BALLET BY GIORGIO MADIA
MUSIC BY JOSEPH HAYDN
LIBRETTO BY GIORGIO MADIA AFTER PIERRE CHODERLOS DE LACLOS
Choreography and Stage Direction: Giorgio Madia
Sets & Costumes: Domenico Franchi
Assistant to the Choreographer: Adriana Mortelliti
Dramaturg & Co-Librettist: Annegret Gertz
Musical Direction: Dian Tchobanov
CAST Tomislav Petranovic (Le Vicomte de Valmont), Takuya Sumitomo (Azolan, his valet), Natalia Kosovac (La Marquise de Merteuil), George Stanciu (Le Conte de Gercourt, her lover), Andrea Schifano (Le Chevalier Danceny, her lover), Edina Plicanic (Madame de Volanges), Asuko Maruo (Cécile de Volanges, her daughter), Olja Jovanovic Zurovac (Madame de Rosemonde), Iva Vitic Gamero (Madame de Tourvel, friend of Madame de Rosemonde), Ilir Kerni (Le Président de Tourvel, her husband), Ozana Mirkovic (Margot, maid of Marquise de Merteuil) Rieka Suzuki (Lisette, maid of Madame de Tourvel) | Soloists and Corps de ballet of Croatian National Theatre Zagreb | Opera Orchestra of Croatian National Theatre Zagreb
WORLD PREMIERE
24. March 2019
Croatian National Theatre Zagreb
Duration 2 hrs 30 min (including one intermission)
Based on the scandalous 18th century novel by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Giorgio Madia’s DANGEROUS LIAISONS explores the machinations of the Vicomte de Valmont and the Marquise de Merteuil, two French aristocrats locked in a battle of wits, wills and sexual conquest. They both enjoy to compete with ever more refined strategies to evoke desire, while enjoying most the arousal of lust while spinning their net of intrigues.
As a contemporary of the “Ancien Régime”, during which the spirit of libertinage reigned over the noble class, the author of the epistolary novel, Choderlos de Laclos, exemplified in a cold and cynical way, what might happen, when not all participants of the frivolous games are involved in the sophisticated rules. It’s the fascinating brilliance of the bad intention, that rules the action of this legendary masterpiece of French literature, successfully famous for his intended provocation. Giorgio Madia, widely known in Europe for his full evening story ballets, achieves to make theatre that is not about the steps but about the narrative and more than that about the subtext: suspense, excitement, allusions and the perfume of the script. The ballet DANGEROUS LIAISONS is a sensual game of lust, seduction, revenge. Until someone falls in love …
