23 june 2023 Marta Petkova Аnd Emil Yordanov-А Мagnificent Тandem In Giselle
The fourth event of the summer calendar of the Burgas Music Festivals "Emil Chakarov" 2023, successfully realized for the sixteenth year in a row by the State Opera - Burgas and the Municipality of Burgas is the ballet classic "Giselle". Adolf Adam's musical masterpiece is not accidentally recognized as the most romantic ballet. It is dedicated to the purity of spontaneously generated feelings, their fateful power, and the victory of love - as life's meaning and stimulus, over the world of shadows. After nearly a year's absence from the Burgas Opera's bill, on the stage of the Summer Theater in Burgas - Tuesday, June 27, at 8:30 p.m., the exciting reading of the beautiful love story - directed by Galina Kalcheva - will be presented again. The production of "Giselle" with emotional depth, a sense of detail characteristic of the era, and the messages of the work.
The choreography of the ballet in two acts "Giselle" is by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrault, and Marius Petipa /edited by Leonid Lavrovsky/. The designer of the set is the outstanding Bulgarian master in the field of scenographic art, Ivan Tokadzhiev, who recently created the impressive scenography of the premiere production of the ballet "The Badly Protected Girl" on the Burgas stage, also a production by Galina Kalcheva. Anna-Maria Tokadzhieva is the artist of exquisite costumes, tailored to the style of the production.
The image of the tender girl Giselle with a tragic fate, who through the power of her love manages to save her lover from the destructive world of shadows, will be presented - in all its splendor and depth, by the prima ballerina of the Sofia Opera and Ballet and artistic director of the ballet troupe to the National Cultural Institute - Marta Petkova. The graceful prima is a frequent guest on the Burgas stage and is always greeted extremely warmly by the public, who appreciate her unadulterated air, technical perfection, and innate class. Connoisseurs of ballet art remember her stunning performance as Kitri in "Don Quixote", directed by Galina Kalcherva - at the official opening of the Burgas Music Festival "Emil Chakerov" - on June 7, 2022, also on the stage of the Summer Theater. again in partnership with Emil Yordanov.
Marta Petkova will be in two other, no less prestigious, roles - as a member of the international jury of the First International Ballet Competition "Sara-Nora Prima" / July 4-9, Hall of the State Opera - Burgas, and as a mentor in The Ballet Academy "Sara-Nora Prima" /July 1-9, also in the building of the Burgas Cultural Institute/.
On the open stage in Primorsky Park in Burgas on Tuesday, in partnership with Marta Petkova, the premier ballet dancer of the Sofia Opera and Ballet and State Opera - Burgas, Emil Yordanov, will appear in the role of Albert - a prince disguised as an ordinary country boy. The premier ballet dancer builds the image with a remarkable depth of psychological treatment, backed up by impressive technique and charismatic stage presence.
The young ballerina, winner of a number of prestigious international and national awards - Emona Georgieva, who made her memorable debut in the role of the play in August 2022, also on the stage of the Summer Theater - enters the image of Mirta, the leader of the villises. Burgas. According to Slavic mythology, vilises are fairy-tale creatures – spirits of maidens who left earthly life before settling down. The young incorruptible creatures in life have not satisfied their desire to dance, so they do not find peace in the grave, and at night from their graves, they gather in groups by the highways and wait for passers-by, enthralling them in ceaseless dances, until the innocent victims fall dead from exhaustion.
The image of the forester Hans, who is hopelessly in love with Giselle, will be presented by the soloist of the ballet company of the Burgas Opera Theodor Tsakov, who recently played a remarkable role as Mama Simone in the premiere of the comic ballet "The Badly Protected Girl". Anelia Ivanova will play the role of Bathilda, Petar Tiholov, who is also the assistant director of the production, will play the Duke, Sofia Lovdzhieva will play Bertha, and Svetlan Nikolov will play Wilfred. A pair of Villis will be Yana Berduta and Daniela Turtumanova-Stoyanova. Daniela Turtumanov-Stoyanova and Kiril Filipov will dance in the attractive rural Pad de deux. On the stage of the Summer Theater, decorated with a fairy-tale decor, on Tuesday, Giselle's friends, Yana Berduta, Natalie Ivanova, Ilina Konstantinova, Iva Kavrkova, Rafaela-Maria Kühl, Nanako Sato appear.
Artists from the ballet ensemble of the State Opera - Burgas also take part in the large-scale enchanting ballet performance, each of them - an integral part of the overall beauty and emotional messages of the romantic work: In the ballet extravaganza, students from NUMSI "Prof. Pancho Vladigerov" - Burgas and Children's Ballet Theater "Kapka".
Tickets - at the box office of the Opera House, the "Chasovnika" box office /opens on Saturdays as well/, on the spot - at the box office of the Summer Theater, after 6:30 p.m. - before the performance, as well as on the Grabo networks - g/bg/bileti/drzhavna-opera-burgas-leten-teatr-burgas-1352366/performance.htm
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