Often times, when we talk about Bulgaria, the dividing line between "before" and "now" creeps in - in political, social and historical terms. But something in which Bulgaria has been undeniably present without division and periods is the world history of..
The world premiere of the opera “The Borg People” by Austrian composer Helmut Neumann took place on the stage in Veliko Tarnovo. This is the first 12-tone opera written in this harmonic system making it a scientific and musical..
The famed Albanian soprano Ramona Tullumani is one of the artists we are going to ring in 2024 with, at the traditional New Year’s gala concert (29, 30 and 31 December, 2023) at the Sofia Opera, the tickets for which were sold out a month in advance...
Bulgarian opera singer Raina Kabaivanska has received the Italian "Golden Eagle Award" (Aquila d'Oro) . Bulgarian Minister of Culture Krastyu Krastev presented her with the statuette at a solemn ceremony held in the Italian Embassy...
With a quarter of an hour of applause finished the first performance of Richard Wagner's Valkyrie at the Königswinkel Music Festival in Füssen, Germany, near Neuschwanstein Castle by the Sofia National Opera. Sofia National Opera presents..
Every autumn, the world-famous Bulgarian soprano Raina Kabaivanska, who has been living in Italy for years, gathers young opera talents from all over the world in her master class at the New Bulgarian University (NBU) - the first master class in..
Opera diva Sonya Yoncheva is bringing the musical elite to Sofia, for the special season of Intimate Voices , the singer’s team has announced. Every month from October till May, 2024, her production company will present the most exciting..
Opera performances under the open sky will bring joy to music lovers this summer. The fourth edition of the Opera on the Sanctuary Festival will be held from August 5 to 26, on four consecutive Saturday evenings in the setting of the..
Spectacular 3D mapping, beautiful costumes, lots of glamour and divine music. That is how the company of the Konstantin Kisimov music and drama theatre in Veliko Turnovo are presenting the opera Don Giovanni by Mozart, directed by Petko Bonev. The..
Six operas - Wagner’s tetralogy The Ring of the Nibelung, Parsifal, and Tristan and Isolde will be presented, from 8 to 25 July, on the stage of the National Opera under the baton of conductor Constantin Trinks. The operas are..
