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The director builds his entire concept based on the ideas of the #MeToo movement against violence towards women. The aim is to use art as a warning to society – a "red light" for acute social issues, as well as to suggest solutions for addressing them, which are encoded in the works. According to Znaniecki, Mozart himself predicted the contemporary social balance in which women will be the leaders. Michal Znaniecki places Don Giovanni in a "desperate primitive trial against incredible women. Modern and brave. Strong enough to follow him and punish him. Strong enough even to forgive his sins." Together with the set designer Luigi Scoglio (Italy), he makes analogies with Ovid's "Satyricon" and Fellini's film "Satyricon," moving the action to thermal baths as a place of indulgence, where the waters cleanse sins. For this purpose, a real pool with Roman mosaics is built on stage, and the space is transformed with the artistic lighting of Dariusz Albricht and the projections of Karolina Jačević, which incorporate drawings by the surrealist Rafał Olbiński. The transformation and symbolism in the second part of the performance are particularly interesting, as the action takes place 40 years later, and the life of the aging Don Giovanni has turned into a true "hell."
Creative Team
Dian Tchobanov
Musical director
Michal Znaniecki
Director
Luigi Scoglio
Set designer
Michal Znaniecki
Costume designer
Diana Theocharidis
Choreographer
Dariusz Albrycht
Artistic lighting
Karolina Jacewicz
Multimedia and projections
Dima Dimitrova
Assistant Director
Tsvetan Tsvetkov
Choirmaster
Anna Khimoroda
Featuring
Choir
Orchestra