CASANOVA

a musical by Georgi Kostov
Text Yuri Dachev

Director Ognyan Draganov
Conductor Vladimir Boshnakov
Scenography and Costumes Ivan Tokadzhiev
Choreography Silviya Tomova

Casanova – Nikolay Motsov
Marcela – Tereza Brakalova – guest-performer
Bragadino – Ignat Zhelev
Malfieri – Evgeni Surmievich
Troisi – Hristofpr Nedkov
De Vernice – Ivan Kolev
Laura – Ivona Ivanova
Cecilia – Prolet Pencheva
The First Nun – Kremena Raycheva
The Second Nun – Lili Hodzheva
First Violin – Kameliya Stoycheva
Second Violin – Emiliya Dzhurova
Third Violin – Irina Radilova
Fourth Violin – Nina Dimitrova
Orchestra and Ballet of the Stara Zagora State Opera

“The main character is the famous lover – Casanova – a legendary figure of the 18 th century – a man of diverse interests – a trader, politician, diplomat, philosopher, poet, writer, who wrote several plays and over twenty books, but mostly known as the great lover from Venice. In our story, we look from a somewhat different angle at this person. Every man dreams of embodying in his life the seducer man-symbol Casanova. The director’s perspective ironizes the merely male vanity, goes through the comedy and at the final acquires even the quality of the grotesque. At the basis of the musical is the text, which is developed in the spectacle in its second aspect – quite ironically. A text which is based on the autobiographic composition by Casanova, i.e. “Story of My Life”, where he immortalizes his promiscuous love affairs.”
Ognyan Draganov, director

Duration: 2 hours with an interval
Performed in Bulgarian
Premiere: 14 February 2017