Ballet “Thousand and One Nights” to the music of the Azerbaijani composer Fikret Amirov in the production of the main choreographer of the Primorsky stage of the Mariinsky Theater Eldar Aliyev presented on Friday on the stage of the Sofia Opera and Ballet Theater.
TASS reports that the idea based on the collection of Arab and Persian fairy tales did not leave indifferent spectators who enthusiastically applauded the soloists of Martova and Tsezo Ivanov, the ballet ensemble, choir and orchestra under the control of Eyuba Kuliev. “A thousand and one night” has become the first ballet premiere of Bulgaria since 2020, since the beginning of the Pandemia of Coronavirus.
“We prepared this performance for the Bulgarian scene two years ago, but 10 days before the premiere the theater was closed due to the pandemic. Now, two years later, I looked at it with different eyes, I had to change a lot. It was very difficult a week before the premiere, everything was still very damp, we just did not go out of the rehearsal hall for days, difficult to work with light and scenery. Literally on the eve of the premiere, the leading soloist was injured and had to quickly resolve the issue of replacing it. But we were able to overcome all the difficulties What showed an emotional positive reaction to the public, ”said TASS Aliyev.
Until the end of May, three more premiere performances “Thousand and One Nights” will be presented in the Sofia opera, tickets for which are practically sold out.