana

and Boris Stoynovi

RENOWNED CHOREOGRAPHERS

Rudolf Nureev, Giancarlo Vantaggio, Vytautas Grivackas,

Mercedes Pavelic, Natalia Osipova, Assen Manolov, Margarita

Arnaoudova, Assen Gavrilov, Petar Lukanov, Hikmed Mehmedov,

Silvia Tomova

RENOWNED ACTORS

Tatiana Lolova, Itzhak Finzi, Rashko Mladenov, Marius Kurkinski,

Ruslan Muynov, Kalin Vrachanski, Assen Blatechki, Nikolai Urumov

ACCOMPANISTS

Stoil Tsovev, Valeria Nedelcheva, Malina Dimitrova, Neli

Vladimirova, Mariana Stefanova, Liudmila Dimitrova, Agnes Bachvarova,

Milen Stanev, Daniela Kyurkchieva, Emilian Akimov, Elena Koleva, Ioanna

Marinova, Natalia Radoslavova, Bozhena Petrova, Vesselina Boteva

ASSISTANT STAGE DIRECTORS

Maria Kiselova, Ventseslava Dimitrova, Liudmila Shabanova,

(Stefanova), Veselinka Ivanova, Maria Dimitrova, Elena Ilieva,

Stefka Georgieva, Ioanna Marinova

Georgi Chendov

(1920-1987)

The first Administrative

Director of

State Opera-Ruse

Ivan Kyurkchiev

The last Administrative

Director of

State Opera-Ruse

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ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTORS AND

PRINCIPAL CONDUCTORS

RUSE OPERA

Georgi Chendov

Atanas Strandzhev

Georgi Deliganev

Jordan Minkov

Nayden Todorov

Konstantin Iliev

Ilia Temkov

Veselin Baychev

Mihail Angelov

Ivan Filev

Sunay Muratov

Mihail Katev

Stefan Penchev

Plamen Kartalov

Ioanna Bakalova

Ivan Kyurkchiev

Romeo Raychev

Ivan Marinov

Milen Nachev

Metodi Matakiev

Georgi Dimitrov

Dimitar Kossev

MAIN ART DIRECTORS

RUSE PHILHARMONIC

Dimitar Haralampiev

Emil Karamanov

Konstantin Iliev

Dobrin Petkov

Ruslan Raychev

Ivan Vulpe

Sasha Popov

Ilia Temkov

Alipi Naydenov

Alexey Izmirliev

Mihail Angelov

Tsanko Delibozov

Georgi Dimitrov

Nayden Todorov

The logo of State opera-Ruse was made in the 80s

of the XX century by Prof. Stefan Kanchev (1915-

2001) - graphic artist-applicator, who worked in all

areas of applied graphics. He is the author of many

trademarks in the industry and in the commerce,

postage stamps and many others. His work, based

on motifs from folk tradition, is characterized by rich

imagination, calm and clear composition, a successful connection between

font and image. Stefan Kanchev is the author, in addition to the logo of Тhe State

opera-Ruse, also the logos of The Sofia Opera, The Sofia Philharmonic, The Musical

Theater, The Sofia Puppet Theatre and other cultral institutes.

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The Ruse Opera Theater is a desired and sought-after participant in

all major Bulgarian music festivals - Pravets, Stara Zagora, Bansko,

Varna, Sofia, and Ruse. Having repeatedly participated in the

International Opera Festival in Solothurn, Switzerland, it remains

one of the stalwarts of the forum. The audiences of the festivals

"Coreades“, France and "Hunedoara Lyrics“, Romania have, for

several consecutive seasons, looked forward to the traditional

performance of Ruse musicians.

Every season the opera house performs dozens of concerts and

performances in various Bulgarian cities, with a proven record of

being the most active distributor of opera, ballet and symphony art

in Bulgaria.

The performances of the Ruse Opera in Hall 1 of the National

Palace of Culture - "La Traviata“, "Sleeping Beauty“, "Tosca“, "The

Tales of Hoffman“, "Katerina Izmailova“, "Rigoletto“, "Il trovatore“,

"Carmen“, "Nabucco“ and "Aida“ serve as proof of its traditional

professionalism and are always a cause for pride and celebration

for the Sofia audience.

The opera and symphony ensembles have recorded for numerous

companies from Denmark, Great Britain, USA, China and Germany.

BNT (Bulgarian national television), as well as other Bulgarian

television channels, regularly record and broadcast their symphony

concerts, opera and ballet performances.

Together with the Viennese impresario house "Blue Danube

Musikimpresario“ the Ruse Opera has organized the annual

conducting courses and competitions "Blue Danube“, and together

with the Allegra Foundation and Allegra Music Academy, overseen

the training and recitals of talented young performers under the

guidance of world famous musicians.

