The initiative belongs to the President of the National Assembly Tsetska Tsacheva who is also  the honorary patron of the anniversary celebrations. The Speaker of Parliament, the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Alexander Tsvetkov and the Director of the Sofia Opera and Ballet Prof. Plamen Kartaloff put together the seal on the first stamp of the special postage edition thus starting its distribution.

The stamp’s designer is painter Nikolay Tsachev, Professor at the National Academy of Arts; consultant - the well known Bulgarian musicologist and longtime dramaturgist at the Sofia Opera Prof. Boyanka Arnaudova.

National Assembly President Tsetska Tsacheva noted that the anniversary of the Bulgarian Opera evokes sense of  national and European pride.  She pointed out that the Bulgarian opera voices and brilliant opera performances were among the most valuable contributions to our European  and to the World’s musical culture.

Tsetska Tsacheva pointed out that even before the formal return of Bulgaria in the family of Europe, the talents of the Sofia Opera had already integrated the Bulgarian musical art into the spiritual space of Europe. She added that if one has to describe briefly the importance of the  Sofia Opera and Ballet it would be - European and worldwide fame.

The latest postage edition numbers 630 stamps,  meaning that its value will be high and will increase over time, said the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications.

At the end of the ceremony, singers from the Sofia Opera performed arias from Lehar, Mascagni and Verdi.