On the 6th of April, 22.20, BNT will air the documentary “Nabucco: Like a Stairway to Heaven”
for the grand production in front of Saint Alexander Nevsky Cathedral square, with Plamen Kartaloff’s director’s concept and costumes by Tsvetanka Petkova-Stoinova. Script: Miglena Stoicheva; director and operator: Nedyalko Danov.
The movie dedicated to the preparation and realization of the performance is narrated by director Plamen Kartaloff, conductors Mihail Sinkevich and Grigor Palikarov, singers Vladimir Stoyanov and Kiril Manolov who portrayed Nabucco, Susanna Bramchini (Abigaile) and Roberto Scandiuzzi (Zacharia).
From the 23rd to the 31st of July, 2016, hundreds of viewers exaltedly applauded the Sofia Opera’s exceptional singers and ensembles as well as the remarkable realization on stage of one of Giuseppe Verdi’s most famous operas.
In order to make this great event happen, stars from Bulgaria, Italy, Israel and Georgia were invited to take part. The role of Nabucco was performed by baritones Vladimir Stoyanov and Kiril Manolov. The four performers of the role of Abigaile were Gabriela Georgieva, Yordanka Derilova, Radostina Nikolaeva and the Italian soprano Susanna Bramchini. The mantle of Zacharia took on the Italian singer Roberto Scandiuzzi and the Sofia Opera lead singers Dimitar Stanchev and Svetozar Rangelov. Also starring: Daniel Damyanov, Daniel Ostretsov and Rosen Nenchev (Ismael); the Italian Diletta Scandiuzzi, the Romanian Oana Andra, the Israeli Shai Blocks and Tsveta Sarambelieva (Fenenna); Angel Hristov and the Georgian bass Kakhaber Shavidze (the Great priest); Krasimir Dinev and Hrisimir Damyanov (Abdalo); Elena Stoyanova and Silvana Pravcheva (Anna).
The Sofia Opera orchestra and choir achieved exceptional success (choir conductor: Violeta Dimitrova). Also a part of the team tasked with handling the production: artist Boryana Angelova, Andrei Haidinyak (artistic lighting), Riolina Topalova (choreography), Boryan Belchev (décor artist) and constructor engineer Georgi Georgiev.
