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Lyrical drama in three acts by Giacomo Puccini
Libretto by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni
(based on Carlo Gozzi's story of the same name)
Directed by Ognyan Draganov and Darin Petkov
Conducted by Vladimir Boshnakov
Set and costumes by Cataline Ionesco Arbore, Vasil Rokomanov and Silva Bachvarova
Choir conductor Mladen Stanev
Artistic lighting Vasko Lisichov /Macedonia/
Plastic design Hze Fu-Chen /Taiwan/,
Turandot /Chinese princess/ - Dragana Radakovic
Altum /Chinese emperor/ - Simeon Simeonov
Timur /dethroned Tatar king/ - Julian Konstantinov
Prince Calaf - Dario di Vietri
Liu /robin/ - Tsvetelina Vassileva
Ping /grand minister/ - Ivan Kabamitov
Pang /grand advisor/ - Georgi Dinev
Pong /grand chief/ - Ivaylo Yovchev
Mandarin - Theodore Petkov
Prince of Persia - Oleksandr Dimitrov
Choir, orchestra of the State Opera-Stara Zagora, puppet artists from the State Puppet Theatre-Stara Zagora, children from the Children's and Youth Opera and Ballet Studio "Daisies" at the State Opera-Stara Zagora and representatives of the Pre-Bulgarian Survival School "Baga-Tur".
The director's decision presents the transformation of Turandot from a child into a woman. The Chinese princess perceives the world around her as in a game with dolls. Suddenly she meets love and this clash with reality makes her existence impossible. In the same way, the human characters in the action have an intriguing dialogue with the puppets - a kind of synthesis of characters, situations, relationships... Thus, the Chinese fairy tale is filled with a lot of plasticity, dance and vivid artistic canvases, in which all the richness of human feelings, virtues and shortcomings come to life through the puppets.
Duration: 2 h 45 min. with two intermissions
Performed in Italian with Bulgarian subtitles
Premiere: 29.03.2018
