Haštal Hapka: Once Everybody Is Here (world premiere)

29 June 2024, 9pm, Jiří Myron Theatre, Ostrava

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Haštal Hapka: Once Everybody Is Here, one-act opera for jazz combo, string quartet, and ensemble of soloists (world premiere commissioned by the festival)

Libretto: Vilma Bořkovec, Magdalena Jiřička Stojowska, Haštal Hapka

Director: Vilma Bořkovec, conductor: Patrik Kako

Performers: Vladislav Georgiev (Grandfather), Viera Pavlíková (Grandmother), Zbigniew Kalina (Father), Anežka Matoušková (Johana), Danny Takieddin (Peťa), Alžběta Vomáčková (Váňová), Barbora Špačková (Policewoman)

Instrumentalists: Jan Pudlák (keyboards), Jakub Švejnar, Antonín Procházka (drums, percussion), Jan Bára (plucked instruments), Jan Jirucha, trombone / tuba, Martin Debřička (saxofophones), Klára Pudláková (double bass), Ostravská banda String Quartet