Canadian-Polish operatic soprano Karoline Podolak will be a guest performer in Don Pasquale at the Sofia Opera and Ballet on October 29. She will play the role of Norina in one of Donizetti’s most popular comic operas, the team said.
Podolak is known to Bulgarian audiences as Violetta from La Traviata.
The role of Don Pasquale himself will be played by the renowned bass Nikolay Petrov, who also performed the part at the premiere in 2019. Ventseslav Anastasov will play Dr. Malatesta. Reinaldo Droz, whose career began on the stage of the Sofia Opera and Ballet, returns in the role of Ernesto. Alexander Georgiev plays the Notary.
The director of the performance is Svetozar Donev, and the conductor is Zhorzh Dimitrov. The set design and costumes are by Nela Stoyanova. The choir conductor is Violeta Dimitrova.
Karoline Podolak was born in Toronto in 1993. She began her musical journey playing the violin and the guitar, and took part in local theatre productions. She completed an honours Dramatic Arts diploma at Cawthra Park Secondary School. She then completed an honours undergraduate degree at Ryerson University’s RTA School of Media (Radio and Television Arts), and has years of extensive experience in the media industry. She has experience as an actress and in voiceover work, modelling, and is an award-winning photographer. During her undergraduate studies, she discovered her passion for classical singing through private lessons with vocal coach Kinga Mitrowska, with whom she studies to this day. Most recently she was awarded the Bronze Cross of Merit from the President of Poland for her contributions as an artist. Polish-Canadian Soprano Karoline Podolak to Play in Don Pasquale at Sofia Opera THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2025-10-23 07:58:51 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law
