Organization

Costume designer

Đenisa Medvedec

Singer

Valentina Fijačko

Tamara Franetović Felbinger

Vedrana Šimić

Filip Filipović

Sokolović

Baritone

Davor Radić

Nikola Šubić Zrinjski

Ljubomir Puškarić

Siniša Hapač

Soprano

Marija Kuhar Šoša

Jelena

Marta Schwaiger

Adela Golac Rilović

Tenor

Stjepan Franetović

Juranić

Bass-baritone

Miha Bole

Alapić

Ozren Bilušić

Nikša Radovanović

Paprutović

Tvrtko Stipić

Dalibor Hanzalek

Levi

Bass

Siniša Štork

Sulejman

Luciano Batinić

Erol Ramadanović

Ali Portuk

Davor Nekjak

Begler beg

Jurica Jurasić Kapun

Glasnik

Stage director

Krešimir Dolenčić

Conductor

Ivo Lipanović

Niksa Bareza

Lighting designer

Deni Šesnić

Ika Škomrlj

Set designer

Dinka Jeričević

Choreographer

Sonja Kastl

Chorus master

Luka Vukšić

Translator

Tijana Gojić

Assistant Director

Martina Zdilar Sertić

Concertmaster

Vjekoslav Babić

Nina Cossetto

Supervisor

Aleksandra Ćorluka

Zrinka Petrušanec

Vlatka Peljhan

Mojca Ramuscak

Helena Borović

Silvana Čuljak

Roko Radovan

Mustafa

Miljenko Đuran

Ivana Lazar

Domagoj Dorotić

Marin Čargo

Boris Beus

Daniel Bates

Hrvatska vila

Lidija Mede–Herceg

Turska vila

HNK Zagreb

Orchestra

Orkestar Opere Hrvatskoga Narodnog Kazalista u Zagrebu

Nikola Šubić Zrinjski -  (Nikola Šubić Zrinski)

Zagreb

Croatia

Varaždin

Croatian National Theatre

Nikola Šubić Zrinjski Zajc

Public

Nikola Šubić Zrinski

Approved

The premiere of the opera Nikola Šubić Zrinjski in 1876 ​​by Ivan pl. Zajc, the founder and organizer of the Zagreb Opera Theater, was a very important cultural event, among other things because it marked the birth of another artistic branch within the Croatian National Theater in Zagreb - Ballet. Thematic of the last days of Siget, the Croatian hero Nikola Šubić Zrinski and his heroic death, the work was already an unprecedented success at the premiere, retaining an honorable place on the Croatian opera scene to this day. The greatest excitement was caused by the shocking oath of the heroes of Siget and the finale U boj, u boj, which as a choral song was composed ten years before the opera itself. The great popularity of the work can be attributed to the portrayal of a real hero of Croatian history, who saved Slavonia from complete enslavement in the difficult conditions of the Turkish invasion. Although he failed to prevent the Turks from conquering some cities, Zrinski bravely died defending Siget.
Apart from the extremely patriotic atmosphere that prevails in the opera, an important characteristic of Zajc's manuscript is also visible in the differentiated depiction of two opposing worlds, each of which has its own characteristics. Carefully profiling the characters of the heroes Zrinski and Sultan Sulejman according to historical facts, Zajc as antipodes created significant female characters of Croatian opera literature, Eva and Jelena, giving them a very important dramaturgical and musical task.

English

Nikola Šubić Zrinski by Zajc, Wed 17 May 2023, From (2021/2023), Directed by Krešimir Dolenčić,, Conductor Ivo Lipanović, Niksa Bareza, HNK, Zagreb, Croatia

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