New Years Gala Concert

PROGRAM OF NEW YEAR'S GALA CONCERT 2022

1. Franz von Suppé: THE LIGHT CAVALRY
Overture
Sofia Opera Orchestra
Conductor Andrey Galanov

2. Pyotr Tchaikovsky: THE QUEEN OF SPADES
Entr'acte and chorus “Radostno, veselo”
Sofia Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Conductor Andrey Galanov

3. Pyotr Tchaikovsky: THE NUTCRACKER
Waltz of the flowers
Nevena Halvadzhieva, Ralitsa Ilieva, Georgi Banchev, Daniel Obreshkov
Pas de deux
Katerina Petrova, Tsetso Ivanov
Sofia Opera Orchestra and Ballet
Conductor Andrey Galanov

4. Ludwig van Beethoven: FIDELIO
“Mir ist so wunderbar” quartet
Gabriela Georgieva, Silvia Teneva, Krasimir Dinev, Svetozar Rangelov
Sofia Opera Orchestra
Conductor Zhorzh Dimitrov

5. Giuseppe Verdi: DON CARLO
Aria of Eboli „Nel giardin del bello“
Violeta Radomirska
Sofia Opera Orchestra
Conductor Zhorzh Dimitrov

6. Giuseppe Verdi: DON CARLO
Duet of Don Carlo and Rodrigo Posa “Dio, che nell'alma infondere”
Martin Iliev, Atanas Mladenov
Sofia Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Conductor Andrey Galanov

7. Adolphe Adam: LE CORSAIRE
Adagio of Conrad and Medora
Emil Yordanov and Boryana Petrova
Sofia Opera Orchestra
Conductor Andrey Galanov

8. Léo Delibes: LAKMÉ
Bell song “Où va la jeune hindoue?”
Yutong Shen
Ballet: Mina Stoyanova, Polina Ivanova, Radul Roglev
Sofia Opera Orchestra
Conductor Zhorzh Dimitrov

9. Francesco Cilea: ADRIANA LECOUVREUR
Aria of Adriana “Io son l'umile ancella”
Fiorenza Cedolins     
Sofia Opera Orchestra
Conductor Igor Bogdanov

10. Arrigo Boito: MEFISTOFELE
Aria до Mefistofele “Son lo spirito che nega semper”
Apostol Milenkov
Sofia Opera Orchestra
Conductor Andrey Galanov

11. Carl Orff: CARMINA BURANA
In taberna quanto sumus
Sofia Opera Orchestra, Chorus, and Ballet
Conductor Igor Bogdanov

12. Charles Gounod: FAUST
Aria of Méphistophélès “Le veau d'or”
Stefan Vladimirov                            
Sofia Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Conductor Igor Bogdanov

13. Giuseppe Verdi: AIDA
Duet of Aida and Amonasro
Gabriela Georgieva and Kiril Manolov
Sofia Opera Orchestra
Conductor Zhorzh Dimitrov

14. Giacomo Puccini: LA BOHÈME
Duet of Rodolfo and Mimì „O soave fanciulla“
David Esteban, Edera Murciano
Sofia Opera Orchestra
Conductor Andrey Galanov

15. Giuseppe Verdi: LA TRAVIATA
"Libiamo ne' lieti calici" (Brindisi) 
Performed by: Edera Murciano, David Esteban, Silvia Teneva, Martin Iliev, Fiorenza Cedolins, Daniel Ostretsov, Stanislava Momekova, Rosen Nenchev, Yutong Shen, Krasimir Dinev, Gabriela Georgieva, Kiril Manolov, Katerina Petrova, Tsetso Ivanov, Boryana Petrova, Emil Yordanov.
Sofia Opera Orchestra, Chorus, and Ballet
Conductor Andrey Galanov

INTERMISSION

1. Aram Khachaturian: MASQUERADE
Waltz
Sofia Opera Orchestra and Ballet
Conductor Andrey Galanov

2. Sergei Rachmaninoff: ALEKO
Cavatina of Aleko “Ves' tabar spit”
Biser Georgiev
Sofia Opera Orchestra
Conductor Andrey Galanov

3. Giuseppe Verdi: ERNANI
Aria of Elvira “Ernani! Ernani, involami”
Radostina Nikolaeva      
Sofia Opera Orchestra
Conductor Andrey Galanov

4. Giuseppe Verdi: ATTILA
Duet of Attila and Ezio “Tardo per gli anni”
Dimitar Stanchev and Ventseslav Anastasov
Sofia Opera Orchestra
Conductor Andrey Galanov

5. Francesco Cilea: ADRIANA LECOUVREUR
Aria of Princess de Bouillon “Acerba voluttà”
Gergana Rusekova
Sofia Opera Orchestra
Conductor Andrey Galanov

6. Fikret Amirov: A THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Ivan Shopov, Maria Yordanova, Ivan Georgiev
Sofia Opera Orchestra and Ballet
Conductor Andrey Galanov

7. Gaetano Donizetti: LA FIGLIA DEL REGGIMENTO
Aria of Tonio "Ah! mes amis"
Demin Ren
Sofia Opera Orchestra
Conductor Zhorzh Dimitrov

8. Emmerich Kálmán: DIE CSÁRDÁSFÜRSTIN
Silva's aria “Heia, heia! In den Bergen ist mein Heimatland!”
Ramona Tullumani
Sofia Opera Orchestra
Conductor Igor Bogdanov

9. Franz Lehár: DAS LAND DES LÄCHELNS
Aria of Sou-Chong “Dein ist mein ganzes Herz”
David Esteban, Ramona Tullumani
Sofia Opera Orchestra
Conductor Igor Bogdanov

10. Luigi Denza – Funiculì, Funiculà
Martin Iliev, Rosen Nenchev, Krasimir Dinev, Daniel Ostretsov, David Esteban
Sofia Opera Orchestra
Conductor Igor Bogdanov

11. Leonard Bernstein: CANDIDE
Aria  of Cunegonde “Glitter and Be Gay“
Diana Vasileva
Sofia Opera Orchestra and Ballet
Conductor Igor Bogdanov

12. Andrew Lloyd Webber: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
Arranged by Rumen Boyadzhiev
Duet of the Phantom and Christine Daaé
Vesela Delcheva, Vladimir Mihaylov
Sofia Opera Orchestra
Conductor Svetoslav Lazarov

13. Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg: LES MISÉRABLES
Prayer of Jean Valjean "Bring Him Home"
Vladimir Mihaylov
Sofia Opera Orchestra
Conductor Igor Bogdanov

14. Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus: MAMMA MIA!
Final song of Sophie "I have a Dream..."  
Performed by: Vesela Delcheva, Kalin Dushkov, Georgi Dzhanov, Plamen Grandjean, Maya Geleva, Marina Dragomiretskaya, Mihaela Simeonova, Adelina Tomova, Anastasia Levordashka, Ana-Maria Krajcheva
Sofia Opera Band and Ballet
Conductor Svetoslav Lazarov

15. Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus: MAMMA MIA!
“MAMMA MIA!”
Performed by: Vesela Delcheva, Kalin Dushkov, Georgi Dzhanov, Plamen Grandjean, Maya Geleva, Marina Dragomiretskaya, Mihaela Simeonova, Adelina Tomova, Anastasia Levordashka, Ana-Maria Krajcheva
Sofia Opera Band and Ballet
Conductor Svetoslav Lazarov

16. Franz von Suppé: THE LIGHT CAVALRY Overture’s coda
Sofia Opera Orchestra
Conductor Andrey Galanov