Organization

Singer

Tenor

Peter Kostov

Rodolfo

Georgi Sultanov

Mykhailo Malafii

Soprano

Elena Baramova

Mimi

Emilia Dzurova

Tanya Ivanova

Besa Llugiqi

Desislava Stefanova

Musetta

Elena Petrova

Baritone

Valeri Turmanov

Marcello

Nikolay Dobrev

Russi Nikoff

Kabamitov Ivan

Schaunard

Teodor Petkov

Bass

Ivailo Dzurov

Colline

Plamen Kumpikov

Peter Kunev

Aleksandar Marulev

Benoît

Alcindoro

Kostadin Yakshev

Parpignol

Conductor

Ivailo Krinchev

Stage director

Ognian Draganoff

Set designer

Catalin Ionescu Albore

Costume designer

Zwetanka Stoinova

State Opera Stara Zagora

Others

Choir of the Stara Zagora State Opera

Orchestra

State Opera Stara Zagora Orchestra

Italian

La Bohème

Stara Zagora

Bulgaria

La bohème Puccini

Public

Bulgarian

Approved

Director - Ognyan Draganov, Conductors - Ivaylo Krinchev, Mauro Fabri, Scenography - Katalin Arbore, costumes - Tsvetanka Petkova-Stoynova. Young opera singers who are already successfully building their careers in the country and abroad are cast in the main roles. The premiere /on March 31 and April 3/ and subsequent performances of the opera "Bohemia" will feature the soloists Mykhailo Malafi /Ukraine/, Petar Kostov, Georgi Sultanov, Valery Turmanov, Rusi Nikov, Nikolai Dobrev, Ivan Kabamitov, Teodor Petkov, Ivaylo Dzhurov . State Opera-Stara Zagora.

The agile rhythm and the magnificent harmony in the musical dramaturgy of Puccini are at the basis of the high emotional level of the spectacle.  The dynamic action is supported by the effective scenography and director’s decisions, in which the stage equipment is fully used – a rotating stage, movable and lifting platforms by which the place of the action is changed. The themes of the plot in La Boheme always sound topical. The youthful vitality, the belief in good and the impulse for change live in each new generation. “The world of La Boheme” is a world full of would-be and professional artists, young people – artists and unique individualities. The atmosphere of the action organically contains works by Toulouse-Lautrec and Paul Cezanne, Antoine Blanchard, Edward Cortes, who illustrate Paris at the end of 19th century. “Each picture breathes with a nostalgic spirit. This is a world of extraordinary happiness, where death comes whenever it wants. The power of Puccini is his ability to impress on all to re-live their lives again while sitting in the hall or suffer alone with his music for about two hours….”, shares the artist of the production Catalin Ionescu Arbore.

English

La Bohème by Puccini, From (2017/2017), Directed by Ognian Draganoff,, Conductor Ivailo Krinchev, State Opera Stara Zagora, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria

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