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Carl Orff

CARMINA BURANA +

A Scenic Cantata

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Premiere: 14. 5. 2026 I The performance lasts one hour and forty-five minutes and has no intermission.

Our last premiere of the season is a staging of one of the most celebrated musical and theatrical works. The scenic cantata Carmina Burana, which marked the birth of Carl Orff's distinctly personal artistic style, was first performed in Frankfurt in 1937 and bestowed upon the composer immediate fame. This production will be even more lively, as interludes from Orff’s other two scenic cantatas—Catulli Carmina and Trionfo di Afrodite—will be performed between the individual sections of the cantata.

Artists

  • Music Carl Orff
  • Libretto sources Codex Buranus, Gaius Valerius Catullus, Sappho, Euripides
  • Conductor Marko Hribernik
  • Director and set designer Manfred Schweigkofler
  • Costume designer Matea Benedetti
  • Choreographer (dancers) Lukas Zuschlag
  • Choreographer (choir) Anja Möderndorfer
  • Lighting designer Andrej Hajdinjak
  • Video / projection mapping designer Christoph Grigoletti
  • Visual artist Michael Hutter
  • Dramaturgs Tatjana Ažman, Franz Braun
  • Libretto language coach and translator  Matej Prevc
  • Spoken text translator Tatjana Ažman
  • Chorus Master  Željka Ulčnik Remic
  • Second conductor Ayrton Desimpelaere
  • Concertmaster  Gregor Traven
  • Assistant conductor  Leon Felix Schlagintweit
  • Assistant directors  Franz Braun, Simona Pinter
  • Assistant set designer Matjaž Arčan
  • Assistant choreographers Stefan Capraroiu, Olga Andreeva
  • Repetiteurs Kayoko Ikeda, Višnja Kajgana, Irena Zajec, Irina Milivojević, Stefan Pajanović
  • Choir repetiteurs Marina Đonlić, Stefan Pajanović 
  • Prompters Dejan Gebert, Urška Švara Kafol
  • Executive producer Polona Kante
  • Stage manager Tomaž Čibej

Entire cast

  • Soprano Nina Dominko / Štefica Grasselli
  • Baritone  Ivan Andres Arnšek / Rok Bavčar
  • Tenor Franko Klisović a. g. / Dejan Maksimiljan Vrbančič
  • Bass  Robert Brezovar / Marko Ferjančič
  • Everyman – Olim iactum Jožica Avbelj a. g.
  • Dancers Georgeta Capraroiu / Urša Vidmar, Christian Guerematchi a. g., Benjamin Bozzini / Jarne Horvat Juntes a. g., Jakob Kavšek a. g., Teja Sever, Klara Strmčnik, Manca Strmčnik, Ana Lina Telić a. g., Maja Železnikar a. g.

Choir, ballet and orchestra of SNG Opera and Ballet Ljubljana

Notifications

15. 05. 2026

The final premiere of this season, Carmina Burana +

The final premiere of this season, 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗮 +, directed by Manfred Schweigkofler and conducted by Marko Hribernik, resounded through our hall last night and captivated the audience with its powerful music, energy, and striking visual imagery.