site.btaOctober 18, 1908: Newly Established Bulgarian Operatic Society Stages Its First Test Performance in Sofia
The Agrarian Union House in central Sofia, which is later transformed into the National Opera. Pictured: Employees of a Sofia architecture and design company are inspecting the building's lobby, June 12, 1953 (BTA/Racho Stoyanov)
On October 18, 1908, the newly established Bulgarian Operatic Society (renamed National Opera in 1922) staged its first test performance: excerpts from Gounod's Faust and Verdi's Il Trovatore.
The foundations of Bulgarian opera go back even farther,
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