Shaw's Pygmalion again on the repertoire
On Saturday April 19, 2014 at 6:00 p.m. and Friday April 25, 2014 at 7:30 p.m. drama Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw directed by Helena Petkovic shall be performed on the stage of the CNT in Zagreb again. The opening night was held on March 23, 2012. The cast for the leading roles of Eliza and Professor Higgins is Darija Lorenci Flatz and Sinisa Popovic.
Ballet of the CNT is giving guest performances at Teatro Verdi in Trieste, Italy
From April 22 to April 27, 2014 six performances of Six Antique Epigraphs; In Black and White / The Rite of Spring will be performed at the Teatro Verdi in Trieste, where The Rite of Spring will be accompanied by the Orchestra del Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi di Trieste conducted by Mladen Tarbuk.
Debussy's Six Antique Epigraphs and In Black and White and Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring
On Saturday May 3, 2014 at 7:30 p.m. the Ballet of the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb shall perform the choreographies of Edward Clug that had their opening night last season as part of the co-operation with the Music Biennale Zagreb. Three shorter ballet works are performed to the music of Claude Debussy and Igor Stravinsky. Debussy's classic works for piano four hands Six Antique Epigraphs / Six épigraphes antiques and In Black and White / En blanc et noir were composed in the same period as The Rite of Spring.
Silvia Della Benetta in the revived Norma
After the revival on April 9, 2014, opera Norma by Vincenzo Bellini was on repertoir in April 2014, conducted by Antonello Allemandi and directed by Philippe Himmelmann. The title role shall be sung by the guest from Italy Silvia Dalla Benetta and her partner will be Rafael Rojas (Polion).
Zrinka Cvitesic won the Olivier Award
Zrinka Cvitesic, member of the Drama CNT in Zagreb was granted the most significant British theatre Award – the Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical held at the Royal Opera in London. Musical Once was competing for the prestigious award in six categories and was also granted the best autograph sound award for outstanding achievement in music.
