State Opera-Ruse this year - with five nominations for the Crystal Lyra
The prestigious award, which has been presented at a formal annual event since 1997, consists of a statuette and a certificate.
"The Crystal Lyre is awarded for outstanding achievements in music performance and dance.
The prize can be awarded in 15 different categories, for each of which a separate committee is formed.
The areas in which the Crystal Lyre Award is given are Opera and Operetta, Folk Music, Dance Folklore, Pop and Rock Music, Educators, Instrumentalists, Production Team, Ballet, Jazz, Orchestral Art, Choral Art, Young Artist, Conductors, Chamber Ensembles, Music Criticism.
This year (2022) State Opera-Ruse was nominated in 5 categories:
OPERA ARTS - Dobromir Momekov (baritone) - soloist at the Ruse Opera, for his performance of the role of the Father in the production "The Quest" by Carl Vollrath, conductor Dimitar Kosev, director Plamen Beykov, designer Eslitsa Popova - premiere on 12 June 2022 on the stage of the Ruse State Opera House.
STATE OPERA - RUSSE for the premiere of the opera "The Quest" by Carl Vollrath on 12 June 2022 on the stage of the State Opera House - Ruse. With conductor Dimitar Kosev, choir conductor and pedagogue Svilen Dimitrov, accompanist and music pedagogue Bozhena Petrova, director Plamen Beykov, artist Eslicsa Popova, choreographer Malina Arnaudova, soloists and choir of Ruse Children's Opera, soloists and orchestra of State Opera - Ruse.
ORCHESTRA ART - ORCHESTRA OF STATE OPERA - RUSSE - for the concert "New Generation" with works by contemporary Bulgarian composers Rumen Boyadzhiev Jr, Angel Zabersky Jr, Minko Lambov, Georgi Strezov, Georgi Andreev, Dobromir Kisov and Vasil Belezhkov, conducted by Dimitar Kosev, on 24 June 2022. On 27 June 2022 in Ruse, Philharmonic Hall.
CHORAL ARTS - THE CHORUS OF THE STATE OPERA - RUSSE with conductor Stelijana Dimitrova-Hernani, for the participation in the premiere performances of the opera "Mephistopheles" by Arrigo Boito on 22 October 2022. and the opera Ernani by Giuseppe Verdi on 16 March 2022 on the stage of the Dohodno Buda - Ruse and for the performance of Requiem by Giuseppe Verdi on 16 April 2022 on the stage of the Philharmonia Hall - Ruse with conductor Emil Tabakov.
YOUNG PERFORMER - MARTIN TSANEV, soloist of the Rousse Children's Opera at the State Opera - Ruse, for the performance of the role of Nicholas in the opera "The Quest" by Carl Vollrath - premiere for Bulgaria and Europe on 12 June 2022 on the stage of the State Opera House - Ruse.
"The Crystal Lyre was awarded to Dobromir Momekov in the category OPERA ART, as well as in the categories ORCHESTRA ART for the concert "New Generation" and STAFF for the premiere opera "Knight's March".
The Special Award of the Union of Macedonian Musicians was awarded to the CHORUS OF THE STATE OPERA - RUSSE for their participation in the premiere performances of the opera Mefistofele by Arrigo Boito on 22 October 2022 and the opera Ernani by Giuseppe Verdi on 16 March of the same year on the stage of the State Opera House, as well as for the performance of Requiem by Giuseppe Verdi on 16 April 2022 on the stage of the Philharmonic Hall - Ruse.
SPECIAL AWARD OF THE UNION OF BULGARIAN MUSICAL AND DANCE ACTORS for lifetime contribution was awarded to EMIL ZHELEV (bass) - posthumously.
The Union of Bulgarian Musicians and Dance Artists (UBMTA) and Classic FM Radio announced an official online voting for the Audience Award, and the prizes in the fifteen categories are awarded after a vote of the council formed for each category.
Over the past few years, the State Opera-Ruse has suffered serious turmoil. We are still recovering from the fire of 2020 - a year of many losses for all of us, material and spiritual.
Nothing can stop art from developing and thriving as long as there are enough forces and supporters to back us in our endeavors.
The stage and the arts are our home, our temple, where we want to bring all those who know the magic of opera and all those who do not even suspect how much they need this magic.
A crystal statuette for a contribution to art in its crystal clear form may be just a statuette in someone's eyes, but in the eyes and hearts of the team of the State Opera-Ruse "Crystal Lyre" means a tribute and arouses gratitude and hope that despite the difficulties we face every day, art will not quietly fade away in the darkness.
