Gorenjski Slavcek

O produkciji

The Nightingale of Gorenjska was initially conceived as an operetta, which was tendered by the Dramatic Society and offered two awards for both the operetta and libretto. The Commission made up of Bedřich Smetana, Karel Bendl and Ludevit Prochazka awarded the First Place to Foerster and thus The Nightingale of Gorenjsko was first performed under his leadership at the Provincial Theatre, on 27th April 1872. Twenty years later Foerster decided to rewrite his operetta into opera. The libretto, initially made by Luiza Pesjak, was rewritten by Czech librettist Emanuel Züngl, whereas Foerster composed an additional number of musical acts and recitatives to replace the spoken text. The opera was first staged on 30th October 1896. Subsequently the Nightingale of Gorenjska was remade and complemented several times, as the opera apparently – at least according to connoisseurs – had some weaknesses. But even Smetana wrote in his revue, that the opera has »fresh melodics« and that it is »thoughtfully and skilfully harmonised, as well as artfully instrumented«. Orphée aux enfers, whose title translates from the French as Orpheus in the Underworld, is an opéra bouffe, or opéra féerie in its revi

Ustvarjalci

• Stage Adaptation and Choreography by Leo Mujić Set Designer Stefano Katunar Costume Designer Manuela Paladin Šabanović Lighting Designer Aleksandar Čavlek Dramaturg Bálint Rauscher Assistant Set Designer Nastja Miheljak Performance Assistants Mojca Kalar Simić, Viktor Isajčev, Regina Križaj Dramaturgical Consultancy Tatjana Ažman