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
- Choreography:
- Jiří Pokorný
- Musical Direction:
- Jiří Petrdlík
- Conductor:
- Jiří Petrdlík / Jiří Štrunc
- Assistant Director:
- Martin Otava
- Set Design:
- Lukáš Kuchinka
- Costume Design:
- Dana Haklová
- Lighting Design:
- Jakub Sloup
- Video Projection:
- Ondřej Brýna
- Chorus Master:
- Anna Marie Lahodová
- Music Preparation:
- Maxim Averkiev, Martin Marek
- Assistant Choreographer:
- Kristýna Miškolciová, Markéta Pospíšilová
- Assistant Director:
- Miroslav Hradil, Richard Ševčík
- Stage Manager:
- Petr Šmaus
- Prompter:
- Viktorie Šimůnková
Prersons and actors
- Soprán:
- Andrea Frídová / Adéla Skočilová
- Tenor:
- Tomáš Kořínek / Richard Samek
- Bas:
- Rostislav Florian
- Smrt:
- Gaëtan Pires / Justin Rimke / Mátyás Sántha
- Kocour v botách:
- Kocour:
- Giacomo Mori / Mátyás Sántha / Karel Audy
- Zajíc:
- Simone Carosso / Go Minakami
- Král:
- Karel Audy
- Princezna:
- Sara Antikainen
- Čaroděj - Smrt, Lev, Krahujec, Myška:
- Gaëtan Pires / Justin Rimke
- O ševci a smrti:
- Švec:
- Simone Carosso / Richard Ševčík
- Motýl:
- Mami Mołoniewicz / Shiori Nirasawa
- Čmelák:
- Shiori Nirasawa
- Zelený myslivec:
- Campbell Wilson
- Černý muž:
- Karel Audy / Mátyás Sántha
- Princezna:
- Victoria Roemer
- Čerti:
- Simone Carosso, Go Minakami / Campbell Wilson
- Kůň:
- Nicoló Marchi / Kristian Kralev
- Legenda o svaté Dorotě:
- Dorota:
- Victoria Roemer / Afroditi Vasilakopoulou
- Král:
- Giacomo Mori / Richard Ševčík
- Theofil - Smrt:
- Gaëtan Pires / Justin Rimke
- Kat:
- Richard Ševčík
- Anděl:
- Mami Mołoniewicz / Afroditi Vasilakopoulou / Luisa Isenring
- O Popelce:
- Popelka:
- Anna Pokorná
- Princ:
- Justin Rimke
- Víla:
- Novella Petrucci / Afroditi Vasilakopoulou
- Sestry:
- Luisa Isenring / Isabel Örjansberg De La Cruz / Kristina Pires
- Otec:
- Karel Audy / Mátyás Sántha
- členové baletu DJKT
- žáci Baletní školy DJKT
- Orchestr Opery DJKT
- Dětský sbor Opery DJKT Kajetán
Photos from the production
Photo author: Irena Štěrbová
The production was financially supported by the Bohuslav Martinů Foundation.
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