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ON THE ROOFS OF PARIS

BASED ON THE VIOLET OF MONTMARTRE - OPERETTA BY EMMERICH KÀLMÀN 

PRODUCTION OF: KONSTANTIN KISSIMOV MUSIC AND  DRAMA THEATER / VELIKO TARNOVO/

SEASON 2019 / 2020

COMPOSER: EMMERICH KÀLMÀN

LIBRETTO: JULIUS BRAMMER AND AFRED GRüNVALD

PRODUCTION TEAM:

CONDUCTOR: VASSIL VALCHEV

STAGING: BOYKO BOGDANOV

SET DESIGN AND COSTUMES: LIDIA KARKELANOVA
MULTIMEDIA AND VJ-ING @ THE OPENING: TSVETA BOGDANOVA

CAST:

GUEST-SOLOISTS: SIMONA KODEVA, TEODORA PETROVA, MOMCHIL KARAIVANOV;

THE TROUPE OF KONSTANTIN KISSIMOV MUSIC AND DRAMA THEATER 

PHOTOS : ANDREY CHERTOV AND PERSONAL ARCHIVE

FESTIVALS AND TOURS:

 

PARTICIPATION @ "STAGE OF THE CENTURIES" ["SCENA NA VEKOVETE"]  NATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL, TSAREVETS FORTRESS, VELIKO TARNOVO / july 2019

COUNTRY TOURS >> PLOVDIV / RUSE / KARLOVO / LOVECH / GABROVO /  2019

VISUAL MATERIAL

SELECTED PHOTO ARCHIVE

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 aCt I

$            IN  THE  BOHEMIAN  ATTIC

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paris celebrates

 aCt II   

Hurray! Premiere!!!

   aCtIII 

hHOORAY! PREMIERE !!!

EXCERPTS FROM THE PROJECTED MEDIA

FOLLOWING THE OERETTA`S LIBRETTO  THE PROJECTION  TAKES A SUPPORTING OR ACTIVE ROLE IN THE STAGE PRODUCTION.  IT SOMETIMES IS USED AS VISUAL BACKGROUND  ENRICHING   THE FRENCH BOHEMIAN ATMOSPHERE OF THE STORY. 

IN OTHER  SCENES AIMING  THE BRECHTIAN "ESTRANGEMENT EFFECT" IT  BECOMES  A STORYTELLER  PREPARING THE SPECTATOR FOR WHAT HAPPENS  NEXT

AT THE FINAL  IT IS COMPARED TO  AN EMPTY MATERIAL FRAME ON STAGE  AND LEADS THE MAIN ACTION IMAGING 

ANIMATED CANVAS OF A 1814`S PAINTING  - KEY OF THE PLOT - TO SOLVE THE SCENIC CONFLICT.

 

 

THE MOVING  IMAGES CONSIST OF:

▶ STATIC LAYERS OF WELL KNOWN PARIS PEYSAGES FROM THE FIRST DECADES OF XXTH CENTURY MIXED WITH

    ANIMATED CLOUDS, RAIN, MOON ON STARRY SKY OR FIREWORKS,

▶ REMARKS IN  SILENT MOVIE STYLE,

▶ ANIMATED VARIATIONS OF INGRE`S PAINTING GRANDE ODALISDQUE

 PARIS COLLAGES

REMARKS

ACT II AND ACT III MOTIONS

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