We kindly inform you, that the opening of the 66th Ljubljana Festival (Sfera Mundi – Voyage around the world) is moved from Thursday, 28 June to Friday, 29 June 2018. Performance will take place at 9.00pm on Congress Square. Tickets do not need to be changed, since the same seating order is applied. Thank you for your understanding!

Voyage around the world

La Fura dels Baus

Carlus Padrissa, director

Josep Vicent, conductor

Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra

Soloists:

Irena Parlov, mezzo-soprano
Boris Ostan, vocal
Katarina Stegnar, vocal

Gabriela Barberio, choreographer
Marc Molinos and Alberto de Gobbi, video
Clara Sullà, costume and make-up design
Bernat Jansa, lighting
Guillem Burnat, aerial dancer
Javier García Cosin, aerial dancer
Isis Anna Jacobsen, aerial dancer
Hernán Luciano Ragusa, aerial dancer
Carolina Stefano, aerial dancer
Pere Joseph Vilaplana, aerial dancer
Anigami, rigging and flying system
Jaume Grau, tehnični direktor / technical director
Esteban Muñoz, assistant director and stage manager
Nacha Delpiano and Kira Domínguez, production La Fura dels Baus

The acclaimed Catalan theatrical group La Fura dels Baus, founded in Barcelona in 1979, returns to the Slovenian capital. This time Carlus Padrissa, one of the group’s six artistic directors, who opened last year’s 65th Ljubljana Festival with a spectacular staging of Carl Orff’s scenic cantata Carmina Burana, pays artistic homage to Magellan’s 1519 expedition around the world. Sfera Mundi – Voyage Around the World, with a staging created for Congress Square venue, tells the story of one of the first and greatest voyages of discovery in the history of humankind. An expedition of five ships led by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan completed the first circumnavigation of the globe, thus proving that the Earth is round. Padrissa compares the importance of Magellan’s expedition to the first Moon landing, when astronauts photographed the Earth from space. The show is planned to tour for a number of years after the world premiere in Congress Square. Many brilliant dancers will perform along with the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of conductor Josep Vicent.

We thank Javno podjetje Energetika Ljubljana d.o.o. for the drone.