JANNY SKIKKI and LE VILLI /SAMODIVITE/

FESTIVAL OF OPERA AND BALLET ART - OLD ZAGORA 2024 21.11 - 4.12.

100 years after Puccini 125 years Anastas Petrov 110 years Boris Hristov 75 years ballet troupe of State Opera - Stara Zagora

21 and 22 November /Thursday, Friday/ Start: 19.00 9.30 pm. Opera Stage State Opera - Stara Zagora 100 YEARS AFTER PUCCINI PREMIERE GIANI SCICI Comic opera in one act by Giacomo Puccini

Directed by Michal Znaniecki Conductor Vladimir Kiradjiev Scenography Luigi Scoglio Costumes Ana Ramos Aguayo Choreography Silvia Tomova Choreographer Mladen Stanev Subtitles in Bulgarian and English Snezhina Zdravkova

In the roles:

Gianni Skiki Kiril Manolov

Lauretta Emilia Terzieva

Rinucio Stoyan Buyukliev

Dzita Teresa Bracalova

Gerardo Ivaylo Yovchev

Gerardino /children/ Children SSSOB

Nella /wife of Gerardo/ Anastasia Altukhova

Betto di Blue Zhivko Dobrev

Simone Benedikt Shostock

Marco Ivan Kabamitov

Cheska /wife of Marco/ Yvonne Ivanova

Maestro Spinellocho Kostadin Yakshev

Amantio di Nicolao Kostadin Yakshev

Pinellino Bogomil Rusinov

Guccio Bogomil Rusinov

Choir and Orchestra of the State Opera-Stara Zagora

LE VILLI (THE SAMODIVES) One-act opera by Giacomo Puccini

Guglielmo - Kiril Manolov Anna - Tania Ivanova Roberto - Domenico Menini Narrator - Kiril Manolov

Soloists Ballet In the roles.

The diptych includes Puccini's first opera, Le Villi (The Samodivas), a traditional melodrama combined with compositional genius. "Gianni Schicchi projects the future in the history of opera. The two works are linked by a narrator and Dante's Divine Comedy, through which the relationship between tragic and comic opera is formed. These are different musical languages, different directions of the characters, different stories, but always close to our reality, situations and emotions. In Puccini's words, "Opera should be funny or emotional and intriguing. In this case we can show both kinds. Opera should touch our emotions and in both cases we will feel it. Opera should tell our stories and we should identify in them."