Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill
Ironic, critical, and picaresque, "The Threepenny Opera" is a play that has become a phenomenon in the European cultural space. Written by Bertolt Brecht, a multilateral and influential reformer of twentieth-century theater, after John Gay's satirical melodrama "The Beggar's Opera" (1728), the play captures, like the hypotext, the world of the marginalized: thieves, beggars, prostitutes and preserves original intrigue, but in a different context and exploring new meanings.
The music, composed by Kurt Weill, with lyrics written by Brecht, has an important role in the economy of the play. Revolutionary for its time, combining influences of jazz and German dance music, it gives a distinctive note and a special flavor, having both a recreational and a critical role. The songs of "The Threepenny Opera" enjoyed great popularity.
The text is for the first time staged at the Queen Marie Theater in the stage direction of Victor Ioan Frunză, a creator with a strong aesthetic program. The scenographic concept belongs to the artist Adriana Grand, who always surprises with the visual and referential complexity she brings on stage.
Also, involving almost all the actors of the Queen Marie Theater, but also musicians from Oradea - under the musical direction of Ovidiu Iloc, the show "The Threepenny Opera" is part of the register of macrostructures, which captivates not only the complexity of the world and the themes it develops, but also through the complex artistic vision, the development of forces, ingenuity and scenic mathematics.
Macheath: RICHARD BALINT
Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum: DANIEL VULCU
Celia Peachum: IOANA DRAGOȘ GAJDÓ
Polly Peachum: ADELA LAZĂR
Brown: RĂZVAN VICOVEANU
Lucy: ALINA LEONTE
Jenny: ANDA TĂMĂȘANU
Smith: PETRE GHIMBĂȘAN
Filch: PAVEL SÎRGHI
Pastorul Kimball: EMIL SAUCIUC
Matthias: EUGEN NEAG
Jakob: GEORGE DOMETI
Walter: PAVEL SÎRGHI
Ede: ALEXANDRU RUSU
Jimmy: ALIN STANCIU
Robert: DAVID CONSTANTINESCU
Wixen: CARINA BUNEA
Dolly: GIORGIANA COMAN
Betty: ANCA SIGMIREAN
A veteran: CORINA CERNEA
Police officers: SORIN IONESCU, PETRE GHIMBĂȘAN, ALIN STANCIU, ANDRIAN LOCOVEI
Beggars: PAVEL SÎRGHI, GIORGIANA COMAN, DAVID CONSTANTINESCU, CARINA BUNEA, CIPRIAN CIUCIU, DENISA IRINA VLAD, GABRIELA CODREA, LUCIA ROGOZ, MIHAELA GHERDAN, ZENTANIA LUPȘE, ARMANCA SERAC, CONSUELA EGYED, IGOR LUNGU, FLORIAN SILAGHI, ALEXANDRU POP, ANDREI FAZECAȘ
Childrens: RAREȘ ROȘU, ANASTASIA FEHER
The Queen of England: ANGELA TANKO
Orchestra: OVIDIU ILOC (Conductor), CĂTĂLIN CHIRILĂ (Clarinet, Alto Saxophone), SZÉKELY ISTVÁN (Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone), GYÖRGY MARTYIN (Trumpet), GERHARDT BEKES (Trombone), SZÉKELY CRISTIAN-ROBERT (Percussion), KÁSA TAMÁS (Banjo, Guitar), VARADY HENRIETTA (Piano, Harmony)
Musical direction.................................................. OVIDIU ILOC
Choreography............................................................ VICTORIA BUCUN
Set, costumes and props............................... ADRIANA GRAND
Stage direction...................................................VICTOR IOAN FRUNZĂ
Translation: Isaiia Răcăciuni and Ion Cantacuzino
Lyrics translation: Nina Cassian
Duration: 3h with one intermission
Premiere: January 16, 2022 - Grand Hall