You partied enough on Ultra Europe? Well, get ready for something completely different. The 61st Split Summer Festival begins, as one of the oldest theatrical festivals in Croatia. Split will turn again into a stage for the top class drama, opera, ballet, concerts, exhibitions.
It all begins this Tuesday, on July 14 at 9pm with a gala opening in front of the Croatian National Theatre building, followed by no less than two art exhibitions and an opera of opera "Samson and Delilah" by Camille Saint-Saënsa on the main stage of the CNT. The whole month afterwards a new life is coming to a theatre building, Split parks and squares, galleries and museums. Split Summer Festival had its ups and downs in its history, but was always an important part of the city spirit and tradition.
Here is what we will, for more details visit Festival's official web site.
OPERA
CNT Split: Camille Saint-Saëns "Samson and Delilah"; Peristil: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida; Peristil: Heart on Stage; Vrlika: Jakov Gotovac: Ero The Joker.
DRAMA
Duplančića dvori, Rokova Street and Gripe Fortress: Olja Lozica, insp. by the motives of Italo Calvino and Radovan Ivšić "Invisible City"; CNT Split Courtyard: MONTAЖ$TROJ and Zagreb Youth Theatre "And Where is the Revolution, Scum?"; CNT Split Courtyard: Rugantino Theatre "Thiscasting"; Sustipan: Ivan Kovačić "Laughter and Tears of the Old Split"; Meštrović' Crikvine - Kaštilac: Planet Art Theatre/Exit Theatre Nina Raine: Plemena; Diokletian's Basements: Student Theatre Lero Dubrovnik, Davor Mojaš "Brides"; Meštrović' Crikvine - Kaštilac: Moruzgva Theatre "Mobile"; Klis Fortress: Histrion Theatre Company "Can't Pay? Won't Pay!".
BALLET
Sustipan: Five Minutes to 12; Sustipan: Bolero/Carmen; Sustipan: A Streetcar Named Desire; Multimedial Cultural Center: The Other at the Same Time.
CONCERTS
Meštrović' Crikvine - Kaštilac: Balkan Connection Brass; Meštrović' Crikvine - Kaštilac: Mostar Sevdah Reunion - Tales From the Forgotten City; Meštrović' Crikvine - Kaštilac: Rosenberg Gypsy Jazz Trio; Meštrović' Crikvine - Kaštilac: Otprilike ovako, feat. men's choir Brodosplit; Gallery of the Fine Arts: George Gershwin "A Great American Songbook", Cynthia Hansell Bakić; CNT Split Foyer: Il Tenorissimo, Tribute to Mario del Monaco; Gallery of the Fine Arts: Kajana Pačko - violoncello, Petrit Çeku - guitar; Gallery of the Fine Arts: Matija Dedić Trio; Gallery of the Fine Arts: Belle Epoque, Ana Domančić - flute, Vesna Podrug - violoncello; Republic Square: Glenn Miller Orchestra; Meštrović' Crikvine - Kaštilac: Zagreb Soloists.
EXHIBITIONS
Milesi Palace/Kula Gallery: Gérard Titus-Carmel; Gallery of the Fine Arts: Phlogiston; Photo Club Gallery: Croatian Press Photography 2014; Photo Club Gallery: 70th Anniversary of bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.