Svadba (Sokolovic) Boston 2021 New England Conservatory
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Svadba
- Composer: Sokolović Ana
- Libretto: Ana Sokolović Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Plimpton Shattuck Black Box Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts
- Recorded: November 19, 2021
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Loren Graziano, Katerina Skafidas, Shuqi Yang, Andersen White, Chihiro Asano, Yuwen Sun
- Conductor: Brett Hodgdon, Damien Krzyzek
- Orchestra:
- Stage Director: Sarah Jane Pelzer
- Costume Designer: Brooke Stanton
- Lighting Designer: Jeff Adelberg
Information about the Recording
- Published by: NEC
- Date Published: 2021
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: nosubs
- This Recording is NOT AVAILABLE from a proper commercial or public source
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Svadba is the story of five bridesmaids preparing, physically and emotionally, for their friend’s wedding. It’s based on Serbian wedding traditions, music, and folklore but though they provide the colours and world of the piece, the actions, and the theme of finding love and community on the precipice of change are universal. In this production, we’re exploring the liminal space between girlhood and womanhood – that time when friendships are almost romantic in their intensity, when the items in your personal space have totemic more than aesthetic value, when your bedroom is your private kingdom. Together, we’ll pass the night with these six women in their most private sanctum as they celebrate and grieve for the change that’s about to come.