19:00
The Square in front

of the Pravets Municipality

Brass Orchestra – Veliko Tarnovo

Conductor
Vladimir Boshnakov

DIE ZAUBERFLOTE
opera by W.A. Mozart

20:00
Community Center “Zarya 1895” Stage

Guest-performing for the first time

in Bulgaria, Lindauer Marionetten Oper – Lindau, Germany

OFFICIAL OPENING

Director and Dramaturg
Ralf Hechelmann

Puppets
Bernhard Leismüller

Puppet Heads
Sebastian Demmel

Costumes
Bernhard Leismüller

Scenography
Bettina Hummitzsch

DIE ZAUBERFLOTE
opera by W.A. Mozart

15:00
Community Center “Zarya 1895” Stage

 Lindauer Marionetten Oper – Lindau, Germany

Director and Dramaturg
Ralf Hechelmann

Puppets
Bernhard Leismüller

Puppet Heads
Sebastian Demmel

Costumes
Bernhard Leismüller

Scenography
Bettina Hummitzsch

21:00
Stage by the Lake

160 years since the birth
of Giacomo Puccini

CO-PRODUCTION OF THE
STARA ZAGORA STATE OPERA AND
THE STARA ZAGORA
STATE PUPPET THEATER

Directors
Ognyan Draganov, Darin Petkov

Conductor
Vladimir Boshnakov

Scenography and Costumes
Catalin Ionescu-Arbore /Rumania/,
Vasil Rokomanov and
Silva Bachvarova

Lighting Design
Vasko Lisicov /Macedonia/

Plasticity
Hsieh Fu-Chien /Taiwan/

Choirmaster
Mladen Stanev

Soloists Dragana Radakovic /Serbia/,
Dario Di Vietri /Italy/,
Zvetelina Vassileva,
Yulian Konstantinov, Teodor Petkov,
Georgi Dinev, Ivaylo Yovchev
and others

With the participation of Children and
Adolescents’ Studio for Opera and Ballet“Margaritki”

Actors from the
Stara Zagora State Puppet Theater:
Bilyana Raynova, Denitsa Yanakieva, Dilyana Spasova, Elitsa Stoyanova,
Latina Berovska, Tanya Georgieva, Tatyana Andreeva, Kaloyan Georgiev,
Kiril Antonov, Lyuben Chanev,
Stanislav Matev, Tsveti Penyashki,
Yancho Ivanov

Proto-Bulgarian Survival School
“Baga-Tur”

Soloists, Orchestra and Choir of the
Stara Zagora State Opera

11:00
“Pravets” Hall –

Riu Pravets Resort Hotel

Lindauer Marionetten Oper – Lindau, Germany

SWAN LAKE
a ballet by P.I. Tchaikovsky

15:00
Community Center “Zarya 1895” Stage

To the choreography by Marius Petipa

Choreographer, Coach
Jutta Mähr

Puppets
Bernhard Leismüller
Bernhard Morgenstern

Puppet Heads
Sebastian Demmel

Costumes
Bernhard Leismüller
Amand Pérez

Scenography
Bettina Hummitzsch

21:00
Stage by the Lake

200 years since the birth

of Charles Gounod

Director
Boyan Kracholov

Choreography
Filip Milanov

Costume Designer
Salvatore Russo /Italy/

Soloists
Ivaylo Mihaylov, Evgeniya Ralcheva,
Ivaylo Dzhurov

Actors
Dimitar Krumov, Ivan Nikolov,
Nadya Keranova

Orchestra, Choir and Ballet
of the Stara Zagora State Opera

IN MEMORY OF THE BULGARIAN
MUSIC GENIUS PANCHO
VLADIGEROV – COMPOSER,
MUSICIAN, CONDUCTOR,
PEDAGOGUE AND SOCIAL ACTIVIST

TO BE LEONARD BERNSTEIN –
100 YEARS SINCE THE BIRTH OF THE
EMINENT AMERICAN CONDUCTOR,
COMPOSER AND PIANIST

120 YEARS SINCE THE BIRTH OF GEORGE GERSHWIN

With the participation of
Teodora Kasmetska-Sorokov violin

Ruzha Semova piano

Aleksandar Vladigerov trumpet

Konstantin Vladigerov piano and clarinet

23:00
"Terra" Hall, Riu Pravets Resort Hotel

Lindauer Marionetten Oper – Lindau, Germany

SWAN LAKE
a ballet by P.I. Tchaikovsky

15:00
Community Center “Zarya 1895” Stage

To the choreography by Marius Petipa

Choreographer, Coach
Jutta Mähr

Puppets
Bernhard Leismüller
Bernhard Morgenstern

Puppet Heads
Sebastian Demmel

Costumes
Bernhard Leismüller
Amand Pérez

Scenography
Bettina Hummitzsch

21:00
Stage by the Lake

Conductor
Ivaylo Krinchev

Director
Ognyan Draganov

Scenography and Costumes
Catalin Ionescu-Arbore /Rumania/

Choirmaster
Mladen Stanev

Kaludi Kaludov - in the role of Canio

Soloists Anna Dytry, Niko Isakov,
Alexander Krunev,
Valeri Turmanov, Georgi Dinev

With the special participation of artists from the troupe of Academic Circus “Balkanski”

Soloists, Choir, Orchestra of the
Stara Zagora State Opera