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Decrescendo.net / sp. LIK (BTA) · 17.08.2022
This emotional impulse met with the understanding and support of conductor Nayden Todorov, who found in the Ruse Opera's music library the very score from which Romeo Raichev had conducted 50 years earlier, and in which Shostakovich had additionally made some notes and corrections of his own. -
Opernwelt · 05.2015
Highly motivated, with emphatic verve and the courage of desperation, the orchestra plunges into the floods of the 'Katerina' tragedy. What emerges from the pit — steered cleverly and with sure instinct by the man of the house at the podium — has stature. Balance and proportions are right; the playing is so colourful, so rich in contrast and so eloquent that the reduced forces hardly matter. The musicians carry 'their' singers on their hands, giving them the security and freedom they need to surpass themselves. -
BNR – programa „Horizont“, „Kasta diva“ · 29.03.2015
Watching the production by Vera Nemirova under the baton of Maestro Nayden Todorov, we had no sense whatsoever of the conventionality of operatic art… we experienced genuine, full-blooded music theatre. We believed in it, we were captivated by it! … After 'The Nose', with Vera Nemirova's 'Katerina Izmailova' Maestro Nayden Todorov is likewise building a new European profile for the Rousse Opera. -
Bryag · 27.03.2015
A memorable premiere of 'Katerina Izmailova' with bold directorial decisions and perfect execution… maestro Nayden Todorov made sure everything sounded perfect. -
Muzikalni horizonti · 2015
In Nayden Todorov's hands the complex score comes alive in all its multi-layeredness and dramaturgical contrasts. The performance showed his serious, thorough work with the entire company. The orchestra responded with great precision and detail to the conductor's demands and was equally convincing in the massive dynamic climaxes and in the chamber-psychological moments… The Rousse Opera once again proved its ability to overcome the obstacles posed by difficult titles that would challenge opera houses with far greater resources.
