Peer Gynt / BTF 2017

1. Peer Gynt: Miloš Isailović
2. Solveig: Tijuana Križman Hudernik
3. Death: Gaj Žmavc
4. Åse, Peer Gynt’s mother: Tanja Baronik
5. Deer: Sytze Jan Luske
6. Ingrid, a bride: Asami Nakashima
7. Aslak, a blacksmith: Sergiu Moga
8. Green-clad woman: Tetiana Svetlična
9. Mads Moen, a manservant: Matjaž Marin
10. Anitra, daughter of a Bedouin chief: Asami Nakashima
11. Little Helga: Alena Medič
12. Dr. Begriffenfeldt, director of the madhouse at Cairo: Sergiu Moga
13. Madmen: Tetiana Svetlična, Mirjana Šrot, Matjaž Marin, Tiberiu Marta
14. Three shepherdesses: Klavdija Stanišič, Blaga Stojčeva, Hristina Stojčeva
15. Troll: Vadim Kurgajev

Ibsen’s Peer Gynt is without doubt one of the most complex dramas. Edvard Grieg’s visionary, expansive incidental music also became popular in its own right. As he studied Ibsen’s text and Grieg’s music, Romanian-born choreographer Edward Clug came to the conclusion that their respective visions of Peer Gynt differ in so many points that they can safely be considered two independent, entirely autonomous readings.

Inspired by the music, Edward Clug wrote his own narrative of Peer Gynt – that is, a ballet libretto –, which proved impossible to perform with only the original incidental music. The Slovene National Theatre Maribor’s highly spectacular production also incorporates excerpts from Grieg’s best-known concert hall compositions, as well as from his pieces for chamber ensembles and solo instruments.