Amphitryon of Boris Papandopulo – a large project of the University of Zagreb in a co-production with the CNT in ZagrebOpera — 04. May 2023.
Amphitryon, an opera that the great master of Croatian music Boris Papandopulo composed in his youth will have its opening night on May 11, 2023, at the CNT in Zagreb with Matija Fortuna as conductor and Kristina Grubiša, an MA student of dramaturgy as stage director. This project is based on cooperation between the faculties of the University of Zagreb (Academy of Music, Academy of Dramatic Arts, Academy of Fine Arts, Faculty of Textile Technology and Faculty of Architecture) and planned as a coproduction with the CNT in Zagreb, headed by the Academy of Music in Zagreb.
It has been more than 80 years since this comic opera, based on the witty libretto written by Mijo Štimac and Enrio Golisciani written after Molière's anthological work, had its world opening night.
This music parody in three acts, brings a version of the mythological story on gods Zeus and Mercury who take on human form and characters in order to seduce the wives of two mortals, the Theban commander Amphitryon and his officer Sosia. This particular comedy of errors leads to a series of amusing, funny and intriguing plots, while the brilliant orchestration contains a series of remarkable arias, masterly chorus and brilliant ensemble parts. Composed on the eve of the great world war, opera Amphitryon is, according to the words of the author, conceived as a work that will, in a difficult, critical and depressive time brighten and make the audience laugh.
