30 June 2010

Carl Orff himself called CARMINA BURANA scenic cantata.

The work contains 25 movements scored for soloists, children's choir and large choir and orchestra (14 of the movements are performed by the choir).

Carmina Burana was first staged in Frankfurt in 1937, in San Francisco 1959, in London (concert performance) 1960 and since then has enjoyed a reputation as one of the most appealing works of the contemporary music.

The forms of staging of the numerous performances of Carmina Burana have been changing permanently but it still remains a bestseller of the music theatre.

In the history of the Opera-Philharmonic Society Varna this is the second staging of Carmina Burana.

The first performance was on 11 July 2003 on the stage of the Open-air Theatre within the programme of the Varna Summer International Music Festival.