CHAPBOOK
Bohuslav Martinů
CHAPBOOK
The beauty of dance, music and singing, from the roots of the Czech tradition which we draw on. Our ballet company joins the Year of Czech Music with a work that created in the 1930s, in a time of growing totalitarianism and looming crises.
At this time, Bohuslav Martinů focused on going back to the roots, traditions and our region, where he could feel safe. The result was the first part of the Czech Theatre series, the sung ballet Špalíček (Chapbook), inspired by folk songs, nursery rhymes, games and fairy tales, inspired by Karel Jaromír Erben.
A good balance of individual storytelling can be seen, for example, in the fairy tales, Puss in Boots, The Shoemaker and Death, the legend of St. Dorothy, or Cinderella. The loosely linked tales are full of inspiring and energizing music, accompanied by ballet performances and singing by soloists and choir. The ballet is a beautiful and proud celebration of our country. It returns to Pilsen after thirty years as a fascinating source of our Czech treasures and lives.
Creators
- Choreografie:
- Jiří Pokorný
- Hudební nastudování:
- Jiří Petrdlík
- Dirigent:
- Jiří Petrdlík / Jiří Štrunc
- Režijní spolupráce:
- Martin Otava
- Scéna:
- Lukáš Kuchinka
- Kostýmy:
- Dana Haklová
- Sbormistryně:
- Anna Marie Lahodová
- Hudební příprava:
- Maxim Averkiev, Martin Marek
- Asistenti choreografa:
- Kristýna Miškolciová, Markéta Pospíšilová
- Asistent režie:
- Miroslav Hradil
- Inspicient:
- Petr Šmaus
- Nápověda:
- Viktorie Šimůnková
Prersons and actors
- Soprán:
- Andrea Frídová / Adéla Skočilová
- Tenor:
- Tomáš Kořínek / Richard Samek
- Bas:
- Rostislav Florian
- Smrt:
- Gaëtan Pires / Justin Rimke
- Kocour v botách:
- Selský chlapec:
- Riccardo Gregolin / Anton Troshchenko
- Kocour:
- Giacomo Mori / Mátyás Sántha / Karel Audy
- Zajíc:
- Simone Carosso / Riccardo Gregolin
- Král:
- Karel Audy / Marius Mathieu
- Princezna:
- Sara Antikainen / Aneta Pašková
- Čaroděj - Smrt, Lev, Krahujec, Myška:
- Gaëtan Pires / Justin Rimke
- O ševci a smrti:
- Švec:
- Simone Carosso / Karel Roubíček
- Kůň:
- Leonard Flohr, Anton Troshchenko
- Čmelák:
- Margarida Gonçalves / Shiori Nirasawa / Kako Sawai
- Motýl:
- Cynthia Brandan / Mami Mołoniewicz / Shiori Nirasawa
- Zelený myslivec:
- Pablo Dorado / Miroslav Suda
- Černý muž:
- Karel Audy / Mátyás Sántha
- Čerti:
- Pablo Dorado / Simone Carosso, Go Minakami / Campbell Wilson
- Princezna:
- Michela Quartiero / Victoria Roemer / Fanny Westring
- Legenda o svaté Dorotě:
- Dorota:
- Victoria Roemer / Afroditi Vasilakopoulou
- Král:
- Marius Mathieu / Giacomo Mori
- Theofil - Smrt:
- Gaëtan Pires / Justin Rimke
- Kat:
- Riccardo Gregolin / Karel Roubíček
- Anděl:
- Mami Mołoniewicz / Afroditi Vasilakopoulou
- Čerti:
- Pablo Dorado / Simone Carosso, Go Minakami / Campbell Wilson
- O Popelce:
- Popelka:
- Anna Pokorná / Michela Quartiero
- Sestry:
- Luisa Isenring / Isabel Örjansberg De La Cruz, Cynthia Brandan / Margarida Gonçalves / Kristina Pires
- Otec:
- Karel Audy / Mátyás Sántha
- Princ:
- Justin Rimke / Karel Roubíček
- Víla:
- Novella Petrucci / Afroditi Vasilakopoulou
- Orchestr Opery DJKT
- Dětský sbor Opery DJKT Kajetán
The production was financially supported by the Bohuslav Martinů Foundation.
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