CHILDREN
National Theater in Belgrade
Serbia
03/10/2023
19:30
National Theater Sarajevo
Duration 85 min.
Author:
MILENA MARKOVIĆ (based on the verses of the novel „Children“)
Composer and director:
IRENA POPOVIĆ
Libreto and dramaturgy:
DIMITRIJE KOKANOV
Cast:
NELA MIHAILOVIĆ
SUZANA LUKIĆ
PREDRAG MILETIĆ
VANJA MILAČIĆ
PAVLE JERINIĆ
MILENA ĐORĐEVIĆ
BOJANA STEFANOVIĆ
BOJANA BAMBIĆ
DRAGANA VARAGIĆ
ALEKSANDAR VUČKOVIĆ
MIONA MARKOVIĆ
TEODORA SPARAVALO
JELENA BLAGOJEVIĆ
VLADAN MATOVIĆ
Singers:
TAMARA MITROVIĆ
ISKRA SRETOVIĆ
MARKO KOSTIĆ
The operatic performance „Children“ represents a challenging synthesis of dramaturgical and choreographic approaches under the directorial supervision of Irena Popović. The powerful authorship of Milena Marković, staged as a form of autofiction, is reorganized for stage performance. Applying a research approach, the director has developed a choreographic language that merges impulses, drama relations and sound, intertwining the individual and the collective.
Chamber orchestra:
NIKOLA DRAGOVIĆ, soloist, violin, bass guitar
IVAN MIRKOVIĆ, piano
ALEKSANDAR JOVAN KRSTIĆ, flute, saxophone
VLADIMIR GURBAJ, clarinet
LUKA SPARAVALO, violin
ALEKSANDRA KIJANOVIĆ, viola
PAVLE RAKOČEVIĆ, violoncello
ALEKSANDAR PETROVI, double bass
VID MILOŠEVIĆ, drums
TNA MLADENOVIĆ, medieval harp, piano, electronic instruments,
CHILDREN’S CHOIR “NADE”, conducted by BILJANA SIMENOVIĆ
Stage design:
MIRAŠ VUKSANOVIĆ
Costume design:
SELENA ORB
Choreography:
IGOR KORUGA
Musical dramaturgy:
JELENA NOVAK
Stage speech:
LJILJANA MRKIĆ POPOVIĆ