OPERA OPEN 2021

In 2021, the music festival established as one of the most recognizable European open-air music forums will once again offer the audience productions with original and innovative stagings and performances in the fields of music-symphony, opera and dance. The audience will have the opportunity to enjoy the premieres of Tosca with the international production team lead by the director Ursula Horner (Austria); Don Giovanni presented under the mastery of the director Michał Znaniecki (Poland) and the visual decisions of Rafal Olbinski (USA); and the beloved Orf’s Carmina Burana. The festival will present also ballet performances and jazz symphony projects with international soloists.

PROGRAMME OF OPERA OPEN 2021

04.06-05.06 - SPECIAL PREMIERE AND OPENING OF OPERA OPEN 2021 CARMINA BURANA
9 PM, THE BUNARDZHIKA HILL

Conductor: Emil Tabakov; Conductor of choirs: Dragomir Yosifov; Choreographer: Boryana Sechanova; Soloists: Plamena Girginova, Ivo Yordanov, Alexander Baranov; Ballet, Orchestra, and Choir of Plovdiv Opera; Choir at the Children's Academy of Opera Plovdiv with conductor Yana Deliradeva

26.06. - Rossini's Barber of Seville. PREMIERE at the Ancient Theater, 9 pm
Conductor: Pavel Balev; Director: Nina Naidenova; Soloists: Vera Girginova, Svetlana Ivanova, Evgeniy Arabadzhiev, Alexander Nosikov, and others. Orchestra, Choir, and Ballet of Plovdiv Opera.

29.06 and 30.06 - THE POETS AND THE MUSIC - Ancient Theater, 9 pm
Conceptual design of Opera Plovdiv and POETS Live.
Director: Nina Naidenova. Soloists, ballet, and chamber ensembles of Plovdiv Opera.

13.07 - LA BAYADÈRE on Minkus. Ancient Theater, 9 pm
Conductor: Luciano Di Martino; Directed and directed by Vesa Tonova. Ballet and Orchestra of the Plovdiv Opera.

17.07 - TOSCA by Giacomo Puccini with PREMIERE at Ancient Theater, 9 p.m.
Conductor: Jacopo Sipari Di Pescaceroli (Italy). Director: Ursula Horner (Austria). Soloists, Orchestra, Choir and Ballet of Plovdiv Opera; Plovdiv Boys' Choir "Stefka Blagoeva" with conductor Milka Toledova.

20.07 - A NIGHT OF GERSHWIN - Ancient Theater, 9 pm Conductor: Konstantin Dobroikov.

24.07 - DON GIOVANNI by Mozart - PREMIERE - Ancient Theater, 9 pm Conductor: Dian Chobanov; Director: Michał Znaniecki (Poland); Soloists, Ballet Choir and Plovdiv Opera Orchestra.

30.08 - THE VOICE OF KAMEN - closing of OPERA OPEN 2021, Ancient Theater, 9:30 pm Conductor: Luciano Di Martino.

Tickets on sale at Opera Plovdiv and EVENTIM ticket offices, and online here 

PACKAGE DISCOUNTS:

'PREMIERE': 50% of the price in the central sector when buying tickets for the premiere in OPERA OPEN 2021 in June and July. Package price: BGN 80 instead of BGN 160.

'ENCORE': 50% of the price in the central sector when buying tickets for a performance of the"OPERA OPEN ENCORE” program. Package price: BGN 45 instead of BGN 90

'FAMILY AND FRIENDS': Discount of BGN 5 for each ticket for the price category of BGN 20 and BGN 30 for the purchase of four or more tickets for a single title.

Tickets at prices of BGN 15, 20, 30, and 40 on sale at Opera Plovdiv ticket offices and online from eventim.bg.

OPERA OPEN Light programme

08.06 - NIGHT OF THE MUSICALS - BUNARDZHIKA hill, 9 pm
Conductor: Konstantin Dobroikov. Soloists, Orchestra, and Ballet of Plovdiv Opera.

07.07 - NIGHT OF THE PIAZOLA - Ancient Theater, 9 pm
Conductor: Konstantin Dobroikov. Ballet, Choir, and Orchestra of the Plovdiv Opera.

29.08 - COMPANY by Stephen Sondheim and George Firth - Ancient Theater, 8:30 pm
Co-production of the National Theater "Ivan Vazov" and the State Opera - Plovdiv. Set under contract with Music Theater International (Europe) Limited: www.mtishows.eu. Director: Mikhail Petrov; Conductor: Konstantin Dobroikov. Plovdiv Opera Orchestra and Ballet

OPERA OPEN Encore programme 

20.08 - DON GIOVANNI - by Mozart. 8:30 pm Conductor: Dian Chobanov. Soloists, Choir, Ballet, and Orchestra of the Plovdiv Opera.

24.08 - TOSCA by Puccini - 8:30pm Conductor: Luciano Di Martino; With the participation of Tanya Ivanova, Ivan Momirov, Kiril Manolov. Soloists, Choir and Orchestra of Plovdiv Opera.

27.08 - THE BARBER OF SEVILLE by Rossini - 8:30 pm. Conductor: Pavel Balev. With the participation of Alexander Baranov, Svetlana Ivanova, Svilen Nikolov. Soloists, Choir, Ballet, and Orchestra of Opera Plovdiv.

Program OPERA OPEN Online - Eventim streaming

• 04.06 - 'Carmina Burana'
• 26.06 - The Barber of Seville
• 17.07 - Tosca
• 24.07 - Don Giovanni

A project realized by the State Opera Plovdiv, part of the Legacy programme of Plovdiv 2019.