Author: Rositsa Kavaldzhieva

Traditionally, the Casta Diva music-performing arts broadcast started its new, 31^st season on the music holiday 1 October, this year – as a guest of the Königswinkel Festival in the ancient Bavarian town of Füssen and witnessed the triumph of the Sofia National Opera on the German stage with two performances of "Die Walküre" from Wagner's tetralogy "Der Ring des Nibelungen". It is an extraordinary experience to hear how Germans, Wagnerians, great connoisseurs of Wagner's work say about the Bulgarian production of the Acad. Plamen Kartaloff: "We are happy to finally see real Wagner, not what is being done in German theatres nowadays"! In the first edition of the new 2023/2024 season of "Caste Diva" we take you to the foothills of the Bavarian Alps and into the atmosphere of the Königswinkel Festival.

20.10 - 21.00 h:
- A walk through the fairytale "Neuschwanstein" and "Linderhof"castles of King Ludwig II
- Conversation with the Executive Director of the Königswinkel Festival, Florian Zwipf-Zaharia
- Audience feedback on the new Bulgarian production of the opera "Die Walküre" from Wagner's "Der Ring des Nibelungen" tetralogy

21.10-22.00 h:
- The opera singers Tsvetana Bandalovska, Gergana Rusekova and Aris Argiris for the performances of "Die Walküre" on the stage of the Neuschwanstein Festival Theatre
- Conversation with the Director and stage director of the Sofia National Opera Acad. Plamen Kartaloff

Enjoy listening!

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