One of the most impressive productions of the State Opera – Burgas – “Aida” by Giuseppe Verdi, in the director’s version of Prof. Pavel Gerdzhikovwill give unforgettable moments of contact with the popular opera to fans of classical music art – on October 19, Saturday from 19 hours on the stage of State Opera – Burgas.
The performance, which will recreate the atmosphere of ancient Egypt, will unfold its scenic beauty and impact, under the masterful baton of the famous Bulgarian conductor Ivan Kozhuharov, with a magnificent artistic cast.
On Saturday, the exciting story of the captive Ethiopian princess Aida, the pharaoh’s daughter Amneris and the Egyptian warlord Radames, for whose heart the two beauties compete, will come to life again.
The performance of “Aida” within this year’s edition of the “Opera of the Sanctuary” festival in Begliktash became a real sensation, the tickets were sold out days before the performance, and the lucky ones who had the opportunity to attend it described it as a super production, not by chance.
In the role of Aida on Saturday, the Burgas audience will have the pleasure of seeing and hearing the remarkable lyric-dramatic soprano Joana Zhelezcheva. Her powerful and low-pitched voice, which, however, also has gentle lyrical parameters, as well as exceptional spiritual power and effectiveness, contributes to the overall construction of the image of the enslaved Ethiopian princess.
Ioana Zhelezcheva’s Aida is marked by softness and strength at the same time, with an inner longing for love and an outer expression of the impossibility of it being realized, due to the tragic force of the circumstances. Joana Zhelezcheva was irresistible at the performance of “Aida” in August on the open stage of the Thracian sanctuary of Begliktash, when she built an amazing dynamic in the heavy soprano part, saturated with drama and psychologism, especially in the quiet muted shades.
Both in artistry and vocal performance, her role was impeccably recreated.
In the role of the rival for the heart of Radames – the powerful pharaoh’s daughter Amneris, the audience will have the privilege to enjoy the magnificent mezzo-soprano Daniela Dyakovawho impresses not only with a charismatic look, but also with wonderful vocal abilities and strong stage presence.
She will weave her feminine radiance and beautiful timbre into the construction of the princess torn by doubt and jealousy, who harbors in her heart simultaneously passion, devotion, cruelty, revenge, and a typically feminine evil that is devastating to her essence.
Despair, impatience with the emotional loss of the beloved man, intertwined with sincere suffering and pain in her purely human dimensions, give a special color to the image of Amneris. The renowned mezzo-soprano Daniela Dyakova was recently awarded the prestigious “Nikola Güzelev” award, together with the soprano Alexandrina Pendachanska and the bass Biser Georgiev.
The wonderful tenor will appear on the stage of the Burgas Opera House on Saturday Valery Georgiev – in the role of Radames, an Egyptian noble warrior, for whose love the beautiful Aida and Amneris vie – each in their own ways and emotional strength. The tenor is known for the rich range of his voice with the so-called Rossini heights that very few tenors in the world possess.
The image of Radames is characterized by his heartfelt yearnings, contrary to logic and pragmatic choices, which are subordinated to his love for the Ethiopian captive Aida. The closing scene of the living Aida and Radames’ taunting remains in the mind for a long time with the drama of the musical statement, characterized by a muffled plaintive tone.
In it, however, it is not so much the despair of imminent death that stands out, but rather it sounds like the apotheosis of love and as one of the brightest symbols of immortality, embodied in the merging souls of two lovers, although doomed – here, in the earthly dimensions.
In the role of the Ethiopian king Amonasro comes the imposing baritone – in terms of voice power and stage presence Maryan Jovanoskisoloist of the National Opera of the Republic of North Macedonia and State Opera – Burgas.
The illustrious baritone gives the image a unique suggestiveness and dignity, by adhering to the force of the law, regardless of the unbearable grief caused to his daughter Amneris.
The bass enters the image of the high Egyptian priest Ramphis Delyan Slavov – stately and respectful. The bass will perform as the Pharaoh of Egypt Kostadin MechkovPriestess will be the soprano Stefka Hristozova, Herald – the tenor Milen Dinolov.
An important part of the overall picture of the finished musical-stage product of the show will be the choir with a conductor Alexander Chepanovmerging with the messages of the score in building the suggestion woven into the storyline.
