BALL WITH MASKS

Conductor Ivaylo Krinchev
Director Slavcho Nikolov
Set and costume design Cataline Ionescu-Arbore
Plastic design Romina Slavova
Choreographer Mladen Stanev

Ricardo - Ivaylo Mihaylov /26.11/, Adrian Dumitru /27.11/
Amelia - Rusalina Mochukova /26.11/ Tanya Ivanova /27.11/,
Renato - Alexander Krunev /26.11/, Ionuc Pascu /27.11/
Oscar - Emilia Ivanova
Ulrika - Daniela Dyakova /26.11/, Daniela Nineva/27.11/
Chief Judge - Kostadin Yakshev
Silvano - Ivaylo Jurov
Samuel /Graff Ribbing/ - Evgeny Arabadzhiev
Tom /Graff Horn/ - Alexander Marulev
Amelia's Servant - Kostadin Yakshev

Dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Evdokia Zdravkova-Khorozova

"The Masked Ball is among the works of Giuseppe Verdi that trace the path to the composer's creative maturity. Slavcho Nikolov's direction accentuates the characteristics of the musical drama with a pronounced psychology of the participants.

The production designer, Cataline Ionescu-Arbore, adds that it focuses on the mysterious and secret love between Amelia and Richard and the encounter with Ulrika. Gilded masks and ornaments are combined with brightly coloured ceramic fragments and large and long dark feathers. And they are all set over red costumes, the only colour that stands out in the darkness of time and space. In fact, most periods of our lives are covered by some imaginary masks to protect us from possible disasters. And colors always tell us the story.

Duration 2 h 30 min. with one intermission
Performed in Italian with subtitles in Bulgarian
Premiere: 25, 26 November 2021 - Festival of Opera and Ballet Art - Stara Zagora