Sofia Opera will held performances at Pacharevo Lake

The guest stage "Muses on the Water" in Pancharevo Lake will present the musical "Mamma Mia!", the opera "Das Rheingold" and "Carmina Burana", the ballet performances: "Swan Lake" and "Zorba the Greek".

The stage is within the 11^th edition of the summer festival “Opera in the Park” of the Military Academy “G.S. Rakovski”.

The festival is part of the Calendar of Cultural Events of Sofia Municipality for 2020 and is under the patronage of the Mayor of Sofia Mrs. Yordanka Fandakova and hosted by the Mayor of Pancharevo Mr. Nikolay Gyurov.

Yordanka Fandakova, Mayor of Sofia: For the first time this programme leaves the park and goes to the lake. I think it will be an elegant cultural event and take place in compliance with all the anti-epidemic measures.

Acad. Plamen Kartalov, Director of the Sofia Opera and Ballet: Our We are making a new stage on the pontoon on Pancharevo Lake, a small artistic town that we have built. "Swan Lake" will definitely be part of the repertoire.

The performances start on Friday and will run until August 2.

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Lake Pancharevo is located 12 km south of the centre of Sofia, in the direction of Samokov and Borovets, between Vitosha and Lozen mountains, at the confluence of the rivers Bistritsa and Iskar.