Opera Open 2018
State Opera Plovdiv has announced the program of Opera Open 2018 from June 23 to July 29, 2018 - 11 exciting musical evenings at the Ancient Theater. Among them are three premieres - Madame Butterfly, Giselle and Otello. There will also be a multimedia concert with world famous Bulgarian soprano Alexandrina Pendachanska and a concert of the virtuoso musicians Vesko Eshkenazy and Lyudmil Angelov.
Opera Open 2018 Programme
23 June - MADAMA BUTTERFLY –Puccini
Starring: Hye-Youn Lee (South Korea) and Oreste Cosimo (Italy)
Conductor: Jacopo Sipari di Pescasseroli
Soloists, Orchestra, Choir and Ballet of Opera Plovdiv
26 June – SWAN LAKE – Tchaikovsky
(Due to the weather the spectacle was postponed. The show from 26.06 will be held on 13.09 and the tickets for it will be valid for the new date! Due to the great audience interest, a second date was announced on 14.09 - tickets at the Opera House on the Main Street and Iventim offices, online at eventim.bg)
Starring: Jacopo Tissi and Alena Kovaleva, soloists of the Bolshoi Theatre
Conductor: Bisera Chadlovska (Macedonia)
Ballet and Orchestra of Opera Plovdiv
Ballet of the Macedonian Opera and Ballet
30 June – VIVA L’OPERETTA
Starring : Peller Karoly and Szilvi Szendy, soloists of Budapest Operetta Theatre
Michael Havlicek and Bettona Schweiger, soloists of Volksoper Wien
Conductor: Dian Tchobanov
Soloists, Orchestra, Choir and Ballet of Opera Plovdiv
03 July – ALEXANDRINA PENDACHANSKA GALA
A multimedia concert with world famous Bulgarian soprano Alexandrina Pendachanska
Conductor: Luciano Di Martino
Orchestra of Opera Plovdiv
05 July – GISELLE – Adam
Starring: Guilherme Vitic Gameiro Alves and Iva Vitic Gameiro, soloists of the Croatian National Theatre
Conductor: Konstantin Dobroykov
Ballet and Orchestra of Opera Plovdiv
07 July – IL TROVATORE – Verdi
Starring: Joanna Parisi (USA), Ivan Momirov, Dean Vachkov
Conductor: Luciano Di Martino
Soloists, Orchestra, Choir and Ballet of Opera Plovdiv
10 July - JAMES BOND LIVE IN CONCERT
The most famous songs of the James Bond Movies
Starring: Ruth Koleva
Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Nayden Todorov
17 July – PIANO BATTLE
International music show
Starring: Paul Cibis and Andreas Kern (Germany)
Conductor: Konstantin Dobroykov
Orchestra of Opera Plovdiv
21 July – OTELLO - Verdi
Starring: Kamen Chanev, Tanya Ivanova, Alberto Gazale (Italy)
Conductor: Dian Tchobanov
24 July – VESKO ESCHKENAZY & LUDMIL ANGELOV – ARGENTINA MI AMOR
A tango night with the the works of Julio Cesar Sanders, Carlos Gardel, Astor Piazzolla and Ariel Ramirez
Conductor: Stanislav Ushev
Orchestra and Ballet of Opera Plovdiv
28 July – CARMEN – Bizet
Starring: Nadya Krasteva, Dean Vachkov, Ivan Momirov
Conductor: Grzegorz Nowak, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London
Details about the programme - operaplovdiv.bg/site/programme.
Online tickets - www.eventim.bg/bg/bileti/drzavna-opera-plovdiv-anticen-teatr.