Ema Destinn_Storm and Peace
A multi-genre stage poem about Czech national hero Ema Destinn. Musical theater in the co-production of ProART Company (CZ) and Tanzkompanie Golde G. (DE)
Direction: Martin Dvořák
Choreography: Martin Dvořák, Golde Grunske, Zaida Ballesteros Parejo
Text: Alena Mornštajnová, Ema Destinnová, Martin Dvořák, Adolf Wenig
Music: Ema Destinnová, Antonín Fajt, Jan Hanák/Sonority, Edgar Omar Rojas Ruiz, Kryštof Okrouhlý and Antonín Dvořák
Costumes: Jindra Rychlá
Performance: Irene Bauer / Mirka Prokešová, Kateřina Beranová, Kateřina Jebavá, Golde Grunske, Zaida Ballesteros Parejo, Martin Dvořák and Marta Vašková (piano)
Photo: Jan Vrba
Shows 2020:
9. 3. 20:00 / BRNO - Villa Tugendhat - Date Changed!!!
10. 2. 20:00 / BRNO - Villa Tugendhat
9. 2. / OLOMOUC - Divadlo hudby
Shows 2019:
28. 1. 20:00 / Brno, Villa Tugendhat
31. 1. 19:00 / Cottbus, Piccolo Theater
1. 2. 19:00 / Cottbus, Piccolo Theater
18. 2. 20:00 / Brno, Villa Tugendhat
15. 7. 20:00 / Brno, Villa Tugendhat
Photo: M. Vašíčková
Fotografie von Christiane Schleifenbaum 1. 2. 2019 Cottbus HERE
Opera singer and national icon Ema Destinnová is an inspiration for today's creators and authors.
Apart from her opera career Destinnová was also as an author of poems, novels, translations and one drama. The author of this project, Martin Dvořák, asked the writer Alena Mornštajnová, composers Antonín Fajt, Omar Rojas Ruiz, Kryštof Okrouhlý and Jan Hanák, and choreographer Golde Grunske, to join him to create their own work about Ema Destinnová.
The mosaic of these pieces form the foundation of the evening, permeated as a leitmotiv by Destinová's songs from the cycle "Garden of the Heart" and selected songs of Antonín Dvořák. The forms and emotions of the national heroine are embodied by five performers – a dancer, an actress and a singer, a glossator, and stage partner Enrico Caruso.
Ema Destinnová (1878 – 1930) world renown Czech opera singer, composer, writer, national heroine and patriot. Destinnová first started her international career in Berlin (Hofhoper) and later performed in New York (Met), London (Covent Garden), Paris (Theatre du Chatelet), and finally also in Prague (National Theatre).
Financial support: City Brno, Czech-German Future Fund, State Culture Fund, Piccolo Theater
