Giuseppe Verdi's "Aida", Georges Bizet's "Carmen Suite", PyotrI lyich Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake" and Maurice Ravel's "Bolero" are part of the program of this year's Summer Festival "Opera of the Peaks – Belogradchik Rocks”, which continues until August 15.
This is the sixth edition of the festival, hosted by the town of Belogradchik, famous for its natural phenomenon - The Belogradchik Rocks. "Opera of the Peaks" is one of the avant-garde ideas of Academician Plamen Kartalov, head of the Sofia Opera and Ballet. Some of the remarkable festivals he has organised in Sofia are “Opera in the Square”, “Opera in the Park” and his latest project - "Muses of Water", which has taken place at Lake Pancharevo near Sofia. His innovative stage solutions are often linked to opera performances among beautiful natural scenery.
"It's bitter cold, wood and stone are cracking, we've been with no food for two or three days, yet he sings and is always cheerful! In the evening - before we go to bed - he sings; in the morning, as soon as he opens his eyes, he sings again" - this is..
A concert performance of the stage cantata Carmina Burana by Carl Orff in Sofia has turned into a celebration for music lovers and a testament to the power of music to melt ice in diplomacy. For the first time, three orchestras from three..
Six years ago, on the day of the first day of spring, several Bulgarian women living in Brussels, driven by their love for their native folklore and the strength of their roots, decided to create their own creative corner , where this love would find..
LATIDA is a vocal duo that has recently made a name for itself in the Bulgarian music scene, not only through collaborations on various projects, but..
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