Newspaper “Zhivotat dnes” – The world is celebrating the legendary Diaghilev. In his honour, the Sofia Opera performs the ballets “Petrushka” and “The Firebird” on 7 and 8 April

Today the world is celebrating the 145^th Anniversary of the legendary Sergei Diaghilev – a Russian theatre and ballet impresario. He was the founder (1911) of one of the most famous ballet companies of all time – “Diaghilev’s Russian ballet”, which triumphed 20 seasons on the most important stages of the world.

In it took part Vaslav Nijinsky, Michael Fokine and a series of other eminent choreographers and dancers. Diaghilev’s striving is to show the beauty of classical dance, but also to go beyond the known limits.

On 7 and 8 April at 19:00 h at the Sofia Opera you will have the chance to see again the brilliant production of of Andris Liepa “Petrushka”/ “The Firebird”. It gathered at the premiere spectacles the ovations of the audience.

“Petrushka” and “The Firebird” are unique spectacles, created more than 100 years ago. The amazing is that even to this day they continue to be actual.

Под двете снимки: The Firebird

 

The Firebird

 

The Firebird

With the same costumes, sets and choreography, created for their original premieres in Paris in 1910-1911. A long time they were not shown in Russia, because Fokine and Dhyagilev and all the participants in the Russian seasons stayed to live abroad. For this reason they were not included in the repertoire of the Mariinsky Theatre until 1993.

On 7 April in “Petrushka” take part: Aleksander Aleksandrov, Katerina Petrova, Tsetso Ivanov, Kiril Ivanov

In “The Firebird” on the same date dance: Marta Petkova, Nikola Hadzhitanev, Rosen Kanev, Dilyana Nikoforova

On 8 April in “Petrushka” take part: Nikola Hadzhitanev, Marta Petkova, Emil Yordanov, Kiril Ivanov

And in “The Firebird” on the same date take part: Katerina Petrova, Tsetso Ivanov, Rosen Kanev, Darina Bedeva

Conductor of both spectacles is Grigor Palikarov.

 

Petrushka