Спомен за Константин Михайлов-Стоян – един от основоположниците на оперното дело в България
Memory of Konstantin Mihailov-Stoyan – one of the founders of opera in Bulgaria

Summary/Abstract: 25th of March 2023 marks the 170th anniversary of the birth of one of the founders of Bulgarian opera, Konstantin Mihailov-Stoyan.The creative biography of the famous Bulgarian tenor and director has been traced.His visits to Bulgaria in 1899 and 1907 are described, including concert tours around Bulgaria, in which other Bulgarian musicians and singers also took part.Mihailov-Stoyan‘s attempts to create an opera theatre in Bulgaria are emphasised, as well as his contribution to the creation in 1908 of the first Bulgarian Opera Society in the country, which became the basis for the creation of the National Opera in 1921.In addition to his inimitable and unique image, the mark left both in the world of music and in the world of literature with his works dedicated to the art of music, some preserved and stored in the Music Department of the National Library “St. St. Cyril and Methodius”.

• Details
• Contents