Name: The Greek Passion
Start: 2021-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2022-04-10T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Janáčkovo divadlo

Organization

Tenor

Peter Berger

Manolios

Petr Levíček

Panais

Bass-baritone

Jan Šťáva

Grigoris The Priest

David Szendiuch

Fotis the Priest

Ondřej Koplík

Janakos

Baritone

Jiří Miroslav Procházka

Kostandis

Soprano

Andrea Široká

Lenio

Spoken

Robert Musialek

Ladas

Petr Karas

Archon

Dušan Růžička

Michelis

Tadeáš Hoza

Nikolios

Vít Nosek

Andonis

Contralto

Jitka Zerhauová

An old Woman

Tereza Merklová Kyzlinková

Despinio

Stage director

Jiří Heřman

Conductor

Robert Kružík

Costume designer

Alexandra Grusková

Set designer

Dragan Stojčevski

Choreographer

Kateřina Nováčková

Dramaturge

Patricie Částková

Chorus master

Pavel Koňárek

Harold Meers

Pavla Vykopalová

Katerina

Roman Hoza

Václav Čížek

Michal Vajda

Valeria Maťašová

Singer

Boris Trhlík

malý Manolios

Bass

Josef Škarka

Old Refugee

Kryštof Cholava

ND Brno

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Chlidren’s Choir Brno

Český akademický sbor

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The Greek Passion

Brno

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Janáčkovo divadlo

The Greek Passion Martinů

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The Greek Passion Martinů7

Bohuslav Martinů: ŘECKÉ PAŠIJEpremiéra 7. 10. 2020 v Janáčkově divadlerežie: Jiří Heřmandirigent: Robert Kružík

A bell in an unfinished temple, water as a symbol of purification, burning candles… Red eggs are distributed as a symbol of Easter. Suddenly, desperate voices come from a distance. In the transparent, almost dreamy images, a great drama begins to unfold about what is hidden in man.

Priest Grigoris convenes an assembly of elders in the village of Lycovrissi and selects Christ and apostles from among the villagers for the Passion Plays. The deep peace in which the village still lived is disturbed by a sudden concussion. Just as God's finger demands proof of faith, so do refugees come to the village square and seek asylum. They are rejected and forced to seek refuge in the rocky mountains. However, the newly appointed saints go after the fearing refugees. Ordinary daily worries gradually disappear; the strength of their faith and their role in the approaching passions are beginning to change their spiritual consciousness to new maturity. Gradually he returns to the only meaning of his actions: good or evil…

This is how Martinů characterized his last opera, the Greek Passion . The composer, who himself experienced the fate of a refugee, created in it the work of a great humanistic message about the power of faith. The message is increasingly relevant in today's world.

The Greek Passion by Martinů, From (2021/2022), Directed by Jiří Heřman,, Conductor Robert Kružík, Janáčkovo divadlo, Brno, Czech Republic

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