Choir

The chorus is a direct predecessor of the opera company. Choral and singing ensembles are associated with the Renaissance and singing traditions in the town from the second half of the 19th century, with the musical society "Kaval", and with the first opera performance organized by it outside the capital, which marked the beginning of the Stara Zagora Opera.

Since then the professional choir of Stara Zagora Opera has been a key link in the history of the opera and the cultural life not only of the opera and the city, but also throughout the country and abroad. Many times the choir, with the opera, or alone, has participated in concerts and performances in almost all European countries, Turkey, USA.

With the Stara Zagora State Opera Choir have worked the conductors Zlatan Stanchev, Stefan Daskalov, Boris Fetvedjiev, Georgi Neshev, Ilia Iliev, Ivan Dimov, Teodorina Stoycheva, Bogdana Popova, Emil Minev, Plamen Genov, Stefanka Zhelyazkova, Mladen Stanev.

In recent years, the choir has also given independent concerts outside the opera performances with a genre diverse repertoire - from Renaissance to folk arrangements and contemporary compositions. Small chamber ensembles made up of the choir singers develop concert activity.

Repertoire:
Requiem (Mozart)
Stabat Mater (Rossini)
Mass in Solo Major (Schubert)
Carmina Burana (Carl Orff)
Mass di Gloria 1Ariel Ramirez)

Eastern Orthodox Music Music - includes works by Bulgarian and Russian composers (Dobri Hristov, Petar Dinev, P.I. Tchaikovsky, P. Chesnokov, M. Musorgsky, etc.) - a cappella performances.

Processed folklore - includes arrangements and original compositions by Bulgarian composers (F. Kutev, S. Mutafchiev, D. Hristov, P. Staynov), which are performed a cappella, as well as excerpts from Bulgarian operas with a distinct folk sound.

Concert programme with renaissance and patriotic songs, suitable for celebrations, national and other holidays.

Concert programme with works by Maestro Georgi Atanasov, Assen Karastoyanov, Parashkev Khadzhiev and other solo chamber performances by individual choir members.