The traditionally successful cooperation with the Music Biennale Zagreb will be continued this season as well with the worldpremiere of Crux dissimulata by Croatian composer Srećko Bradić, at the opening of the jubilee 25th Music Biennale Zagreb.

The first opera? This generally accepted statement for Monteverdi’s Orpheus is corroborated by the fact that the date of its opening night in 1607 marked the beginning of a new century and the beginning of a new era in music, which corresponds perfectly with the beginning of the 21st century.

Mirjana had its world-premiere on the stage of the Czech National Theatre in Olmouc on February 20, 1937 and the reviews spoke of its great success.

The strongest link between Puccini’s one-act operas might be formulated as variations on the subject of death. The drama of the milieu (Il Tabarro), the study of the soul (Suor Angelica) and the burlesque (Gianni Schicchi) all deal with different aspects of death.

Rigoletto was made upon the novel The King Takes His Amusement by Victor Hugo, inspired by the French king Fran ois I. The libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave, and Verdi was attracted by the character of the despised court jester, a hunchback, a man filled with deep hatred, love and pain.