During this period, the opera‘s ensembles have toured abroad in

Austria, Germany, Italy, Spain, Romania, Switzerland, France, the

Netherlands, Belgium, Dubai, Bahrain, China and South Korea.

The Ruse Opera Theater can claim not only many first performances

in Bulgaria of works from the world opera and symphony treasury, but

also world premieres of works by Bulgarian and foreign composers,

written especially for the Ruse Opera.

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CRYSTAL LYRE 2003

A prize of the Union of Bulgarian musicians and dancers

In the category “Orchestra”

for the concert on the occasion of the opening

of the International Festival “March Music Days” 2003

and the final concert with works by Stravinsky

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CRYSTAL LYRE 2004


In the category “Production team”

for the ballet production “Sleeping Beauty” by Tchaikovsky

Production Director - Kalina Bogoeva

Artistic Director - Mariana Zaharieva

Conductor - Georgi Dimitrov

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CRYSTAL LYRE 2006


In the category “Choral Art”

for the performance of the oratorio “Тhe Messiah” by

George Frideric Handel

Choirmaster - Hristo Stoev

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“CERTIFICATE” and “GOLDEN BOOK” 2009

European Forum of Experts

Certifies the official honorary status of the institution for high

prestige, public recognition and contribution

to the development of Bulgarian culture.

HONORARY BADGE 2010

50 years of the International Festival

“March Music Days”

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Certificate 2011

Municipality of Levski

Awarded for participation in

“Georgi Partsalev Arts Festival”

CRYSTAL LYRE 2012



for the opera production “Nose” by Shostakovich

Adelaida Yakimova-Furnadjieva, Nayden Todorov, Tatiana Sokolova,

Dragomir Yossifov, Hristo Stoev, Ivan Tokadjiev, Penka Kazandjieva

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CRYSTAL LYRE 2014


In the category “Orchestra Art”


CERTIFICATE “ProCulture” 2014

Prize of BAROQUE and Civic Institute

In the category “State Cultural Institute”

for contribution to the development of

young people’s access to culture

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10 YEARS OF MOZART FESTIVAL - PRAVETS 2014

Award for contribution and special merits

in the development and establishment of the authority

of the festival at national and international level

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“BORIS CHRISTOFF - 2014”

Golden medal from the Ministry of Culture of the

Republic of Bulgaria

For contribution to the celebration of the

100th anniversary of the birth of Boris Christoff

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“ENSEMBLE OF THE YEAR - 2014”

Prize of the Bulgarian National Radio

In the category “Musician of the Year” for 2014

Ranking of the show “Allegro Vivace”, Program “Horizont”

RUSE AWARD 2015

In the category “Creative team and cultural organization”

for the active presence and high professional level

in the cultural life of Ruse

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“MUSUCIAN OF THE YEAR - 2015”

Prize of the Bulgarian National Radio

In the category “Musician of the Year” for 2014

Ranking of the show “Allegro Vivace”, Program “Horizont”

CRYSTAL LYRE 2015



for the opera production

“Katerina Izmaylova” by Shostakovich

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NOMINATIONS for CRYSTAL LYRE 2018 and 2019


In the category “Orchestra Art” and

in the category “Production team”

for the opera production “La Bohème” by Puccini

The compilers regret that many more worthy names cannot be

mentioned due to the limited volume of the edition, but they remain

forever in the memory of the grateful Ruse opera audience.

New research on the history of the opera in Ruse is forthcoming. In

it will find a place for all the names of those who have contributed

towards making the Ruse Opera to be what it is today.

The photo material is courtesy of the archives of the

State Opera-Ruse, PRIMAX TEAM, State Agency “Archives”,

Scientific Archive of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.

ROUSSE OPERA THEATRE 100 YEARS

First edition - 2020

Published with the assistance from Ruse Municipality,

International Elias Canetti Society, “Archives”,

The Union of Bulgarian Musicians and Dancers

Copyright: State Opera - Ruse ©

Copyright: Primax Ltd. ©

Compilers: Nayden Todorov, Plamen Beykov, Mario Mokrev

Gergana Georgieva, Margarita Marinova, Vesselina Antonova,

Stefan Mateev, Atanas Peev, Emil Kyostebekov

Contributory: Elena Ilieva, Bozhena Petrova, Mariana Zaharieva,

Stefan Badjakov, Rumiana Varbanova, Teodor Liho,

Svetlana Ancheva, Liliana Petkova

Cover Designer: Ralitsa Angelova, Liuben Iliev

Cover Redesign: Martin Yordanov

Graphic conception: Martin Yordanov, PRIMAX TEAM

Managing Editor: Plamen Beykov

Graphic Editor: Mario Mokrev

Prepress: PRIMAX TEAM

Printed and bound in The Academic Publishing House of

“Angel Kanchev” University of Ruse

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