12 july 2024 A Large-Scale Performance Of "Corsair" Awaits Ballet Fans
A performance of the latest title of the ballet troupe of the Burgas Opera - "Corsair", whose brilliant premiere was on June 8 of this year in the Opera hall, will be presented on July 15, Monday, at 8:30 p.m. on the stage of The Summer Theater in Primorsky Park. The performance is the third in the program of the Burgas Music Festival "Emil Chakarov", carried out for the seventeenth time in a row by the State Opera - Burgas and the Municipality of Burgas. The ballet is set to music by Adolphe Adam, César Puni, Leo Delibe, Riccardo Drigo, and Piotr Oldenburgski, the choreography is by Marius Petipa, Joseph Mazile, Konstantin Sergeev, the libretto is by Jules-Henri Vernois de Saint-Georges, based on the poem "The Corsair " by George Byron.
The large-scale production will offer a real stage spectacle – both in terms of scenography and costumes, as well as direction and artistic presence. The audience will be drawn into the dizzying plot with exotic elements in which love, jealousy, and insidious plans for revenge are woven, and above all the apotheosis of true feelings is asserted, having passed through insidious undercurrents and reefs, unfurling its sails boldly to lead the ship of love on the high seas - where happiness is visible on the horizon. On June 8, an emotional ballet celebration was created with the premiere of "Corsair" - colored by strong emotions, shared by performers, creators who created the splendor of the stage, the audience, and all the professionals who worked for, who were fully committed to the process of the birth of the new title in the repertoire of the Burgas Opera.
The choreography and direction of "Corsair" are by Galina Kalcheva. The long-time prima ballerina of the Burgas Opera already has other titles in her portfolio as a director - "Don Quixote", "Giselle", "Pahita" and "The Badly Protected Girl", which were presented with great success and high audience interest in the last three years at Burgas stage, contain original elements and a staging approach, combines the canons of classical ballet with the innovative scenographic solutions of Ivan Tokadzhiev, in which scenery overflowing with multimedia effects was woven in. The premiere title proved that there are no barriers in the field of stage art innovative searches and original solutions. The costumes, wigs, make-up, and props are fabulous and thematic, made in the spirit of the Orient, whose color palette, saturated with bright colors, aromas, sounds, and atmosphere, was recreated - like a living picture from the Sultan's palaces.
The choreographers Galina Kalcheva and Marina Zmeeva-Markova are tutors of the ballet ensemble. The assistant director of the production is Petar Tiholov. Corsair's solo line-up is top-notch. Flawless, inspired, and extremely dedicated to recreating the images are all the many participants on the stage who told the wonderful story of love, betrayal, revenge, and exotic experiences - like changing frames from an adventure movie - with a pirate ship, a slave market, a nobleman's chambers, enchanted gardens in his dream, in which beautiful concubines dance. On July 15, the brilliant soloists will once again appear on the stage of the Summer Theater: the prima ballerina Daniela Turtumanova-Stoyanova - as the beloved of the pirate Konrad, who was confident, charming with finesse and ethereal movements, representing her gentle essence; dignified; inspiring respect premier-soloist of the Sofia Opera and Ballet and the Burgas Opera Emil Yordanov - in the image of the robber Konrad, who knows how to love gently and punishes treachery harshly; a whirlwind role for the soloist of the ballet company Kiril Filipov - in the complex image of Birbanto, as often happens in life - insidiousness under the guise of friendship; a magnificent Daniel Tichkov, premier ballet dancer, as Konrad's faithful servant; ethereal, beautiful and technically flawless Laia Ramon – as Gulnara, Medora's friend; traditionally confident, artistic and charismatic Teodor Tsakov, soloist of the ballet troupe - in the image of the cunning Isak Linkedem, a slave trader; extremely funny Yordan Hristozov, soloist of the opera troupe, in the unusual role of the characteristic role of a lustful nobleman – Said Pasha; temperamental, feminine and charming Natalie Ivanova, soloist of the ballet - as Zyulma, in an impressive stage tandem with Kiril Filipov; magical odalisques, as if they came out of Scheherazade's fairy tales: Ilina Konstantinova, Rafaela-Maria Kül and Yana Berduta /troupe soloist/; memorable Haru Nakagawa - in the comic image of Said Pasha's Secretary, who takes care of order in his harem. Temperamentally attractive pirates will be: Francesco Russo, Shun Kalahune, Kircho Zhelyazkov, and Stoyan Furtunov.
All the artists will be wonderful again on the stage of the Summer Theater on July 15 - both in the large-scale ensembles, and in the attractive scenes of the square with the slave market, the wonderful oriental palace, and in the open sea, when a storm knocks down the sails, but Fate is kind to the lovers and rescues them on the shore of their shared happiness... The show also features the wonderful graduates of NUMSI "Prof. Pancho Vladigerov", who distinguished themselves at the premiere with their responsible attitude, talent, and grace, as well as the artists from the choir of Burgas opera - for the beautifully executed artistic tasks in the large-scale picture of the performance.
Another performance of the "Corsair" ballet is coming up on the stage of the Burgas Summer Theater - on August 26, also within the framework of the Burgas Music Festival "Emil Chakerov" 2024.
Welcome to the new title in the rich repertoire of the Burgas Opera! At the premiere performance, the sails of the wonderful production were boldly opened, we wish for a clear horizon and full forward in the open sea of valuable art!