The welfare of socialism in the opera art in Bulgaria in the second half of the 20th century
Papers of BAS Humanities and Social Sciences Vol. 11, 2024, No. 2 Chief Assist. Dr. Еmiliya Zhunich Institute of Art Studies Bulgarian Academy of Sciences 21 Krakra Str. 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria Email: zhunich@mail.bg Abstract. The text examines the modifications in the opera repertoire resulting from political changes after 1944 and throughout the second half of the 20th century. These changes initiated shifts in attitudes toward opera and its creators, influencing the repertoire, the nationalization of certain troupes and the calling of other formations of opera houses “community playhouse”, without the government being aware what exactly such institutions needеd and the problems with which all those adjustments were mined. Keywords: opera art, people’s power, socialism, ideology The influences of the Bulgaria Communist Party’s directives handed down “from above”, the historical-cultural usages and the institutional changes during the time of so...