Cat machine takes part in the most impressive project of Sofia Opera and Ballet
17 May 2010
The skid steer loader CAT 262С became a certain choice also of the classical art. The respected model in the construction business appears on the stage during the second scene of the opera “Rheingold” (“The Rhine Gold”) by Richard Wagner, presented in Bulgaria for the first time. This “actor’s debut” of the loader did not happen by chance. In the fairy plot of the opera, CAT 262С “builds” the fortress for the gods and its operators are the giants Fafner and Fasolt.
Rheingold is the first opera from the cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung) - Wagner’s tetralogy that also includes “Die Walküre” (“The Valkyrie”), “Siegfried” and “Götterdämmerung” (“The Twilight of the Gods”). The project is among the Sofia Opera’s 
most impressive ones and will take 4 consecutive years to be completed. The premiere of each opera of the tetralogy will be on 22 of May – the date of composer’s birthday.
In addition to the construction worthy of gods, the role of CAT 262С will also mark the first appearance of a construction machine on the opera stage in Sofia. This is an idea of the Director of Sofia Opera and Ballet himself – maestro Plamen Kartaloff, who is also the director of “Rheingold” performance setting. Caterpillar was his instant choice, considering that Wagner is well known as the composer who has always given his best to the audience.
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