In Rossini’s raucous comedy of errors, a beautiful Italian girl is shipwrecked off the coast of Algeria and finds her lover, much to the dismay of the bumbling Bey of Algiers. Read More
APOLLON MUSAGÈTE / OEDIPUS REX Glasba Igor Stravinski Režiser in scenograf Rocc Koreograf Renato Zanella Kostumografinja Belinda Radulović Oblikovalec svetlobe Jasmin Šehić Ne živim ne v preteklosti ne v prihodnosti. Živim v sedanjosti. Ne vem, kaj bo prinesel jutrišnji dan, poznam le resničnost današnjega. Temu moram služiti in mu služim. (Igor Stravinski, iz Avtobiografije) Read More
Music Charles Gounod Director Frank Van Laecke Set Designer Paul Gallis Costume Designer Yan Tax Lighting Designer Marc Heinz Lighting Co-Designer Jasmin Šehić Choreography Ingrid Coppieters, Frank Van Laecke Faust, an aging scholar, has devoted his life to studying. As he reflects on his life, he feels that nothing has come of his devotion. He contemplates suicide and, as he is about to do so, he curses God and asks the devil to appear. Mephistopheles, the devil, appears and tempts Faust with an image of a lovely young woman, Marguerite, and Faust makes a deal with the devil. The deal will make Faust young again, as the devil will give Faust life on earth and, in return, Faust must spend eternity with Mephistopheles in Hell. Faust lusts after Marguerite and eventually wins her over. His thirst for youth has left him with little care of the consequences others will face. Marguerite becomes pregnant, causing her brother, Valentin, to challenge Faust to a duel. Faust, with Mephistopheles’ help, ends up killing Valentin. Marguerite later kills her child and is imprisoned. Faust is let into the prison by Mephistopheles and the two men tell Marguerite they will get her out. Marguerite, however, tells […] Read More
Music Vincenzo Bellini Stage director Frank Van Laecke Set designer Philippe Miesch Costume designer Belinda Radulović Lighting designer Frank Van Laecke, Jasmin Šehić Choreographer Lukas Zuschlag The action unfolds in Verona (Italy) in the 13th century, and revolves around the political rivalry between the Capulets and the Montagues. Juliet, who is the daughter of the head of the Capulets and engaged to Tybalt, is in love with Romeo, the firstborn of the Montagues. But the situation is even more complicated: even though he did not intend it, Romeo has killed Juliet’s brother in a fight. Read More
Music Richard Strauss Set Designer Alan Vukelić Costume Designer Sandra Dekanić Lighting Designers Alan Vukelić, Marin Blažević Choreographer Mila Čuljak Director Marin Blažević The libretto revolves around the Greek myth about the daughter of the Cretan King, who falls in love with Theseus, the son of the King of Athens. In exchange for a promise to marry her, Ariadne helps Theseus kill the Minotaur. On their way to Athens, they stop on the island of Naxos, where Theseus abandons her. The popular theme has been reappearing in the world of opera from Monteverdi to Orff. Read More
The story of the Slovenian operatic classics tells about Franjo, who returns to his hometown, where he is eagerly expected by his friend Lovro and his girlfriend Minka. At that time the entertaining Chansonette stops in this idyllic place in Gorenjsko, hears Minka singing and immediately decides to take her away – and out into the world - to help her train her voice and earn her living with it. This all happens, when Minka's family is pushed by the creditors to leave the house. Although Chansonette is offering money, Minka's mother refuses to take it and the villagers decide to prevent the foreigner’s plans … Read More
The Maid of Orleans is an opera in 4 acts, 6 scenes, by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. It was composed during 1878–1879 to a Russian libretto by the composer, based on several sources: Friedrich Schiller’s The Maid of Orleans Read More
Luisa Miller is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Salvadore Cammarano, based on the play Kabale und Liebe (Intrigue and Love) by the German dramatist Friedrich von Schiller. Read More
JULIJA – OPERA VEČNE LJUBEZNI Igor GRDINA, libreto Aleš MAKOVAC, glasba ROCC, režija in scenografija Simon DVORŠAK, umetniški direktor THE GREAT GATSBY Read More
The Magic Flute is one of the composer’s distinctively different and also quite atypical operas in terms of its story, characters and stage effects and at the same time a logical continuation of his creative opus, at least regarding the way he tackles his themes, mostly inspired by the age of Enlightenment. Read More
Code L is a new opera, conceived by Slovenian authors who have been successfully creating in the international arena, in many different fields of art. The project was inspired by the book A Lover's Discourse: Fragments by French philosopher Roland Barthes Read More
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