Opening ceremony of the RIJEKA SUMMER NIGHTS 2006
29 June 2006 - The Republic of Croatia Square, 9.30 p.m.
Street theatre "Strange Fruit",
Australia + fireworks
The field
Director: Roderick Poole
Performers: Charles Moulday, James Carmichael, Kathryn Jamieson, Marie Sposato, Jy David Wayne Hildred, Sally Rose Hederics, George Filev, Anna Lumb
30 June, 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 July 2006 – Portić at Kantrida, 9 p.m.
The Croatian Drama of the Ivan pl. Zajc Croatian National Theatre (HNK)
Slobodan Novak: Gold, frankincense, and myrrh
Director: Vinko Brešan
Novel dramatized by: Matko Botić and Vinko Brešan
Cast:
Žarko Radić, Edita Karađole, Olivera Baljak, Denis Brižić, Biljana Torić,
Andreja Blagojević, Zdenko Botić, Davor Jureško, Adnan Palangić, Alex
Đaković, Nikola Stanišić, Sabina Salamon, Ana Kvrgić, Bakir Nezirević
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1 July 2006 – Trsat Castle, 9.30 p.m.
The Gerardo Núñez flamenco trio
Performers:
Gerardo Núñez (guitar), Carmen Cortés (dancer), Jesús Méndez (singer)
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4 and 5 July – Marko Marulić Street, the Old Town of Rijeka, 9 p.m.
Writers under the Stars in the Old Town
5 July – The Ivan pl. Zajc Croatian National Theatre (HNK), 9 p.m.
Opera of the Ivan pl. Zajc Croatian National Theatre (HNK)
Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda
Conductor: Nada Matošević
Director: Ozren Prohić
Performers:
Mirella Toić,
Nataša Jović - Trivić, Ivica Čikeš, Anđelka Rušin, Maurizio Comencini,
Marzio Giossi, Dario Bercich, Davor Lešić,
the
Orchestra, the Opera Choir and the Ballet Ensemble of the Ivan pl.
Zajc Croatian National Theatre (HNK)
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7 July
2006 – University
of Philosophy yard,
9.30 p.m.
Istria National Theatre (INK), Pula Town Theatre
Pier Paolo Pasolini: Little fish
Director and dramaturge: Ivica Buljan
Music and lyrics by: Arsen Dedić
Performers: Lucija Šerbedžija, Jose, Denis Rubinić (flute, piccolo),
Ivan Kuruc (accordion), Igor Mihovilović (guitar), Nenad Mirt
(contrabass), Zdravko Širola (clapper)
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12, 13 and 14 July 2006 – The Ivan pl. Zajc Croatian National Theatre (HNK), 9 p.m.
The Croatian premiere of a multimedial coreodramma co-produced by
Croatia, Italy and Japan
Zeami Motokiyo: Matsukaze and Murasame – Wind in the pine-trees
(general sponsor: Zagrebačka banka; co-organized by
the Japanese Embassy in Croatia)
Director: Nenad Glavan
Choreographer: Moe Yamamoto
Performers: Daria Lorenci, Nataša Dorčić, Ballet Ensemble and the
Ensemble of the Croatian Drama of the Ivan pl. Zajc Croatian National
Theatre (HNK)
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14 July 2006 – Torpedo Factory, 9 p.m.
Damir Urban Concert
Conductor: Alan Bjelinski
Performers: Urban & 4 and the Opera Orchestra of the Ivan pl. Zajc
Croatian National Theatre (HNK)
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17 July 2006 – Marija’s Gardens, Trsat, 9 p.m.
Conductor: Nada Matošević
Performers:
José Cura
(tenor),
Dubravka Šeparović-Mušović (mezzo-soprano) and the Opera
Orchestra of the Ivan pl. Zajc Croatian National Theatre (HNK)
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20, 21, 22, 24 and 25 July – University campus, 9 p.m.
Prepremiere by the Ivan pl. Zajc Croatian National Theatre (HNK)
Mate Matišić: Nobody's son
Director: Vinko Brešan
Cast:
Božidar Alić, Zdenko
Botić, Olivera Baljak, Damir Orlić, Dean Stjepanović, Leonora Surian,
Adnan Palangić, Alex Đaković, Dražen Mikulić, Stjepan Perić, Nenad
Vukelić, Sabina Salamon, Biljana Torić, Andreja Blagojević
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25 July – Franciscan cloister, Trsat, 9
p.m.
An evening dedicated to Dora Pejačević and Sergey Rahmaninoff
Performers:
Nelli Manuilenko (soprano), Olga Cinkoburova (piano)
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27 July – Torpedo Factory, 9 p.m.
Carl Orff: Carmina Burana
Conductor: Ivo Lipanović
Performers: Olga Kaminska, Sveto Matošić Komnenović, Joachim Seipp, the Opera Choir and Orhestra of the Ivan pl. Zajc Croatian National Theatre (HNK), choir "Jeka Primorja" – Rijeka; "Tratinčice" children's choir - Rijeka
Choirmasters:
Igor Vlajnić and Aleksandra Matić
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The organizers of "Rijeka Summer Nights" reserve the right to make
adjustments in the festival programme.