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

Selector: dr. Darko Gašparović
With the participation of the following authors: Daša Drndić, Ivica Prtenjača, Ervin Jahić, Milorad Stojević i Franci Blašković/Nikola Petković, Igor Žic, Tatjana Gromača, Laura Marchig i Danijel Načinović

 

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

Three knots on the eyelash

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.

JOSÉ CURA

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.