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Opera Gala in Varna brings together famous musicians from Bulgaria and Romania

Photo: State Opera Varna

The gala concert of the summer opera festival in Varna has traditionally become one of the most sought-after summer performances for Varna residents and guests of the city on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast.
This year, conductor of the final performance is maestro Grigor Palikarov, with the participation of the choir and the orchestra of the State Opera - Varna. The show, under  the motto "Art is a Phoenix!" also includes spectacular multimedia art.
The program includes world classical gems - the great operas by Giuseppe Verdi, masterpieces by Puccini, Gounod, Mascagni, Leoncavallo, Catalani, Tchaikovsky and Borodin.
The concert is with the special participation of tenor Kamen Chanev, magnificent sopranos Tanya Ivanova, Renata Vari from Romania and Tsvetelina Vasileva, the brilliant mezzo-soprano Gergana Rusekova and tenor Daniel Magdal from Romania.



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