When you say Paris, you immediately think of love, fashion, fun and La Vie Parisienne, or the much-desired Parisian life, the atmosphere of which each of us would like to feel at least a little. PARISKI ŽIVOT is coming to Belgrade at the beginning of October - a new musical delicacy, an operetta by Jacques Offenbach, prepared by an already proven team of authors when it comes to the musical genre: Robert Bošković, directs and adapts, Vesna Šouc is the conductor, Milica Cerović is the choreographer, set design designed by Vesna Režić, and costume design by Duška Nešić. The dramaturgy, translation and adaptation are written by Igor Weidlich, while Vesna Šouc and Barbara Kajin helped him sing the lyrics. The lighting designer is Srđan Jovanović, the sound designer is Dušan Arsikin, the author of the puppets is Dražen Matijašević, while the other collaborators and assistants are: Isidora Goncić and Anja Orelj (director), Nina Kuzmic (scenography),
The story revolves around two Parisian bonivans who are fighting for the affection of a world-famous actress, an engaged but mischievous Swedish baron who came to France to taste the charms of Paris will get involved in everything, and a rich and passionate Brazilian is inevitable in this love tangle. Whoever is the winner of the love affair will have the opportunity to see the audience of the Madlenianum Opera and Theater as early as October 1, when the premiere is scheduled, i.e. On October 8, when the first replay is.
Lovers of musicals, operettas, good and sincere humor and sumptuous scenography and costumes will have the opportunity to enjoy the operetta PARISKI ŽIVOT by composer Jacques Offenbach, which had its premiere and worldwide success in 1866 in Paris. The libretto was then written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. Due to the demanding contemporary audience, the director and the playwright reduced the operetta to three acts and a duration of two hours and 10 minutes, while also including the widely famous Kan Kan Ž. Offenbach from his opera Orpheus in the underground, for which many French clubs became famous.
A touch of Paris in this sung and playful piece of music will be brought by a large ensemble of performances led by: Vasa Stajkić, Dimitrije Cincar-Kostić, Arsenije Tubić, Đorđe Viktor Vlajić, Branislava Podrumac, Jana Pogrmilović, Anja Orelj, Miloš Đorđević, Srđan Timarov, Vladimir Andrić, Ana Cvetković, Dragana Popović, Ivana Medić, Đorđe Stojković and Žarko Stepanov. In this merry-go-round of love, they wholeheartedly help: Vesna Đurković, Mina Gligorić, Nevena Đoković, Ana Bartoli, Vanja Milačić, Sara Bojić, Petar Đurđević, Milan Milosavljević, Đorđe Kreća, Nemanja Bajić, Milena Moravčević and Marija Pantin. Besides Vesna Šouc, Dragana Anđelić Bunjac and Barbara Kajin accompany the musical preparations as accompanists. The orchestra of the Madlenianum Opera and Theater is led by concert master Vesna Janssens. The numerous choir and dance ensemble of this complex piece of music, as well as the soloists,
Rehearsals are already well underway, part of the scenography and costumes are being prepared. Director Robert Bošković said that the most demanding part of the preparation of this operetta, in addition to the creative part, preparation of scenography, costumes and directing ideas, was to create a really good acting ensemble.
"I was taught, as an actor and director, that if you have a good division, it is a good 30 percent of the performance. Madlenianum is one of the few theaters that hires actors in this way, and for this project, almost 300 actors, singers and players from Belgrade applied and other places in Serbia and the region." With all of them, Bošković and his collaborators are working on a new story and dynamic, with sharp humor that comes out in the musical numbers, almost every one of which is
choreographed.
The operetta is sung in Serbian, with English subtitles.
