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
- Světelný design:
- Jakub Sloup
- Projekce:
- Ondřej Brýna
- Sbormistryně:
- Anna Marie Lahodová
- Hudební příprava:
- Maxim Averkiev, Martin Marek
- Asistenti choreografa:
- Kristýna Miškolciová, Markéta Pospíšilová
- Asistent režie:
- Miroslav Hradil, Richard Ševčík
- 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 / Mátyás Sántha
- Kocour v botách:
- Selský chlapec:
- Riccardo Gregolin
- Kocour:
- Giacomo Mori / Mátyás Sántha / Karel Audy
- Zajíc:
- Simone Carosso / Riccardo Gregolin / Go Minakami
- Král:
- Karel Audy
- Princezna:
- Sara Antikainen / Aneta Pašková
- Čaroděj - Smrt, Lev, Krahujec, Myška:
- Gaëtan Pires / Justin Rimke
- O ševci a smrti:
- Švec:
- Simone Carosso / Richard Ševčík / Simone Coluccio
- Motýl:
- Mami Mołoniewicz / Shiori Nirasawa
- Čmelák:
- Margarida Gonçalves / Shiori Nirasawa
- Zelený myslivec:
- Pablo Dorado / Campbell Wilson
- Černý muž:
- Karel Audy / Mátyás Sántha
- Princezna:
- Michela Quartiero / Victoria Roemer / Fanny Westring
- Čerti:
- Pablo Dorado / 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:
- Riccardo Gregolin / Richard Ševčík
- Anděl:
- Mami Mołoniewicz / Afroditi Vasilakopoulou / Luisa Isenring
- O Popelce:
- Popelka:
- Anna Pokorná / Michela Quartiero
- Princ:
- Justin Rimke / Riccardo Gregolin
- Víla:
- Novella Petrucci / Afroditi Vasilakopoulou
- Sestry:
- Luisa Isenring / Isabel Örjansberg De La Cruz, Margarida Gonçalves / 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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