SNG Maribor - Velika dvorana
Ivan Jevtić: Mandragola comic opera. Text by Vesna Miladinovič, adapted from the text by Nicolla Machiavelli.
Conductor: Vesna Šouc Tričković, Srbija
Director: Slobodan Unkovski, Macedonia,
Set design: Meta Hočevar, Slovenia,
Costume design: Angelina Atlagić, Serbia
The story of Mandragola (The Mandrake), the significant literary work by Machiavelli, written in 1520 and regarded as the purest example of Renaissance comedy, will be presented slightly differently-as a comic opera by Ivan Jetić, one of the foremost Serbian and European composers. The comic opera story of Mandragola takes place in medieaval France. After 20 years, the young man Callimaco returns to town and immediately falls in love with the beautiful Lucrezia, who is married to an old, wealthy trader by the name of Nicia. Callimaco confides in his wily friend Ligurio, who promises to bring them together. Easier said than done…The setting of this operatic story, told this time through the production of the Serbian Madlenianum, has been directed by one of the most important directors in the Balkans-the Macedonian, Slobodan Unkovski. The set was designed by Meta Hočevar, the renowned Slovene scenographer; the costumes were designed by multiple award-winner Angelina Atlagić. The orchestra will perform under the baton of the top Serbian conductor Vesna Šouc Tričković.
http://www.madlenianum.rs/
