Organization

Conductor

Marián Vach

Stage director

Roman Polák

Choreographer

Martin Urban

Set designer

Jaroslav Valek

Costume designer

Peter Čanecký

Chorus master

Iveta Popovičová

Ján Procházka

Singer

Ivan Zvarík

Štelina

Ján Galla

Veronika Mihalková

Katrena

Juraj Smutný

Básnik (hovorená úloha)

Dominik Zaprihač

Ľubo Gregor

Dvojník (hovorená úloha)

Igor Kúchen

Zimoň

Adriana Škrváňová

Zimoňka

Eva Lucká

Zalčíčka

Katarína Procházková

Marka

Dominika Doniga

Diana Zvaríková

Pastierik

Michaela Kukurová

Dušan Šimo

Krúpa

Martin Popovič

Hríň

Zoltán Vongrey

Marián Hadraba

Starejší

Darina Kunková

Starejšia

State Opera Banská Bystrica

Slovak

Krútňava -  (The Whirlpool)

Banská Bystrica

Slovakia

Štátna Opera

Krútňava Suchoň

Public

The Whirlpool

Approved

The most played Slovak opera Krútňava is inspired by the short story by Mila Urban Za Vyšný mlynom. The libretto was written by Eugen Suchoň and tenor Štefan Hoza. The story of love and hate that results in the drama of conscience is set in a folk environment. The ballad story is based on the motive of guilt for the unacknowledged murder of a sock in love. The composer psychologically deepened the character of the negative hero Ondrej, facing his opponent old Štelin, the father of the slain Jan. At the same time, the composer emphasized the role of the village community and its moral integrity. The compositional basis of the opera is a vocal melody inspired by a Slovak folk song and its distinctive Suchoň stylization.
 After almost sixty years, Krutňava returned to the original form, which the Slovak National Theater presented at the world premiere of the work in 1949, in the staging of the Banská Bystrica State Opera.

English

The Whirlpool by Suchoň, From (2008/2010), Directed by Roman Polák,, Conductor Marián Vach, Štátna Opera, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia

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