The choreography, performed by the ballet of the Burgas Opera House, is wonderfully thematically inscribed. Artist of the sets, recreating the majestic awe-inspiring setting of Egypt, with iconic artifacts, is the work of the artist Chavdar Chomakovthe choreography, which is also in sync with ancient Egyptian culture and specifics of costumes and movements, is on prof. Hikmet Mehmedov.
Assistant directors of the production are Lina Peeva And Peter Tikholov, ballet tutor – Marina Zmeeva-Markova. The orchestra, choir and ballet of the State Opera – Burgas take part in the large-scale attractive spectacle.
All the artists on Saturday will be dedicated to recreating Verdi’s beautiful music, charged with an incomparable emotional-meaningful charge, united by the expressive and at the same time – philosophically padded, conducting of Ivan Kozhuharov.
Two days before the performance in Burgas, on October 17, in the hall of the DKT “Vasil Drumev” – the town of Shumen, there will be a performance of the famous Verdi opera – with the same conductor and artistic team.
The production of the State Opera – Burgas of one of the most famous works of Giuseppe Verdi – “Aida”, a monumental musical work, with large-scale sound and scenography, is an event that lives a long stage life, reincarnating each time in different shades of performing art , as an individual singing naturalist.
“Aida” is characterized by a polyphonic effect – from the masterful combination of the large-scale and artistic suggestions of Verdi’s music. Each performance of one of the most staged operas in the world achieves what is the meaning of art – high-level communication between the audience and the sculptors of the imposing production – soloists, chorus, orchestra, conductor.
They interweave mastery and inspiration in the common pursuit of sculpting memorable images and leave viewers with a sense of wholeness, completion, emotional cohesion, imprinting on the mind and memory of the musical suggestion.
Aida is one of Verdi’s most performed and beloved operas. As one of Verdi’s late works, it bears the characteristic features of creative maturity, the philosophical summation of fundamental life dilemmas, the crystallization of the image-conceptual hierarchy in the field of musical aesthetics, as well as deep psychology in the construction of images.
“Aida” impresses with its multi-layeredness – both in the plot line and in revealing, unfolding and contrasting the characters, the drama of the clash of feelings, interests and the wrenching feeling of choosing between duty and love.
The skillful and in-depth directorial work of Prof. Pavel Gerdzhikov fully fits into the overall impact of the work – both in harmony with the author’s invested ideological and aesthetic charge, and as a unique approach in the creative process of the birth of the performance.
The director is an undoubted genius, as he manages to bring to the fore in the show exactly human relationships, their drama, versatility, as well as the unearthly beautiful dimensions of love.
There is a masterful moment of psychologizing the images, an in-depth interpretation of relationships, and not a search for superficial external brilliance. The combination of brilliant solo performances, ensembles and choral performances, in sync with the virtuoso parts of the orchestral accompaniment, under the baton of maestro Ivan Kozhuharov, are performed with ease and professionalism, and the overall effect of the perception of the large-scale opera work is to achieve an artistic suggestion, bordering on aesthetic nirvana.
Short scontent on “Aida”:
The opera Aida is Giuseppe Verdi’s most famous work. It has long been a myth that it was written to order for the opening of the Suez Canal – in fact, this is not the case. The libretto was written by four authors, based on an Egyptian legend deciphered from papyrus.
Already at its premiere in Cairo, Egypt, the opera was an extraordinary success. A year later, he repeated his sensation at Milan’s La Scala.
The action of the opera takes place in Memphis and Thebes during the conflict between Egypt and Ethiopia. Aida is an Ethiopian princess captured in Egypt. The Egyptian general Radames is in love with her, but duty condemns him to loyalty to the pharaoh. Amneris, the pharaoh’s daughter, is in love with Radames.
His military victory allowed him to beg for mercy for the Ethiopians. In return, however, he has to be betrothed to Amneris. He still manages to organize the escape of Aida and her compatriots, and for this purpose he has to commit treason – to reveal the positions of his own troops. The warlord manages to save Aida from certain death, which condemns him to trial. The sentence is to be buried alive in a tomb.
Even Amneris’ efforts fail to save him. But his beloved Aida ends up in the tomb with him.
Tickets: at the Opera box office, Chasovnika box office, in Grabo networks – https://grabo.bg/burgas/aida-po-verdi-0fff2 and Eventim – https://www.eventim.bg/bg/bileti/aida-burgas-opera-652452/event.html.
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