1st December

Concert will begin at 18:00 hours GMT

Parac's 'Judita' with Petrovic, Èikes, Franetovic and Vemic from Munich

Frano Parac's 'Judita' is an opera to a libretto by the composer and Tonko Maroevic, based on the first literary epic in Croatian language, taken from the biblical Book of Judith. A beautiful widow from Bethulia decides to seduce and kill the Assyrian general Holoferness and save the Jewish people. In the camp of the Assyrian army, she urges Holoferness to conquer Bethulia and Holoferness, blinded by Judith’s beauty and wisdom prepares a feast for her. When left alone with the drunk Holoferness, Judith murders him with his sword and takes his head for proof.

Performers: Sofija Petrovic: Judita. Ivica Èikeš: Holofernes. Stjepan Franetovic: Usija. Sava Vemic: Jojakim. Matteo Ivan Rašic: Achior. Diana Haller: Abra. Evelin Novak: Rut.

Croatian Radio Choir. Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Ivan Repušic.

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