On the evening of September 13, the National Opera and Ballet of North Macedonia presented "Nabucco" at the Sofia Opera and Ballet. The production is by an Italian team. The director is Renato Bonajuto and conductor is Bisera Chadlovska. North Macedonian President Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova, North Macedonian Minister of Foreign Affairs Timcho Mucunski and Bulgarian and North Macedonian Ministers of Culture Nayden Todorov and Zoran Ljutkov watched the performance.

The North Macedonian guest has supported Maestro Todorov's initiative to organize a joint concert of the Sofia Philharmonic, the Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra and the Philharmonic of North Macedonia. The concert program of the three ensembles will visit consecutively Sofia, Skopje and Thessaloniki.