Name: The Hermit of Rila
Start: 2023-05-10T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-05-23T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Sofia Opera

Organization

Sofia Opera & Ballet

Conductor

Ognyan Dobrinov Kazandzhiev

Stage director

Plamen Kartalov

Vera Petrova

Set designer

Nela Stoyanova

Costume designer

Marta Mironska

Lighting designer

Emil Dinkov

Chorus master

Violeta Dimitrova

Répétiteur

Igor Bogdanov

Zhorzh Dimitrov

Stoyan Martinov

Svetoslav Lazarov

Svetlana Ananievska-Yankulova

Sound designer

Plamen Yordanov

Consultant

Pavel Pavlov

Ivan Zhelev

Dimitar Kostantsaliev

Stage Manager

Stefka Georgieva

Radostina Koycheva

Teodor Georgiev

Translator

Irina Sahatchieva

Julia Krasteva

Niya Nedkova

Singer

Irinei Konstantinov

The Hermit of Rila

Atanas Mladenov

The Hermit of Rila - Junior

Angel Hristov

Tsar Peter

Ivan Radev

Luka - Nephew of the Rila Hermit

Dimitar Stanchev

A voice from Heavens

Nikolay Petrov

Father Auxentius

Veselin Mihailov

The brother of the Rila Hermit

Stefan Vladimirov

Prayer voice from the People

Todor Kotopanov

A Warrior of the Royal Retinue

Velislav Ninov

A Royal Messenger

Bulgarian

Sofia

Bulgaria

Sofia Opera

Main Hall

The Hermit of Rila Kiril Popov

Public

English

Approved

The events took place at the end of the 9th and the first half of the 10th century in the central Sredets region of the then Bulgarian kingdom. As a historical time, this was the golden age of Bulgaria, during the rule of the kings St. Boris-Michael, Simeon the Great and St. Peter. Churches and monasteries were built all over the Bulgarian land, and the Orthodox Christian faith flourished. It was an age of both great spiritual conquests and resounding victories. All this is in complete contrast to the categorical refusal of the young and wonderful John from everything earthly. After the death of his parents, he gave away his property to the needy and left the “false world”, in which the first divisions and struggles for supremacy had already begun. The geographical area of the life and exploits of St. John includes the Osogovo Mountain, the Struma River, Vitosha and the Rila Desert.

The performance is dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the restoration of the Bulgarian Patriarchate.

Спектакълът се посвещава на 70-годишнината от възстановяването на Българската патриаршия.

Рилският пустинник
Музикална поема в две действия и десет картини

„Всички велегласно ти пеем: радвай се, преподобни отче наш Йоане!“

През 1937 г. българският общественик, писател, поет и етнограф Тихомир Павлов (1880-1937) създава и издава последната си поетична творба „Рилският пустинник“, според житието на всебългарския светец преподобни Йоан Рилски Чудотворец. За съжаление, тази уникална поема остава в забвение, докато през 2022 г. нашият съвременен свещенослужител, композитор, диригент и педагог отец Кирил Попов (р. 1955г.) я намира в своя личен архив и получава музикално вдъхновение.

Нека достойно да възпеем великия Рилски пустиножител и да знаем, че той винаги бди над нас и е наш молитвен ходатай пред Бога.

български

The Hermit of Rila by Popov, K., Wed 10 May 2023, From (2023/2023), Directed by Plamen Kartalov, Vera Petrova,, Conductor Ognyan Dobrinov Kazandzhiev, Sofia Opera, Sofia, Bulgaria

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