Past Activities
Since its inception, the Boris Christoff Foundation actively supported the many activities related to the master program in opera “Santa Cecilia Opera Studio”, organized by the Santa Cecilia National Academy until 2015.
Among the various co-produced artistic initiatives, there are a number of opera productions staged in the Sala Petrassi at the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome, entirely made with the young artists of the Academy’s master courses.
2021
The Boris Christoff Foundation, renewing its multi-year collaboration with the Bulgarian Institute of Culture based in Rome, has granted four scholarships to Bulgarian singers, selected through a public competition carried out in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture of Bulgaria. The winning singers have attended the advanced courses in opera singing hosted by the Bulgarian Institute of Culture during the Summer of 2021, under the artistic direction of Orlin Anastassov.
Here are the names of the winners of the 2021 Boris Christoff Foundation Scholarships:
Leonora Llieva, soprano
Gergana Gerorgieva, soprano (high)
Dimitrinka Kechedzhieva, soprano (high)
Viktor Krastanov, basso (low)
2016
In 2016, the Christoff Foundation supported the “Incontri con la Musica” (Meeting with Music), a series of Sunday concerts held by the artists of the Santa Cecilia master courses at the Auditorium Parco della Musica.
2014
Celebrations for the centenary of the birth of Boris Christoff
The Boris Christoff Foundation, in collaboration with the Santa Cecilia National Academy and the Bulgarian Institute of Culture, has promoted a series of initiatives to celebrate the figure of the great Bulgarian bass, culminating in the “Concert for Christoff – A Voice within the soul” which re-proposed the same chamber program that the great artist presented on the occasion of his last appearance at the Santa Cecilia National Academy back in 1977. The concert was performed by some of the best artists from the Santa Cecilia Opera Studio Master Course that the Boris Christoff Foundation supported for many years.
Other initiatives included:
- Photographic exhibition curated by the Bulgarian Institute of Culture
- World premiere screening of the documentary “The prayer of Boris Christoff” by Magdalena Manolova
- World premiere screening of the documentary “Letter from Tuscany” by Ema Konstantinova
The Christoff Foundation also sponsored a major celebratory event, Boris Christoff. Le Basse mémorable held on May 21 in Brussels under the aegis of the European Community.
2012
September 11, 12, and 13, Sala Petrassi, Auditorium Parco della Musica in co-production with the Santa Cecilia National Academy
L’heure espagnole, Maurice Ravel
Gianni Schicchi, Giacomo Puccini
Artists of Santa Cecilia Opera Studio
Ensemble 900
Carlo Rizzari conductor
Cesare Scarton director
Gennaro Vallifuoco scenes
Laura Viani costume designer
Sartoria Tirelli costumes
Corrado Verini lights
2011
April 12 and 14, Sala Petrassi, Auditorium Parco della Musica in co-production with the Santa Cecilia National Academy
The cunning little vixen, Leóš Janáček,
Artists of Santa Cecilia Opera Studio,
Instrumental Ensemble of Master Courses
Children’ Choir and of the Santa Cecilia National Academy
Marco Angius conductor
Cesare Scarton director
José Maria Sciutto Choir Master
Gennaro Vallifuoco scenes
Tiziana Cannavacciuolo costumes
Flaviano Pizzardi – The Pool Factory Animations
Patrizia Salvatori choreographic movements (April 2011)
