The tenor Kamen Chanev and the baritone Kiril Manolov will be guest-performers in the premiere spectacles of “Il trovatore”

Although the finale of the opera “Il trovatore” is tragical – Leonora swallows poison, and Count di Luna murders Manrico before understanding that he was his br...

The next opera festival in succession in Bulgaria will be founded, this time in Melnik - Newspaper “24 chasa”

This summer in Bulgaria will be founded the next opera festival in succession. This time the place is in proximity of the Melnik Pyramids, learned Newspaper “24...

ABOUT MAESTRO FILIPPO TONON – STAGE DIRECTOR OF “IL TROVATORE” – PREMIERE 23 FEBRUARY AT THE SOFIA OPERA AND BALLET

Filippo Tonon graduated from IUAV in Venice with a degree in Architecture in 2000, and in the same year he got his diploma in “Canto lirico” under the teaching...

Vera Petrova, stage director: “Sofia Opera keeps its traditions and imposes the modern standards in art!” – Ivan Varbanov, The News BG Reporter

The 100th Jubilee of the first production of the opera “Eugene Onegin” by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky will be celebrated with a spectacle, whose author is the stag...

EXHIBITION – 100 YEARS OF THE PREMIERE OF “EUGENE ONEGIN” IN BULGARIA

1919 is the year, in which took place the first performance of the opera “Eugene Onegin” in Bulgaria. Conductor then was Todor Hadjiev, and author of the direct...

EXHIBITION – 100 YEARS OF THE PREMIERE OF “EUGENE ONEGIN” IN BULGARIA

1919 is the year, in which took place the first performance of the opera “Eugene Onegin” in Bulgaria. Conductor then was Todor Hadjiev, and author of the direct...

CARRERAS INCLUDED TWO BULGARIANS IN HIS CONCERT – "ACTUALNO"

The tenor Rosen Nenchev and the soprano Ilina Mihaylova will take part in José Carreras’ upcoming grandiose concert in Arena Armeec Hall on 11 May 2019. The S...

The great Tchaikovsky and Pushkin with “Eugene Onegin” at the Sofia Opera under the direction of Vera Petrova

On 10 February 2019 the admirers of the operatic art will be with “Eugene Onegin” by Tchaikovsky. This production by Vera Petrova opened the opera season at the...

Ballets and operas have more than 500 performances - Newspaper “24 chasa”, 31.01.2019, p. 27

Many ballets and operas, especially these from the classical repertoire, have more than 500 performances, showed an inquiry of “24 chasa” in the Archive of the...

Opinion of the journalist Ivan Varbanov, expressed in Facebook, after the spectacle “Parsifal” by Richard Wagner on 30.01.2019

“Parsifal” – a unique experience, a flight in another dimension, in another frequency and energy. An ascent! Congratulations for the soloists of the Opera! Br...

The Opera will celebrate Koldamova’s jubilee with “Carmen” – newspaper “Monitor”

The 80th Anniversary of the legendary Bulgarian ballerina Krassimira Koldamova will be celebrated with a special spectacle at the Sofia Opera and Ballet on 3 Fe...

DO YOU KNOW THAT Simone Boccanegra was a historical personality?

Verdi based his opera on a play by Antonio Garcia Gutiérrez. Gutiérrez wrote “Simón Bocanegra”, while he was consul in Genoa. The author was well-acquainted wit...

MARIA GULEGHINA: WAGNER IS NOT MUSIC, BUT PHILOSOPHY – BGNES

To understand Wagner and be able to achieve him, one must have a very good experience in the Italian school, but the most important is to be spiritually rife. T...

THE OPERA PRIMA MARIA GULEGHINA DEFINES WAGNER’S MUSIC AS PHILOSOPHY – YOANA ALEKSANDROVA, Bulgarian Telegraph Agency

The world-known soprano Maria Guleghina gave today an official press conference in front of journalists at the Sofia Opera and Ballet. The occasion is her part...

OPERA CLUB

Welcome to the Opera club for an exciting meeting with interesting artists and video projection. On 23. 11. 2019, Sofia opera and ballet / chamber hall.   Dr....