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Thursday, 03.11.2011
20:30 Romanian National Opera
Carnival scenes
by I.L. Caragiale
CAST:
IORDACHE, MULKT’S JOURNEYMAN - Marius Turdeanu
IANCU POMPOM – Constantin Chiriac
MITZA WALKINGSTICK – Ofelia Popii
THE CATINDATE – Liviu Pancu
MACHE RĂZĂCHESCU, “BOWLEGS” – Adrian Matioc
NAE MULKT – Nicu Mihoc
DIDINA BET - Cristina Ragos, Raluca Iani, Serenela Mureşan
THE STEWARD – Cristian Stanca
A WAITER – Pali Vecsei
SOLDIERS - Adrian Neacşu, Cătălin Pătru, Edi Pătraşcu
MASKED PEOPLE, DUSTMEN, COOKS, CHOIR - Mihai Coman, Florin Coşuleţ, Viorel Raţă, Cristina Stoleriu
THE CHILD – Sânziana Stan
D'ALE BAND - Ema Veţean (alto saxophone), Veronica Arizancu (alto saxophone), Codruţa Vasiu (accordion), Emöke Boldizsár (flute), Eva Ungvari (flute), Vlad Robaş (violin), Tomohiko Kogi (violin), Claudiu Fălămaş (trumpet), Liviu Vlad (drums)
THE DOG: Bunny (Mebam)
TRAINER - Silviu Stan
Directed by: Silviu Purcărete
Scenography: Dragoş Buhagiar
Original music: Vasile Şirli
Light design: Silviu Purcărete & Dragoş Buhagiar
Play duration: 1h 40 min (no intermission)
The seventh show directed by Silviu Purcărete at Sibiu is the director’s return to Caragiale’s drama after more than two decades (A Lost Letter, Little Theater, 1988). Faithful to the letter to Caragiale’s text, written in 1885, that brings up the madness of the carnival in a flurry of comical situations set up around love intricacies, the director’s powerful vision lends a rich, popular zest to the comical situations that abound in this impressive staging. Silviu Purcărete looks upon Caragiale’s characters indulgently, even with empathy, bestowing upon them, in a subtle link to the present day, the status of perennial types, in which both the actors that play them and the spectators who are watching can recognize themselves. This is one of the rather few “pure” comedies in the director’s career, as he has more often been acclaimed for his rendition of ancient drama, Shakespearean plays and monumental epic or lyrical works like Ovid’s Metamorphoses and Arabian Nights.
Photo: Sebastian Marcovici, Costin Chesnoiu
