BALLET PREMIERE
“GARDEN OF BEGINNINGS”
19.9.2025, 8:00 PM, GRAND STAGE

MUSIC: Stojan Stojkov
CONDUCTOR: Ivan Eminovikj
CHOREOGRAPHY: Can Arslan (Turkey)
LIBRETTO: Eftim Kletnikov
CHOREOGRAPHER’S ASSISTANTS: Laura Lopez Muñoz (Spain) and Saša Evtimova
CONCEPT AND REALIZATION OF SCENOGRAPHY: Can Arslan (Turkey), Zoran Toshevski and Kiro Pavlov
COSTUME DESIGN CONCEPT: Can Arslan (Turkey), Laura Lopez Muñoz (Spain) and Sasha Evtimova
CONCERTMASTER: Verica Lambevska
MEZZO-SOPRANO: Marika Popovikj
LIGHTING DESIGN: Milcho Aleksandrov
ACCESSORIES: ZLATICA POPOVSKA, TIJANA DIMESKA AND ERMINA CHULJEVIKJ
STAGE MANAGERS: TIJANA TARCHUGOVSKA GEORGIEVA, DUBRAVKA SHOPOVA
PIANO ACCOMPANISTS: MARJAN VASILEVSKI, STEFAN PEHCHEVSKI

PERFORMERS:
Reflections of Eva: Marija Kichevska Shokarovska
Lilith: Eva Perkovska
Samael: Francisco Jiménez Ruiz (Spain)
Eva: Simona Kolishtkoska
Adam: Andrew Cook (England)
Three Women of Fate: Hristina Nakjevska Mitrashinovikj, Ilijana Danilov, Violeta Karajanova
Angels: Hristina Nakjevska Mitrashinovikj, Simona Kolishtkoska, Ilijana Danilov, Violeta Karajanova
Beings of Paradise / People: Sasha Evtimova, Natasha Trendafilova Gicev, Angela Bogatinovska, Medina Jusufovikj, Matea Karevski, Martina Dimovska, Mila Boshkov, Jovana Lazova, Balaz Loscei (Hungary), Miroslav Mitrashinovikj, Veselin Trajkovski

ORCHESTRA OF THE NATIONAL OPERA AND BALLET