CrossOpera: otherness, fear and discovery
Operas by Luigi Cinque, Jasmina Mitrušić and Valentin Ruckebier
Text by Sandro Cappelletto, Jasmina Mitrušić and Hermann Schneider
Commissioned by the Teatro Comunale di Modena, the Serbian National Theater Novi Sad and the Landestheater Linz
Grant of the EU program „Creative Europe“ – subprogram Culture
In German, Italian, Serbian and English with surtitles
World premiere Modena
December 3, 2021 | Teatro Comunale
Premiere Linz I
December 10, 2021 | Kammerspiele
Premiere Novi Sad
January 20, 2022 | Serbian National Theater
Music director
Djordje Pavlović
Director
Gregor Horres
Set and costumes designer
Mariangela Mazzeo
Lightning designer
Marcello Marchi
Video designer
Hanna Hildebrand, Marcello Rotondella
Dramaturgy
Katharina John
Production managers Modena
Alessandro Roveri (overall), Francesca Valli
Production manager Novi Sad
Senka Petrovic
Production manager Linz
Katharina John
Vocal Coaching
Nicola Fratti, Na Kyeong Kim, Milena Milovanović
Assistant stage director and evening production manager
Rahel Schwarz, Senka Petrovic (Performances Novi Sad)
Stage manager
Alessandro Rossetti
DREAM (SAN)
Opera in one act. Text and music by Jasmina Mitrušić
Narrator
Sandro Cappelletto / Jakob Kajetan Hofbauer / Nikolina Spasić
Sara, refugee from Syria, mother
Dalila Djenic
Maria, refugee from Syria, daughter
Evgenija Jeremić
Ana, assistant in the reception center from Vranje
Idil Karabulut
Adnan, refugee from Afghanistan
Strahinja Đokić
Hasan, refugee from Afghanistan Eugenio
Maria Degiacomi
Osman, refugee from Afghanistan
Florian Wugk
THE FLIGHT TO EGYPT
Opera in one act by Valentin Ruckebier, text by Hermann Schneider
Narrator
Sandro Cappelletto / Jakob Kajetan Hofbauer / Nikolina Spasić
Mother
Evgenija Jeremić
Father
Eugenio Maria Degiacomi
Voice of the child
Dalila Djenic
A doctor
Strahinja Đokić
His assistant
Florian Wugk
A nurse
Idil Karabulut
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE FUTURE?
(E TU, CHE SAI TU DEL FUTURO?)
Opera in 14 scenes by Luigi Cinque, text by Sandro Cappelletto
Narrator
Sandro Cappelletto / Jakob Kajetan Hofbauer / Nikolina Spasić
Soprano
Evgenija Jeremić
Mezzo-soprano
Idil Karabulut
Alto
Dalila Djenic
Tenor
Florian Wugk
Baritone
Eugenio Maria Degiacomi
Bass
Strahinja Đokić
Musicians
1st violin
Vladimir Ćuković
2nd violin
Snežana Tominčić
Viola
Dragana Lončar
Violoncello
Nevena Vlaović
Double bass
Pierluca Cilli
Flute / piccolo
Lydia Küllinger
Oboe / English horn
Martyna Korzeniewska
Clarinet / Saxophone / Bass Clarinet
Ayaka Matsudomi
Percussion
Simone Beneventi
Ethnic percussion
Pino Basile
Guitar
Alessandro Santacaterina
Piano
Na Kyeong Kim
Decorations and costumes were made in the workshops of the Teatro Comunale di Modena.
Performance approx. 2 hours, one break
Performance rights: rights with the composers and authors.