On the thirtieth of October, the ballet novelty Tristan and Isolde will be premiered on the stage of the Ljubljana Opera House, with original music by the contemporary Slovenian composer Saša Kalan with musical excerpts from Wagner's opera Tristan and Isolde and choreography by a young choreographer with Romanian roots, Dan Datcu.
The novel The Great Gatsby is not only the best novel of the American writer Francis Scott Fitzgerald. It is also a work that has been performed in countless versions both on theater stages and on movie screens in less than a century. On November 6, his first Slovenian performance will take place on the big stage of the City Theater of Ljubljana.
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The movie 12 Years a Slave is based on the incredible true story of a man who fought for survival and freedom.
The christening performance of the novel Angel of Oblivion by the poet and dramatist Maja Haderlap is coming to the stage. He speaks with intimate poetics about the importance of the partisan movement in Austrian Carinthia.
On March 3, 2017, the ballet Carmen – Faun – Bolero will premiere in Maribor, representing one of the most interesting dance works of the 20th century. You can see this avant-garde choreography in a transformed form at the Maribor National Theatre. Tickets are already available for purchase.
On April 13, 2017, the premiere of the ballet Symphony of Sad Songs will take place on the stage of SNG Opera and Ballet Ljubljana. The author of the conceptual ballet is Tomaž Pandur, and the musical basis is Symphony no. 3 by Henryk Mikołaj Góreckig. Tickets are already on sale.
The intrigue of a father who disobeys his daughter, the clash of two underworld rivals and the vacillating guardian of public order between them, and the confrontation of three (dis)enchanted ladies - this titillating story from the milieu of crime and prostitution was a means for the playwright John Gay to draw a complex political satire on the corruption of English society at the beginning of the 18th century. The Beggar's Opera, the most performed work of the time, will be staged for the first time at the SNG Nova Gorica on March 23rd. It also inspired many adaptations and remakes, among which the most famous are Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's Threepenny Opera (1928) and Benjamin Britten's modernist musical adaptation (1948), but it is also worth mentioning the politically engaged (non-musical) drama of the Czech playwright Vaclav Havel ( 1978) and Opera Wonyosi by the Nigerian Nobel laureate Wola Soyinka (1977).
Academy Award nominee Lee Daniels' biographical drama describes the colorful political events in the United States of the twentieth century. In the foreground of the story is the fictional character of butler Cecil Gaines, who served eight presidents in the White House between 1957 and 1986.
On Friday, November 17, 2017, the drama of the Slovenian National Theater Maribor will premiere Yasmine Reza's comedy God of Massacre, directed by Ajda Valcl, on the Small Stage. Starring Ana Urbanc, Vladimir Vlaškalić, Ksenija Mišič and Kristijan Ostanek.
English humor, salsa, romance. The dance spectacle in the spotlight can begin. Bruce Garrett struggles with being overweight and the resulting lack of confidence, but within him lies the burning heart of the King of Salsa. A woman enters his life who will reignite his Latin passion.
The film, inspired by a real event, intertwines the destinies of people who were forever marked by a heroic act from the past.