NATIONAL OPERA THEATRE IN SOFIA

Bulgaria is very famous with its beautiful operatic voices. Every lover of the operatic art is familiar with two of the greatest soprano voices of 20th century Gena Dimitrova and Rayna Kabaivanska or the great bass singers Boris Hristov, Nikola Gyuzelev and Nikolay Gyaurov proclaimed for the best bass singer on the planet. The National Opera Theater in Sofia was and still is the place where all our great artists begun their headlong climb to the top. The National Opera is making performances on a very high level with the participation of talented artists like Kaludi Kaludov, Mariana Zvetkova, Elena Baramova, Michael Poulieff, who are occupied mostly with international performances and have extremely busy schedule but still find some time to please their Bulgarian fans too.

PROGRAM


DECEMBER 2014

• 11, Thursday - Samson et Dalila - Camille Saint-Saens – 19:00 h

• 12, Friday - Samson et Dalila - Camille Saint-Saens – 19:00 h

• 13, Saturday - Samson et Dalila - Camille Saint-Saens - 19:00 h

• 14, Sunday - Samson et Dalila - Camille Saint-Saens - 16:00 h

• 19, Friday - Samson et Dalila - Camille Saint-Saens – 19:00 h

• 20, Saturday - Samson et Dalila - Camille Saint-Saens – 19:00 h

• 21, Sunday - Samson et Dalila - Camille Saint-Saens - 16:00 h

• 26, Friday - The Nutcracker (ballet) - music by P. Tchaikovsky - 17:00 h

• 27, Saturday - The Nutcracker (ballet) - music by P. Tchaikovsky - 19:00 h

• 28, Sunday - The Nutcracker (ballet) - music by P. Tchaikovsky - 16:00 h

• 31, Wednesday - New Year gala concert - 18:00 h

JANUARY 2015

• 11, Sunday - Tosca - Giacomo Puccini – 19:00 h

• 15, Thursday - Turandot - Giacomo Puccini – 19:00 h

• 16, Friday - Turandot - Giacomo Puccini – 19:00 h

• 17, Saturday - Prince Igor - Alexander Borodin - 19:00 h

• 18, Sunday - Prince Igor - Alexander Borodin - 16:00 h

• 22, Thursday - Rigoletto - Giuseppe Verdi - 19:00 h

• 23, Friday - Rigoletto - Giuseppe Verdi - 19:00 h

• 24, Saturday - Don Quixote (ballet) - music by Ludwig Minkus - 19:00 h

• 25, Sunday - Giselle (ballet) - Adolphe Adam - 19:00 h

• 28, Wednesday - Un ballo in maschera - Giuseppe Verdi - 19:00 h

• 30, Friday -La Bayadere (ballet) - music by Ludwig Minkus - 19:00 h

• 31, Saturday - La Bayadere (ballet) - music by Ludwig Minkus - 19:00 h

FEBRUARY 2015

• 1, Sunday - Don Carlos - Giuseppe Verdi – 19:00 h

• 4, Wednesday - Tosca - Giacomo Puccini – 19:00 h

• 5, Thursday - Tosca - Giacomo Puccini – 19:00 h

• 7, Saturday - Swan lake (ballet) - music by Peter Tchaykovsky - 19:00 h

• 8, Sunday - Swan lake (ballet) - music by Peter Tchaykovsky – 19:00 h

• 26, Thursday - Tristan und Isolde - Richard Wagner – 18:00 h

MARCH 2015

• 1, Sunday - Tristan und Isolde - Richard Wagner - 16:00 h

• 5, Thursday - Tristan und Isolde - Richard Wagner - 18:00 h

• 8, Sunday -Tristan und Isolde - Richard Wagner - 16:00 h

11, Wednesday - Tristan und Isolde - Richard Wagner - 18:00 h

• 14, Saturday - Copelia (balet) - music by Leo Delibes - 19:00 h

