Acad. Lyudmil Staykov, cinema director:
“What we saw, is an unabating volcano of emotions, with an endless palette of tenderness, of goodness, of warmth! I am surprised again by the unceasing discoveries, which makes Maestro Plamen Kartaloff! I repeat, this is a creative volcano, which enriched the repertoire, managed to attract audience, which had never stepped into the hall of the Opera before! A brilliant spectacle with a lot of rhythm, with a lot of beauty, with exquisiteness and harmony, which rushed from the stage into the hall, something from which the contemporary spectator has an enormous need! I am deeply fascinated by what I have seen! I am very happy that today we have such an Opera, directed by such a talent, with such energy, which is as if springing continuously out of his nature! Be always so successful and attracting!”

Dilyana Kalcheva
“A wonderful, inspiring spectacle! It filled me in with a lot of strength and pride! This was a real feast for me, in which we enjoyed the talent of all participants and for a next time in a row we were witnesses of one exceptionally inspired team, which reproduced the best, which the excellent directing required from it!” 

Tanya Vekilova
“I am delighted with the staging of this musical! I would like to congratulate all artists and musicians for the fearlessness, the patience and the energy, which they have input into this performance, with the still existing oppressing atmosphere of the pandemic! I have no words to express my gratitude to the Sofia Opera, which in this difficult situation too gave life to one title, which through the new production will be still more loved!”

Stoyan Nikolov and Marina Dineva
“It was terrific! We experienced a great pleasure! A perfect performance and recreation of a favourite TV production via the wonderfully used means of expression of the vocal, musical and choreographic art! Brilliant directing, artists, seized by conquering energy! Thank you for the joy you gave us!”

Vesela Petkova and Margarita Radeva
“You are asking us how do we appreciate this spectacle? We are a little bit addicted, because we are parents of some of the children, who act in the production. This is an amazing performance! The stage adaptation is so impressive, and the whole team coped wonderfully with all the artistic trials! We are proud to dispose over such national theatre, which gives life to the artists, as well as to this so often oppressed so far audience!”          

Vera Mihaylova
“I am for the first time at the Opera and today I am happy that after such a spectacle, I have already great desire to visit your performances more often! All my friends, who are here now, around me, felt great joy with the meeting with this musical and still from now we are going to recommend it to our relatives and friends!”

Dobromir Tomov
“It was very pleasant for me to see in this production possibly most sympathetic references to the film “My Father the Painter”, but on the stage everything seemed to me even more interesting and conquering! Congratulate all participants for this wonderful premiere! It is one more bright beam in our darkened so far conscience! Bulgaria has shown again that there is what more to give to the world!”  

Milka Tsoneva
“I know, as a younger person, that at the time the film of the same name on BNT became favourite for many people from that generation. With this musical the Opera now reminds us of the unforgettable personification of Kosta Tsonev in the role of the Father! But we can frankly say that Kalin Vrachanski’s performance of today was also so fascinating with his style and nature, with the atmosphere, which he created with his character! As a whole, everybody was perfect in their roles and this is why the applauses at the end were a deserved honour to the work and the gift of the talented artists and musicians!
I would like to congratulate all the young artists, who we saw today on the stage! These children managed excellently and proved to be capable and emotional performers! They transferred us into a little bit forgotten world and created a rejoicing mood for us!”

Todor Yankulov, poet and musician
“This premiere of the Sofia Opera too for every one of us was a great feast! I can say one big “Bravo!” to the whole artistic team and to the technical team! I am delighted with what Maestro Plamen Kartaloff has realized! A beautiful vision, very influencing scenes! Not everyone knows how difficult it is one beloved film to be recreated so successfully on the opera stage! All artists and these magnificent children managed to raise the audience on their feet and really deserved these unceasing applauses!”