The performance "Stories from the Opera" for the Birthday of Stara Zagora Opera
News публикувана на: 15.05.2025
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"Stories from the Opera" is the name of the performance with which on May 20 /Tuesday/ at 5.30 pm all the children from Kindergarten №10 "Svetlina" will say aloud "Happy Birthday, Stara Zagora Opera!".
"Stories from the Opera" is specially created to celebrate 100 years of Opera in Stara Zagora. The author of the conceptual script is Uliana Kyoseva, who is a public relations specialist at the Opera. And this time the strong creative tandem Elena Azalova /actress at the State Theatre "Geo Milev"/, Romina Slavova /prima ballerina and choreographer/ and Yoanna Dimitrova, director-inspirer of kindergarten № 10 "Svetlina" create a unique cultural product in which all the pupils of the garden participate.
You will see Elena Azalova in the role of Madame Opera, who celebrates her birthday among notes and composers, but something extraordinary happens... All dances in the performance are staged by Romina Slavova, prima ballerina of the State Opera-Stara Zagora.
Especially for "Stories from the Opera" 180 costumes for the children have been sewn in the company "Bolero Art", the show will have sets from performances of the State Opera-Stara Zagora.
At the end there will be an excerpt from a little-known festive march - Festmarsch, written by Johann Strauss Jr. and dedicated to Bulgaria and Tsar Ferdinand. The music was first heard in Bulgaria on the day of the country's independence - 22 September 1908. It was performed in Tarnovo during the coronation of Ferdinand as King of the Bulgarians in the Church of the Forty Martyrs. It was rediscovered for Stories in Opera by Nikolai Hristov, who is a music teacher at the secondary school №10 "Svetlina". Nikolai Hristov also wrote a Song of the Notes especially for the performance.
"Stories from the Opera" will have for the finale a wonderful performance of the Ballet of the State Opera-Stara Zagora, in its entire composition of bright young talents.
Background instead of Afterword:
Since 2013, State Opera Stara Zagora and Kindergarten №10 "Svetlina" have been implementing the educational program "Viva la Musica", which has no analogue in the country. Children from the kindergarten not only attend performances of the Opera and Ballet, but also get to know the work of the artists, the studios and the technical services of the Opera on a monthly basis. From the very first year of the project, an independent performance was created in which all 200+ children from the kindergarten participate on the Opera House stage.
Joint performances of the Stara Zagora Opera and the Svetlina kindergarten:
2013 - Already in the creation of the performance "Touch", the children got acquainted with the lives of famous composers and their works, and on stage they recreated them in role and in dance. Special costumes and wigs were made for the performance for the little Mozart artists.
2014 - The performance "Tales at the Opera" was realized on the stage of the Opera House. Its main characters were the beautiful Elena and Paris, dancing all the mice, soldiers and other characters from the ballet "The Nutcracker", elves and characters from "The Magic Flute". The host of the show was Miss Note - the actress Elena Azalova.
2016 - A special day in the kindergarten was recreated in the performance "Where Dreams Are Born". The magical words spoken by Pippi Longstocking - "Come on pills wonderful, never to be greased!", made the audience in the packed Opera House turn into children and be transported to the wonderful world of the kids.
2018 - An outstanding creative achievement was the performance "The Flowers of Little Ida" based on the fairy tale of the same name by Hans Christian Andersen, presented on April 2, 2018. The choreography was by the Opera's prima ballerina Romina Slavova. The performance was a great success and received great reviews in the media.
2019 - Performance "The Taste of Time" based on a script and music assembled from BG hits.
2024 - performance "Orenda" together with Children and Youth Folklore Ensemble "Zagorche"
