Mirisi, zlato i tamjan

Slobodan Novak

MIRISI, ZLATO I TAMJAN/SCENTS, GOLD AND FRANKINCENSE

Director: Vinko Brešan

12^th, 13^th, 14^th, 15^th and 16^th June 2007.

Portić at Kantrida at 21:30

Participants: Žarko Radić, Edita Karađole, Olivera Baljak, Denis Brižić, Biljana Torić, Andreja Blagojević, Zdenko Botić, Davor Jureško, Adnan Palangić, Alex Đaković, Nikola Stanišić, Tanja Smoje, Anastazija Balaž Lečić, Bakir Nezirović

An atmospheric hit performance in which the famous Croatian film director Vinko Brešan has proved himself to be an as equally excellent theatre director. It was voted the most fulfilling performance at the “Rijeka Summer Nights 2005”, and is traditionally in the festival program, which is exactly how audiences want it.

“At Portić in Kantrida, with its perfect view over the Kvarner bay, Brešan builds a small world in a theatrical setting that is full of cinematic effect where at first glance nothing seems to be happening. The picture of island life is built slowly without abrupt jumps, but has a discord that flows under the surface of the dramatic events like storms that the sea has not yet delivered.

Visibly it was a more than clever move for Brešan to accept the direction of this performance, where he has used his rich film experience to add a new qualitative stimulus in the interpretation of Novak’s excellent work.”

Helena Braut, "Vjesnik"

Olivera Baljak received an award from the City of Rijeka and the “Zlata Nikolić” Award from the Rijeka Croatian National Theatre for the role of Erminia in the performance “Scents, Gold and Frankincense”.

Dalibor Laginja will represent Croatia at the Quadrennial in Prague with the theatre design for “Scents, Gold and Frankincense”, one of the largest exhibitions for theatre design in the world.