Name: A Bel Canto Feast with Magnificent Voices
Item: Die Nacht der 5 Tenöre
Author: Christa Kanand

Right at the start, the Plovdiv Symphony Orchestra from Bulgaria… made the audience sit up with the Strauss polka 'Thunder and Lightning'. It had verve and class at a fine level — … conductor Nayden Todorov spurred the players on with good humour. For the vocalists the maestro not only laid down the accompanying carpet of sound, but shaped the music together with them, congenially and full of dynamism.