Balgarianovinite.com Sofia Opera and Ballet stages Pride and Prejudice, a ballet based on Jane Austen’s novel, for the first time, organizers said on Saturday.
Further performances are scheduled for March 22, 24 and 25, with choreography by Leo Mujic.
Mujic said he strongly believes in ballet as a medium and in its power to reach people. “I strongly believe in the medium of ballet, that it is very powerful and people can understand what it conveys to them. I believe there are certain words that are understood best when they are not spoken,” Mujic said.
He added that the company would not stage something people would not want to see. Before work began on the ballet, a kind of survey was carried out to see whether audiences would watch it and whether there was interest in it, he said. In his words, Pride and Prejudice is an evergreen.
Dramaturge and assistant director Balint Rauscher said the composers were chosen very carefully so they would support the story. The production uses music only by English composers: Ralph Vaughan Williams, Edward Elgar, Henry Purcell, Hubert Parry and George Frideric Handel.
Speaking about his work with the ballet company, Mujic said no actor in the world can dance the way a dancer can perform as an actor on stage. He added that nothing can surprise him because he is very well prepared. “I am an optimist and I think reality is what it is. I know where I am geographically and culturally, and from that we make the best possible thing,” Mujic said.
Frederico Pinto, who dances the role of Darcy, said rehearsals had been very intense and technically very difficult. “But I think it will be very easy for the audience to recognize the plot and the characters on stage,” Pinto said.
Katerina Petrova, who performs the role of Jane Bennet, said: “Something very exciting and very grand lies ahead of us.”
Maria Yordanova, who appears as Mrs. Bennet, said: “Everything in this production is very colourful, very vivid, very intense in dramaturgical terms.”
Rauscher said the production’s colours are classical. “Many of the characters are dressed in white. Overall, the colours are pale and pastel, to respect that age of classicism,” Rauscher said. Pride and Prejudice Comes to the Sofia Opera Stage 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-03-21 07:07:00 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