The Theatre of Light project transforms Baroque music and theatre into a vibrant operatic-dance spectacle created jointly by the ensembles Geisslers Hofcomoedianten and Musica Florea. Librettist and dramaturge Helena Koblischková and composer Jan Jirásek draw on Baroque motifs while translating them into a contemporary stage language in which music and stage action engage in a constant dialogue. Director Petr Hašek, long-time artistic director of Geisslers Hofcomoedianten, and conductor Marek Štryncl, founder of Musica Florea, build on their extensive experience in historically informed performance and Baroque gesture. Their collaboration gives rise to playful “New Baroque” in which light, music, and acting create a cohesive stage form.
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The libretto by Helena Koblischková is based on the novel The Theatre of Light by Anne Delaflotte Mehdevi, translated by Danuše Navrátilová and published by Argo.
Licensed by © Actes Sud, France, 2018
The production is being created in collaboration with the Musica Florea ensemble and the Lighting and Audiovisual Design for Live Arts (LAD-LA) study program, which is part of the DAMU Department of Scenography.
Performers
Geisslers Hofcomoedianten
Vojtěch Franců, Petr Šmíd, Eva Henel Burešová, Kristýna Dámová, Lucie Valenová, Claudia Eftimiadisová, Martin Bohadlo, Bartoloměj Veselý, Martin Holzknecht, Aleš Pospíšil and as a guest Eva Hartová
Musica Florea
Marek Štryncl – musical preparation
Helena Koblischková – libretto, dramaturgy
Jan Jirásek – music
Ján Tereba – scenography
Jitka Nejedlá – costumes
Kamila Mottlová – assistant of direction, choreography
Atelier of Lighting and Audiovisual Design for Live Arts DAMU,
under the direction of Pavla Beranová and Vratislav Šrámek
Petr Hašek – director
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