Georgi Atanasov [Athanassov]
Born: Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 6 May 1882
Died: Fasana, Lago di Garda, Italy, 17 November 1931
The first professional opera composer in Bulgaria,
Atanasov studied composition with Mascagni before returning to Sofia
as a military bandmaster.
Operas
- Borislav (4.3.1911, Balgarska Operna Druzhba, Sofia).
N. Popov, after I. Vasov.
- Gergana (6.6.1917, Balgarska Operna Druzhba, Sofia).
P. Bobevski, after P. R. Slaveykov's Izvorat na Belonogata
- Zapustyalata vodenitsa [The Abandoned Mill]
(31.3.1923, Sofia National Opera, Sofia). A. Morfov.
- Tsveta (31.10.1925, Cooperative Operetta, Sofia).
V. Chernodrinski.
- Kosara (20.11.1929, Sofia National Opera, Sofia).
B. Danovsky.
- Altzec (15.9.1930, Sofia National Opera, Sofia).
P. Karapetrov.
- Moralisti. A. Milenkov.
contributed by Robert Martindale
Monday, 08-Dec-2003 21:47:09 PST