22 june 2020 Exciting Оpera "Prayer" Аt Тhe Expo Center "Flora"
On Friday night / June 19 / at the Exposition Center "Flora" soloists, choir, violinist and audience were merged in a single emotional wave - in the opera concert "Prayer - Faith, Hope, Love". The most important thing in the essence of art - causing excitement and causing resonance in human sensitivity, happened. Musical beauty, aesthetics, the impactful power of emotion caused by the interaction between singers and people who have come to experience the purifying beauty of music - transforming the pain and accumulated tension in the days of ordeal we experience.
Wonderful, strong, memorable performance of the soloists of the State Opera - Burgas - sopranos Lyudmila Mihaylova, Maria Tsvetkova-Madzharova, Nona Krasnikova, mezzo-soprano Joana Kadiyska, tenor Yani Nikolov, baritone Branimir Nedkov, bass Delyan Slavov, Diman Panchev, and Kostadin Mechkov the accompanists Raina Popova and Daria Krasteva, as well as the choristers of the Burgas Opera, with conductor Nevena Mihaylova, who fit excitingly into the general emotional arc. The idea of the choir merging unnoticed with the audience - in the back rows, and singing without being announced in advance was a pleasant and exciting surprise on the concert night - turned out to be a flash mob, a spontaneous performance, and with a stereo effect in the hall of the Flora Expo Center, known for its good acoustic environment. And Hristo Belchev's violin vibrato merged with the message under whose motto the concert passed - a prayer for more beauty, humility, love, and spiritual elevation - for the salvation of our souls ...
A great musical and aesthetic evening happened!
The tearful tears of traitors, of carefully concealed feelings, in the eyes of many presents, were the surest indication that the magic of touching the senses and the spaces of the soul had occurred.
The concert was part of the second thematic cultural and tourist weekend, organized by the Municipality of Burgas, entitled "The scene returns" / June 19-21, 2020 /
The program included:
"Have mercy, God, for my tears!" Aria from "Matheus Passion" - J.S. Bach - performed by Nona Krasnikova - soprano and Hristo Belchev - violin
"She saw her sweet child die, betraying her spirit!"
"Stabat Mater" - Giovanni Battista Pergolesi - performed by Lyudmila Mihaylova - soprano
"Before I leave this city, to you, God, King of Heaven, I entrust my sister, please protect her from any danger" - Valentine's aria from the opera "Faust" by Charles Gounod - performed by Branimir Nedkov - baritone
"Let my tears flow! They are useful, the tears we do not rinse fall into our souls. "- Charlotte's aria from the opera" Werther "by Jules Massenet - performed by Joanna Kadiyska - mezzo-soprano
"Maria Desislava" - Aria from the opera of the same name by Parashkev Hadjiev - performed by Lyudmila Mihaylova - soprano
"Prayer of Zacharias" / high priest of the Jews / from the opera "Nabucco" by Giuseppe Verdi - performed by Diman Panchev - bass
"My soul flies to the sky" - an aria by Fenena / daughter of Nabucco / from the opera "Nabucco" by Giuseppe Verdi - performed by Joanna Kadiyska - mezzo-soprano
"Pour grace to her from the angels, Virgin Mary, pray for me." - Aria by Fiesco from the opera "Simone Bocanegra" by Giuseppe Verdi - performed by Kostadin Mechkov - bass
"Virgin Mary, pray for sinners, for those who are innocent, for the weak and oppressed, for the strong… show your mercy" - Desdemona's aria from the opera "Othello" by Giuseppe Verdi - performed by Maria Tsvetkova-Madzharova - soprano
"Call me with the blessed, please…" - "Requiem" by Giuseppe Verdi - performed by Delyan Slavov - bass
"Have mercy on us, God, compassionate Jesus, give us peace!" - Lacrimosa from "Requiem" by Giuseppe Verdi - performed by Maria Tsvetkova-Madzharova - soprano, Joanna Kadiyska - mezzo-soprano, Yani Nikolov - tenor, Delyan Slavov - bass, choir State Opera - Burgas
"Be careful how you walk, son…, let's get out of this darkness…" - Aria of Banko from the opera "Macbeth" by Giuseppe Verdi - performed by Kostadin Mechkov - bass
"I flew to God alone on gloomy days, I shared the deep impulses of my heart in prayer" - "Elsa's Dream" from Richard Wagner's opera "Lohengrin" - performed by Nona Krasnikova - soprano
"I want to find peace, to forget everything, but to fight is in vain, I still see in front of me her beautiful face ..." - "Federico's Cry" from the opera "The Arlesian" by Francesco Chilea - performed by Yani Nikolov - tenor.
"We will all be happy, only love can solve the worries of the day" - Finale of the opera "The Wedding of Figaro" by W.A. Mozart - with the participation of all soloists participating in the concert.
Photos: State Opera Burgas