Name: The Plays of Mary
Start: 2021-12-15T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2022-03-04T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Janáčkovo divadlo

Organization

Singer

Daniel Bambas

Vůdce hry

Pavla Vykopalová

Ženich

Daniela Straková-Šedrlová

Jana Hrochová

Markéta Cukrová

Petr Levíček

David Nykl

Jan Šťáva

Archanděl Gabriel

Lenka Laurinčík Schallenberger

Panna pošetilá

Václava Krejčí Housková

Obchodník s oleji

Ladislav Mlejnek

Igor Loškár

Pavel Katsiushyn

Tereza Merklová Kyzlinková

Mariken

Andrea Široká

Alžběta Poláčková

Bůh

Matka Boží

Ďábel

Svatopluk Sem

Piják

Maškaron

Zoltán Korda

Marie

Stage director

Jiří Heřman

Conductor

Jakub Klecker

Lighting designer

Daniel Tesař

Costume designer

Alexandra Grusková

Set designer

Pavel Svoboda

Choreographer

Jan Kodet

Chorus master

Josef Pančík

Valeria Maťašová

Michal Vajda

Kovář

Kovářová dcera

Šenkýř

Sestra Paskalina

Sestra Marta

Soprán

Tenor

Petr Karas

ND Brno

Others

Chlidren’s Choir Brno

Orchestra

Orchester des Nationaltheaters Brünn/Brno

Český akademický sbor

Czech

The Plays of Mary -  (Miracle of Our Lady)

Brno

Czech Republic

Janáčkovo divadlo

Public

Private

Miracle of Our Lady

English

Approved

The Plays of Mary Martinů

trailer k inscenaci opery Hry o Marii Bohuslava MartinůPremiéra 27. března 2015 v Janáčkově divadle

Hry o Marii NdB - trailer

Four paintings, four parables about sin and forgiveness.

“A production with an excellent cast, wonderfully designed, but first and foremost built on an impeccably written and often unconventional opera.”

The archangel Gabriel announces the coming of Christ. The wise virgins are eagerly prepared and unquestioning. The foolish virgins are lukewarm in their faith, allowing their lamps to go out and so have to go to buy oil at the very moment Christ arrives… Mariken – a village girl who stays too late in the town, transported by the vision of the shops and their displays. She then gets lost in the dark woods. The devil appears, promising to get her out of the darkness, and offers her all the riches of the world. Mariken succumbs… The Virgin Mary is looking for a place to give birth. Neither inns nor smithies have room for her, and so she ends up in a stable behind the smithy… The nun Paskalina, who dreams of worldly love, leaves her convent and goes to her lover. After much suffering she returns to the cloister, where her place was taken by the Mother of God in her absence.

There are composers whose works are not easily pigeonholed. One of them is clearly the native of Polička, Bohuslav Martinů (1890–1959). Each of his operatic works explores new possibilities and in an original and exceptional manner creates bridges between various artistic genres. This is also the case with The Plays of Mary, made up of separate stories involving the Christian concepts of forgiveness of sin and redemption. It is made up of four independent tales, which however – despite the contrasts between them – are linked like the pieces of a masterfully constructed mosaic: “The Wise and Foolish Virgins” (prologue, drama), “Mariken of Nimègue“ (miracle), “The Nativity” (pastoral), “Sister Paskalina” (legend). Despite their diversity in style and origins when linked with Martinů’s compelling forceful music a whole is produced of the great mysteries and strong spiritual witness. The world premiere of The Plays of Mary took place on February 23, 1935, in what is now the Mahen Theatre under the baton of Antonín Balatka and directed by Rudolf Walter. Today this unique work of Bohuslav Martinů is returning after eighty years to the site of its first performance on the theatre stage under the direction of the artistic head of the opera Jiří Heřman. His production was originally created in 2009 as a coproduction project of the National Theatre in Prague and the Opera Wroclawska, and it was received to great acclaim in both theatres.

Janáček Opera Ensemble and Orchestra of the National Theatre Brno

Miracle of Our Lady by Martinů, Fri 04 Mar 2022, From (2021/2022), Directed by Jiří Heřman,, Conductor Jakub Klecker, Janáčkovo divadlo, Brno, Czech Republic

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