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PEER GYNT, the result of a program cooperation between Croatian National Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Zagreb and SNG Maribor. The great ballet ensemble performance Peer Gynt, choreographed and directed by Edward Clug, will premiere on March 31 on the stage of the Croatian National Theater in Zagreb.
The choreographer of the Slovene National Theatre in Maribor Edward Clug staged this famous drama work in his theatre in 2015, from an entirely different perspective, from the position of our epoch. Like Peer, man today lives on the junction of diverse mental epochs, and many believe how they were born for great things, they only need to comprehend from where they should take off.
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PEER GYNT, the story! From Henrik Ibsen to Edvard Grieg and Edward Clug
In the second half of the 19th century, the great Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen created a character of a restless antihero Peer Gynt, an adventurer, liar and a notorious romantic who in the quest for his true self in his dreams and semi-mystical reality did not care about the hardships he left to those closest to him.
Edvard Grieg, listening to Ibsen’s poetry composed the most melodious and famous music overture and today, Solveig’s Song is far more popular than the one that served as inspiration for it. Today, 150 years later, the story of Peer Gynt, rooted both in the folklore and in the unconscious, inspires numerous most diverse artists.
The choreographer of the Slovene National Theatre in Maribor Edward Clug staged this famous drama work in his theatre in 2015, from an entirely different perspective, from the position of our epoch. Like Peer, man today lives on the junction of diverse mental epochs, and many believe how they were born for great things, they only need to comprehend from where they should take off. Even today it is important for many to pick between the motto be yourself and the motto of the trolls be pleased with yourself.
Cultural codes are changing, relationships are breaking, threads are becoming thinner, but … love continues to save and the devotion offered by Solveig is needed today more than ever before. The new, large ensemble performance at the Zagreb Ballet will be choreographed by Edward Clug, a frequent guest of the Zagreb Ballet with his unforgettable soloist and choreographic creations.
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CREATIVES
Composer
Edvard Grieg
Librettist and choreographer
Edward Clug
Conductor
Simon Robinson
Set designer
Marko Japelj
Costume designer
Leo Kulaš
Lighting designer
Tomaž Premzl
Sculptures
Ivo Nemec, Milena Greifoner
Assistant choreographer
Miloš Isailović, Mirjana Šrot
Assistant conductor
Vjekoslav Babić
Assistant costume designer
Lara Kulaš, Mia Rejc Prajninger
Ballet mistresses
Suzana Bačić, Mihaela Devald Roksandić
ENSEMBLE OF THE PERFORMANCE
Peer Gynt
Takuya Sumitomo/ Guilherme Gameiro Alves/ Yuho Yoshioka
Death
Tomislav Petranović/ George Stanciu
Deer
Guilherme Gameiro Alves/ Pavel Savin/ Balint Rauscher
Mads Moen
Pavel Savin/ Balint Rauscher
King Of Trolls
Domagoj Vrbljanin/ Alen Gotal
Doctor
Siniša Bosnar/ Domagoj Vrbljanin
Aslak
Taiguara Goulart/ George Stanciu
Solveig
Natalia Kosovac/ Miruna Miciu/ Helena Troha
Ingrid
Miruna Miciu/ Natalia Kosovac/ Saya Ikegami/ Anamarija Marković
Anitra
Rieka Suzuki/ Mutsumi Matsuhisa
Woman In Green
Lucija Radić/ Atina Tanović
3 Mountain Women
Ivančica Alajbeg, Tihana Trupeljak Bujanić, Dora Blaić / Leda Šeparović
Mother
Atina Tanović/ Lada Rora
Rabbit
Rizumu Tanaka/ Anamarija Marković
5 Couples
Mario Diligente, Drew Jackson, Adam Harris, Simon Yoshida, Arnau Velasquez Rodrigez, Anamarija Marković, Mutsumi Matsuhisa, Ozana Mirković Blokar, Helena Troha, Saya Ikegami// Yuho Yoshioka, Kornel Palinko, Hyuma Gokan, Balint Rauscher, Ovidiu Muscalu, Cristiana Rotolo, Valentina Štrok, Dora Blaić, Lada Rora, Leda Šeparović, Rizumu Tanaka
Trolls
Yuho Yoshioka, Mario Diligente, Adam Harris, Drew Jackson, Simon Yoshida, Balint Rauscher, Arnau Velasquez Rodrigez, Kornel Palinko, Hyuma Gokan / Vid Vugrinec, Ovidiu Muscalu, Saya Ikegami, Valentina Štrok, Ozana Mirković Blokar, Mutsumi Matsuhisa, Helena Troha, Cristiana Rotolo, Lada Rora,/ Anamarija Marković, Leda Šeparović, Dora Blaić, Rizumu Tanaka
Morocco
Saya Ikegami, Cristiana Rotolo, Ozana Mirković Blokar, Mutsumi Matsuhisa, Helena Troha, Anamarija Marković, Lada Rora, / Dora Blaić, Leda Šeparović / Valentina Štrok, Rizumu Tanaka, Mario Diligente, Drew Jackson, Adam Harris, Simon Yoshida, Arnau Velasquez Rodrigez, Yuho Yoshioka , Balint Rauscher/ Kornel Palinko, Hyuma Gokan, Vid Vugrinec, Ovidiu Muscalu
Madhouse
Saya Ikegami, Valentina Štrok, Helena Troha, Ozana Mirković Blokar, Leda Šeparović, Mutsumi Matsuhisa, Lada Rora, Anamarija Marković, Dora Blaić, Lucija Radić, Petra Vargović Stanciu, Tihana Trupeljak Bujanić, Rizumu Tanaka / Cristiana Rotolo, Ivančica Alajbeg, Dora Kovač, Rieka Suzuki// Mario Diligente, Adam Harris, Simon Yoshida, Yuho Yoshioka, Drew Jackson, Balint Rauscher, Pavel Savin, Arnau Velasquez Rodrigez, Hyuma Gokan, Ovidiu Muscalu, Vid Vugrinec / Dan Rus, Kornel Palinko
ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS OF THE CROATIAN NATIONAL THEATRE IN ZAGREB
Chorus master
Luka Vukšić
Head of Music
Ljudmila Šumarova
Concert masters
Mojca Ramušćak, Vlatka Peljhan
Piano solo
Viktor Čižić
Répétiteur
Teo Visintin
STAGE MANAGERS
Stage manager
Snježana Marasović