• 15, Sunday - L'elisir d'amore - Gaetano Donizetti - 19:00 h

• 18, Wednesday - Swan lake (ballet) - music by P.I. Tschaykovski - 19:00 h

• 19, Thursday - Swan lake (ballet) - music by P.I. Tschaykovski - 19:00 h

• 21, Saturday - Turandot - Giacomo Puccini - 19:00 h

• 22, Sunday - Turandot - Giacomo Puccini - 19:00 h

• 25, Wednesday - Gianni Schicchi - Giacomo Puccini - 19:00 h

• 26, Thursday - Gianni Schicchi - Giacomo Puccini - 19:00 h

• 28, Saturday - Carmen (ballet) - music by Georges Bizet - 19:00 h

• 29, Sunday - Carmen (ballet) - music by Georges Bizet - 19:00 h

APRIL 2015

• 1, Wednesday - La Cenerentola - Gioachino Rossini - 19:00h

• 3, Friday - Fidelio - Ludwig van Beethoven – 19:00 h

• 4, Saturday - Sleeping beauty (ballet) - music by P.I. Tschaykovsky – 19:00 h

• 5, Sunday - Sleeping beauty (ballet) - music by P.I. Tschaykovsky – 16:00 h

• 7, Tuesday - Concert of national school of dance - 19:00 h

• 8, Wednesday - Zorba the greek (ballet) - music by Mikis Theodorakis - 19:00 h

• 9, Thursday - Requiem - Giuseppe Verdi - 19:00 h

• 17, Friday - La Sylphide (ballet) - music by Herman Severin Løvenskiold - 19:00 h

• 18, Saturday - Don Carlos - Giuseppe Verdi - 19:00 h

• 19, Sunday - La Sylphide (ballet) - music by Herman Severin Løvenskiold - 19:00 h

• 23, Thursday - Tosca - Giacomo Puccini - 19:00 h

• 24, Friday - Tosca - Giacomo Puccini - 19:00 h

• 26, Sunday - Coppelia (ballet) - music by Leo Delibes - 16:00 h

• 29, Wednesday - Coppelia (ballet) - music by Leo Delibes - 19:00 h

MAY 2015

• 8, Friday - Aida - Giuseppe Verdi - 19:00 h

• 9, Saturday - Aida - Giuseppe Verdi - 19:00 h

• 4, Sunday - Aida - Giuseppe Verdi - 16:00 h

• 12, Tuesday - Zorba the greek (ballet) - music by Mikis Theodorakis - 19:00 h

• 14, Thursday - Don Quixote (ballet) - music by Ludwig Minkus - 19:00 h

• 28, Thursday - Les Pecheurs des perles - Georges Bizet - 19:00 h

• 29, Friday - Les Pecheurs des perles - Georges Bizet - 19:00 h

• 30, Saturday - Les Pecheurs des perles - Georges Bizet - 19:00 h

JUNE 2015

• 5, Friday - Prince Igor - Alexander Borodin – 19:00 h

• 7, Sunday - Turandot - Giacomo Puccini - 16:00 h

• 12, Friday - La Cenerentola - Goachino Rossini - 20:00 h

• 13, Saturday - La Cenerentola - Goachino Rossini - 20:00 h

• 14, Saturday - La Cenerentola - Goachino Rossini - 20:00 h

• 20, Saturday - Carmen (ballet) - music by Georges Bizet - 20:00 h

• 21, Sunday - Giselle (ballet) - music by Adolf Adam - 20:00 h

• 26, Friday - Carmen (ballet) - music by Georges Bizet - 20:00 h

• 27, Saturday - Giselle (ballet) - music by Adolf Adam - 20:00 h

• 28, Sunday - Zorba the Greek (ballet) - music by Ludwig Minkus - 20:00 h

JULY 2015

• 2, Thursday - Carmen (ballet) - music by Georges Bizet - 20:00 h

• 3, Friday - Zorba the Greek (ballet) - music by Mikis Theodorakis - 20:00 h

• 4, Saturday - Das Rheingold - Richard Wagner - 18:00 h

• 5, Sunday - Die Walkure - Richard Wagner - 18:00 h

• 7, Tuesday - Siegfried - Richard Wagner - 18:00 h

• 9, Thursday - Gotterdammerung - Richard Wagner - 18:00 h