<p>Annual open air festival with the soloists, orchestra, choir and ballet of Opera Plovdiv and guest performances as mentioned.<br /> <br /> <strong>17.06 LA TRAVIATA – Verdi </strong><br /> Conductor: Ivan Anguelov<br /> <br /> 24.06 <strong>ROMEO AND JULIET – Prokofiev</strong><br /> A modern ballet performance by ARABESQUE Ballet<br /> Conductor: Niksa Bareza (Croatia)</p> <p><strong>6.07 DON QUIXOTE – Minkus</strong><br /> A classical ballet co-production with the Macedonian opera and ballet<br /> Conductor: Bisera Chadlovska (Macedonia)<br /> Choreographer: Victor Yeremenko (Ukraine)<br /> Ballet of the Macedonian opera and ballet and Orchestra of Opera Plovdiv<br /> <br /> <strong>8.07 CHICAGO</strong><br /> Musical by John Kander, Fred Ebb and a book by Bob Foss<br /> A co-production with National Musical Theatre<br /> Conductor: Igor Bogdanov<br /> Soloists, choir and ballet of National Musical Theatre and Orchestra of Opera Plovdiv</p> <p><strong>15.07 LA FORZA DEL DESTINO – Verdi</strong><br /> Production: Teatro Regio Di Parma Verdi Festival<br /> Conductor: Dian Tchobanov<br /> Director: Stefano Poda</p> <p><strong>21.07 </strong><strong>TURANDOT – Puccini</strong><br /> with international opera stars Lilla Lee and Kamen Chanev<br /> Conductor: Linus Lerner<br /> <br /> <strong>26.07 VIVA L’OPERETTA</strong><br /> with Michael Havlicek and Bettina Schweiger from the Volksoper Wien and Károly Peller and Szilvi Szendy from the Budapest Operetta and Musical Theatre <br /> conductor: Konstantin Dobroykov<br /> director: Georgi Dinev<br /> <br /> <strong>29.07 AIDA – Verdi</strong><br /> International opera stars Nadia Krasteva and Kamen Chanev, soloists of the Vienna State Opera<br /> Conductor: Luciano Di Martino<br /> </p>