Jakov Gotovac Ero the Joker 180 min

Ero the Joker

Performances

From 14. October 2023.

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Sat 18:00
14.10.
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Fri 19:30
20.10.
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Fri 19:30
03.11.

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14.10
14.10
20.10
20.10
03.11
03.11

Creatives

Conductor

Josip Šego

Stage director

Krešimir Dolenčić

Set designer

Dalibor Laginja

Costume designer

Inga Kostinčer

Costume revival

Dženisa Pecotić

Choreographers

Margareta Froman i Vatroslav Krčelić (obnovila Sonja Kastl)

Stage movement

Ioan Barbu

Assistant stage director

Petar Vujačić

Assistant for costume revival

Tihana Cizelj

Assistant set designer

Ante Serdar

Chorus master

Translation of libretto

Tijana Gojić

Ensemble of the performance

Mićo / Ero the Joker

Stjepan Franetović / Miljenko Đuran

Đula

Landlord Marko

Mate Akrap / Siniša Štork

Doma

Ivanka Boljkovac / Sofia Ameli Gojić / Ivana Srbljan / Dubravka Šeparović Mušović

Miller Sima

Shepherd

Nikolina Hrkać / Andrija Bošković / Nina Rašković

Young lad

Mario Bokun

Orchestra nad Chorus of the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb

Concert master / mistress

Vlatka Peljhan, Mojca Ramušćak

Répétiteurs

Vjekoslav Babić, Helena Borović, Nina Cossetto

Ballet of the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb

Stage managers

Stage managers

Aleksandra Ćorluka, Zrinka Petrušanec

Prompter

Marija Dražančić

Premiere

09.05.1992
14.10

Creatives

Conductor

Josip Šego

Stage director

Krešimir Dolenčić

Set designer

Dalibor Laginja

Costume designer

Inga Kostinčer

Costume revival

Dženisa Pecotić

Choreographers

Margareta Froman i Vatroslav Krčelić (obnovila Sonja Kastl)

Stage movement

Ioan Barbu

Assistant stage director

Petar Vujačić

Assistant for costume revival

Tihana Cizelj

Assistant set designer

Ante Serdar

Chorus master

Translation of libretto

Tijana Gojić

Ensemble of the performance

Mićo / Ero the Joker

Miljenko Đuran

Đula

Landlord Marko

Siniša Štork

Doma

Tamara Franetović-Felbinger

Miller Sima

Shepherd

Andrija Bošković

Young lad

Mario Bokun

Orchestra nad Chorus of the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb

Concert master / mistress

Vlatka Peljhan, Mojca Ramušćak

Répétiteurs

Vjekoslav Babić, Helena Borović, Nina Cossetto

Ballet of the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb

Stage managers

Stage managers

Aleksandra Ćorluka, Zrinka Petrušanec

Prompter

Marija Dražančić

20.10

Creatives

Conductor

Josip Šego

Stage director

Krešimir Dolenčić

Set designer

Dalibor Laginja

Costume designer

Inga Kostinčer

Costume revival

Dženisa Pecotić

Choreographers

Margareta Froman i Vatroslav Krčelić (obnovila Sonja Kastl)

Stage movement

Ioan Barbu

Assistant stage director

Petar Vujačić

Assistant for costume revival

Tihana Cizelj

Assistant set designer

Ante Serdar

Chorus master

Translation of libretto

Tijana Gojić

Ensemble of the performance

Mićo / Ero the Joker

Miljenko Đuran

Đula

Landlord Marko

Siniša Štork

Doma

Dubravka Šeparović Mušović

Miller Sima

Shepherd

Nina Rašković

Young lad

Mario Bokun

Orchestra nad Chorus of the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb

Concert master / mistress

Vlatka Peljhan, Mojca Ramušćak

Répétiteurs

Vjekoslav Babić, Helena Borović, Nina Cossetto

Ballet of the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb

Stage managers

Stage managers

Aleksandra Ćorluka, Zrinka Petrušanec

Prompter

Marija Dražančić

03.11

Creatives

Conductor

Josip Šego

Stage director

Krešimir Dolenčić

Set designer

Dalibor Laginja

Costume designer

Inga Kostinčer

Costume revival

Dženisa Pecotić

Choreographers

Margareta Froman i Vatroslav Krčelić (obnovila Sonja Kastl)

Stage movement

Ioan Barbu

Assistant stage director

Petar Vujačić

Assistant for costume revival

Tihana Cizelj

Assistant set designer

Ante Serdar

Chorus master

Translation of libretto

Tijana Gojić

Ensemble of the performance

Mićo / Ero the Joker

Stjepan Franetović / Miljenko Đuran

Đula

Landlord Marko

Mate Akrap / Siniša Štork

Doma

Ivanka Boljkovac / Sofia Ameli Gojić / Ivana Srbljan / Dubravka Šeparović Mušović

Miller Sima

Shepherd

Nikolina Hrkać / Andrija Bošković / Nina Rašković

Young lad

Mario Bokun

Orchestra nad Chorus of the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb

Concert master / mistress

Vlatka Peljhan, Mojca Ramušćak

Répétiteurs

Vjekoslav Babić, Helena Borović, Nina Cossetto

Ballet of the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb

Stage managers

Stage managers

Aleksandra Ćorluka, Zrinka Petrušanec

Prompter

Marija Dražančić

Jakov Gotovac

ERO THE JOKER

A comic opera in three acts

Libretto by Milan Begović

As Jakov Gotovac’s most successful work, the opera Ero the Joker has been considered one of the best Slavic comic operas for a long time. Since its premiere in the Croatian National Theatre in 1935, it has been an almost constant part of the repertoires of all Croatian national theatres. Many reviews of productions on foreign stages consider Ero a symbol of Croatian opera, bringing the songs and dances of its homeland to the world, through impeccably intertwined lyrics and music. The chromatic musical scale, rich orchestration, lively rhythms, and continuously flowing, melodic vocal lines are closely tied to the exceptional libretto by Milan Begović, which is full of humorous verses. The main character of the opera and the central figure of the narrative is Mića, a young man from a wealthy rural family in the Dalmatian hinterland. While looking for a girl he could marry, he follows his mother’s advice and pretends to be a poor man. He introduces himself as Ero from another world, wanting to be certain that his chosen one, Đula, truly loves him. Although he tricks many, in the end he is forgiven and gets the girl he loves. The vigorous ballet finale of the opera, with its frenzied tempo, is an ode to a rural way of life, wherein the music, full of the ethos of the Dalmatian interior, swells to prominence.

The eternal young man! - Vijenac

Ovations, cheering, elation, audiences on their feet… all this in honor of the 80th anniversary of Ero the Joker. - Jutarnji list

Dvadeset pet godina ta predstava stiliziranih folklornih okvira neprekidno je na repertoaru, prikazana 146 puta. U njoj se izmijenilo mnoštvo solista u glavnim ulogama, od kojih je dio nazočio svečanoj izvedbi 2. svibnja, i bio predstavljen publici…— Vijenac
The eternal young man!— Vijenac
Ovations, cheering, elation, audiences on their feet… all this in honor of the 80th anniversary of Ero the Joker.— Jutarnji list

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