M. Držić: Hecuba

musical-theatre play

Dialogos Ensemble

Katarina Livljanić

on the occasion of „45th anniversary of the inscription of the Old City of Dubrovnik on the UNESCO World Heritage List”

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Hecuba

Based on the texts by Marin Držić (1559) and Lodovico Dolce (1543)

Staged music performance with supertitles

Ensemble Dialogos

Roles:

Katarina Livljanić, Hecuba

Francisco Mañalich, Polydorus’s ghost, Polyxena, Polymnestor

Ante Podrug, Ulysses

Milivoj Rilov, Agamemnon

Srećko Damjanović, servant

Chorus:

Kantaduri

Joško Ćaleta, voice and direction

Srećko Damjanović, voice

Nikola Damjanović, voice

Ante Podrug, voice

Milivoj Rilov, voice

Instruments:

Norbert Rodenkirchen, flutes, dvojnice

Albrecht Maurer, fiddle, lirica

Francisco Mañalich, viola

Musical direction, scenario: Katarina Livljanić

Staging, scenography, costumes, surtitles: Sanda Hržić

Musical reconstruction: Katarina Livljanić, Francisco Mañalich, Joško Ćaleta

Instrumental musical reconstruction: Norbert Rodenkirchen, Albrecht Maurer

Lights and technique: Srećko Damjanović

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Have you ever been terrified by your own thoughts, have you ever been wounded so deeply that the only relief for your anger and pain could come through… revenge? If you do not already know the Trojan Queen Hecuba, it is time to meet her.

Photo (c) Željko Karavida