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At the opera in old Sofia

Rozaliya Biks

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Year of Publication: 2000

Cover Type: Soft

Category: Art

Edition: First Edition

Pages: 242

Format: n/a

Language: Bulgarian

Summary

The Bulgarian people discovered the art of opera almost simultaneously with their Balkan neighbors, only after the middle of the last century. That is to say, two and a half centuries after the actual beginning of this art form. It began with music for dramatic performances and the slow penetration of fragments of popular operas, strangely and clumsily woven into the colorful tapestry of Bulgarian urban culture during the late Renaissance. The book provides data and rich illustrative material on opera in Bulgaria from the formation of the first professional opera troupe in 1890 to 1945. It also includes detailed information about the operas staged at the National Opera, information about the larger troupes that have visited Bulgaria with opera performances, as well as guest singers and conductors who have visited our country until 1945.

Аbout The Author

• Rozaliya Biks: Rosalia Bix graduated in Theater Studies at NATFA “Kr. Sarafov ”and theoretical department in FTA P. Vladigerov ”. She entered the Institute of Art History at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in 1959, where she still works today. She defended her doctoral dissertation in 1977 with the Bulgarian Opera until 1942. She has been a Doctor of Science since 1989 with a dissertation on "Bulgarian Opera Theater outside the capital". She is the author of numerous works, several encyclopedic editions, over 1500 publications related to the musical life and especially to the production and the problems of the Bulgarian opera theater. Member of the Management Board of BAS (until 1995), of the Management Board of the Boris Hristov International Foundation, of the Management Board of the International Competition for Young Opera Singers, etc. Founder and head of the Musical Theater section at the Institute of Art Studies at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (since 1995). Initiator and leader of the team project of R. Biks, A. Yaneva, R. Karakostova and M. Tsenova - "Bulgarian Musical Theater", covering musical and stage art in Bulgaria - opera, ballet, operetta, musical.