17 august 2023 "Swan Lake" With A Brilliant Cast On Monday

The performance of the "Ballet of Ballets" based on the immortal music of P. I. Tchaikovsky - "Swan Lake" will bring an expected dose of aesthetic delight to fans of fine art on August 21, Monday, at 8:30 p.m. on the stage of the Summer Theater in Burgas. The event is another of the Burgas Music Festivals "Emil Chakarov" 2023, organized for the sixteenth time in a row by the State Opera - Burgas and the Municipality of Burgas. The remarkable performance, bearer of the best of the classical ballet traditions - staged, directed, and choreographed by Prof. Hikmet Mehmedov /after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov/, was presented on August 13, 2020, also in the Summer Theater, when his 70th anniversary. The following year, "Swan Lake" was also presented with great success on the open stage in Primorsky Park. After a two-year absence from the poster of the Burgas Opera House, the most famous ballet of all time is back and will surely arouse the well-deserved interest of the fine art lovers from Burgas and the guests of the city.

Prof. Mehmedov's production bears the characteristics of an aesthetic product of the highest quality – large-scale, intelligently presented, padded with psychological depth, with implicit philosophical interpretations, and brilliantly developed directorial ideas. It is an indisputable fact that the presence of "Swan Lake" in the creative poster is an attestation of the level of any ballet company.

The tutor of the ballet ensemble is Galina Kalcheva, a long-time prima ballerina of the Burgas Opera, who manages to maintain high levels of emotional level, motivation, and professionalism in the artists, Petar Tiholov is the assistant director. The exquisite costumes are the result of the creative scope of the late Tsvetanka Petkova-Stoynova, who took care of the manual attachment of each one of the "Swarovski" stones to the aesthetically pleasing stage costumes of the ballet dancers. The impressive scenography, transporting the audience to the lavish royal court and the mystical scenes by the lake, is the work of the acclaimed master of scenography Ivan Tokadzhiev. It is no coincidence that Prof. Mehmedov's "Swan Lake" is considered the most beautiful production of the immortal ballet classic on the native stage. The main color of the decor is blue - in different shades. In some of the scenes, multimedia is also used, which is an additional emotional and meaningful element of the overall suggestion.

Along with the characters of the White and the Black Swan /Odette and Odile/, in which the wonderful prima ballerina of the Sofia Opera and Ballet Boryana Petrova enters, the image of Prince Siegfried, who falls fatally in love with Odette, noticing her in the shore of the lake, comes to life - in the image the brilliant premier-ballets of the National Opera Theater and the Burgas Opera Emil Yordanov enters.

The soloist of the State Opera - Ruse Tiago Victor Santana from Brazil enters the characteristic role - ultra-dynamic and emotional. The young ballet dancer became the winner of the third prize of the First International Ballet Competition "Sara-Nora Prima", which was held from July 1 to 9 in the building of the State Opera - Burgas. He also received an award for a tour at the National Theater in Belgrade, Serbia, and the director of the Burgas Opera - Prof. Dr. Alexander Tekeliev, awarded him with a tour in a production of the seaside cultural institute. It is his upcoming participation in "Swan Lake" that is his well-deserved recognition.

The image of the evil sorcerer Rothbart, who cursed Odette and her friends with a cruel punishment to turn into noble and beautiful birds during the day, and only after sunset do they take human form again, is presented by the soloist of the ballet troupe at the Burgas State Opera Theodor Tsakov. The role of the Queen, the mother of Siegfried, will be performed by Elena Georgieva, who presents the image with its characteristic dignity. Svetlan Nikolov plays the guardian Wolfgang.

The soloists also take part in the large-scale performance: Anelia Ivanova and Hristo Dobrev - guest. In Waltz in act I: Natalie Ivanova, Francesco Pio Russo, Yana Berduta, Kiril Filipov, Daniela Turtumanova-Stoyanova, Stoyan Furtunov take part. Little swans will be Kalina Nedelcheva, Iva Kavrkova, Rafaela-Maria Kül, and Nanako Sato. Big swans – Daniela Turtumanova-Stoyanova, Yana Berduta, Natalie Ivanova and Ilina Konstantinova. In Spanish dance, the audience at the Summer Theater will see Emona Georgieva and Kiril Filipov, in Neapolitan dance - Natalie Ivanova and Hristo Dobrev, in Hungarian dance - Anelia Ivanova, Laya Ramon, Francesco Pio Russo, and Stoyan Furtunov. Brides will be: Daniela Turtumanova-Stoyanova, Yana Berduta, Rafaela-Maria Kül and Ilina Konstantinova.

The actors from the ensemble of the ballet troupe of the State Opera - Burgas also take part in the impressive ballet performance, who build the large-scale common scenes with professional flair and enviable synchronicity. All the artists will tell on August 21 – through the means of exquisite ballet art, the exciting tale of the power of true love, overcoming obstacles, temptations, trials, and pain.

Tchaikovsky's immortal classic in four acts, Swan Lake, is considered a must-see at least once in a lifetime. The fairy-tale plot, exciting music, and stunning costumes manage to keep the attention of even the youngest viewers - the performance is extremely warmly received by the audience in the widest age range. As the ballet piece has been reworked over the years, the ending has been performed differently, with either a happy or dramatic denouement. In one version, the lake swallows the lovers on their way to the afterlife, and in the second, the ending is happy - Siegfried defeats the evil sorcerer and frees his beloved Odette from the spell. In Prof. Mehmedov's interpretation, the radiant forces of Good are fundamental...