27 november 2024 Lavish Operetta Gala "Love, Champagne and Can-Can" On Friday

On November 29 at 7 p.m. in the hall of the State Opera - Burgas, the Burgas audience will be charged with a sparkling mood - like sparkling champagne, whirlwind dances, cheerful music from popular works from the operetta treasury, bright artistic presence, dizzying choreography, brilliant soloists, orchestra, choir, and ballet in the lavish stage production "Love, Champagne, and Can-Can". The rich program of the operetta gala is popular and beloved by a wide audience. It will charge the Opera Hall on Friday with beautiful music and charming performers, combined with a whirlwind ballet and festive mood. The impressive concert spectacle, presented by the soloists, orchestra, choir, and ballet of the Burgas Opera, will unfold its full brilliance under the baton of conductor Deyan Pavlov /guest/, who is well known to the Burgas audience. Recently, maestro Pavlov, professor at the National Academy of Music "Prof. Pancho Vladigerov” – Sofia, conducted the operetta gala at the Artium Center – Nessebar to a full house, and before that, in October – the Symphonic Concert, which opened the new Season 2024/2025 of the State Opera – Burgas, with guest soloists – distinguished musicians from Japan, after which he was behind the conductor’s podium at the first concert in the “Bulgarian Basses” series, dedicated to the 110th anniversary of the birth of the world bass Boris Hristov.

In the rich concert program of “Love, Champagne and Can-Can”, the wonderful soloists of the Burgas Opera will show the best of their artistic abilities: sopranos Lyudmila Mihaylova, Maria Tsvetkova-Madzharova, Nona Krastnikova and Shmilena Sultanova, tenor Yani Nikolov, baritone Yordan Hristozov and bass Delyan Slavov. The concertmaster of the orchestra will be Hristo Belchev, and the conductor of the choir – Alexander Chepanov, the choreography of the ballet is by Marina Zmeeva-Markova.

The lavish operetta gala “Love, Champagne and Can-Can” includes works representing the best operetta works and musicals. On the stage of the Opera on November 29, the following will be performed: arias, duets, and ensemble from "The Czardas Queen" by Imre Kalman, arias, duets, and ensemble from "The Merry Widow", an aria from "Judith" from the operetta of the same name by Franz Lehár, arias and ensemble from "The Bat" by Johann Strauss-son, arias from "Countess Maritza" by Imre Kalman, ballet performances from "Orpheus from Hell" by Offenbach, "The Bat" by Strauss-son, songs from the musicals "My Fair Lady" by Frederick Law, "Fiddler on the Roof" by Jerry Bock, "The Land of Smiles" and others.

Before the concert in Burgas, the operetta gala "Love, Champagne and Can-Can" will also be presented on November 28 at 7 p.m. on the stage of the Youth Center - Shumen. During the summer, the operetta gala was successfully presented on the Vratsa, Pomorie, Sozopol, Balchik, and Tsarevo stages.