Opera Open 2018

OPERA OPEN 2018 will take place from June 23rd to July 29th at the Ancient Theatre in Plovdiv. The summer program of the Plovdiv Opera features twelve exciting productions, once again showcasing internationally renowned soloists.

The guest performers include soloists from the Bolshoi Theatre in Swan Lake; Alberto Gazale, with a career at Arena di Verona, in Otello; principal soloists of the Croatian Ballet in Giselle; leading Korean soprano Hai Yoon Lee in the premiere of Madama Butterfly; virtuoso pianists Andreas Kern and Paul Cibis in the global show format Piano Battle; distinguished musicians Vesko Eschkenazy and Ludmil Angelov in a passionate Argentine music project; soloists from the Budapest Operetta and the Vienna Volksoper in an Operetta Gala; Vienna State Opera soloist Nadia Krasteva in her iconic role as Carmen; the charming American soprano Joanna Parisi in Il Trovatore; Bulgarian singers with international careers Alexandrina Pendatchanska, Kamen Chanev, Ivan Momirov, Deian Vatchkov, and Krum Galabov; conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London, Grzegorz Nowak, in Carmen; and musical theatre stars Orlin Goranov and Marian Bachev, among many others.

Program

23/06

Saturday

21:00

Opera Open

Puccini

Madam Butterfly

Ancient Theatre

Opera Open 2018

Program

Puccini

Madam Butterfly

Viva L'Operetta

Alexandrina Pendachanska: This is me

Adam

Giselle

James Bond live in concert

Verdi

Trubadur

Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed.

Singing in the rain

Piano battle

Verdi

Otello

Vesko Eskenazi and Lyudmil Angelov - Argentina, Mi Amror

Бизет

Carmen

Verdi

La Traviata

Chaikovsky

Swan lake

Chaikovsky

Swan lake

Soloist

Nadya Krasteva

Soloist

Deyan Vachkov

Soloist

Location

Ancient Theatre

Previous Editions

Opera Open 2026

Оpera Оpen 2025

Opera Open 2024

Opera Open 2023

Opera Open 2022

Opera Open 2021

Opera Open 2020

Opera Open 2019

Opera Open 2018

Opera Open 2017

Opera Open 2016