Агапия Баларева и хорът в българския оперен театър
Agapiya Balareva and the Choir in Bulgarian Opera Theatre

Summary/Abstract: This text was inspired by the 80th Birthday Anniversary of one of the most renowned Bulgarian musicologists Agapiya Balareva, a longtime researcher of choral art in Bulgaria. As a young researcher of choral art in the field of Bulgarian Opera Theater, the author (Tzenova-Nusheva) has used two of Balareva’s publications (related to choral art in Bulgaria in general) as starting point for her research. According to Tzenova-Nusheva, Balareva’s observations, led her to conclusions regarding the interaction between the opera and the choral art in Bulgaria before the two arts gained a relative independence, and until their complete differentiation from one another. From the general context of the original publications/sources, Tzenova-Nusheva has derived tendencies for the interaction of opera and choral art in Bulgaria, which later on she juxtaposed with similar or different observations by other authors. The methodology of this research includes mainly historical, analytical and comparative approach.

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