An intoxicating a cappella tour de force, sung in Serbian with English surtitles. The night before a wedding, girlfriends prepare the bride-to-be for her impending marriage.
The text is taken from original Serbian poetry. The scenes unfold, not in a linear narrative, but in a playful interconnection animated through drama, distilling magic and fantasy from ordinary moments.
Music — ANA SOKOLOVIC
Conductor - DÁIRINE NÍ MHEADHRA
Director — MICHAEL CAVANAGH
Set & Costume Designer — MICHAEL GIANFRANCESCO
Lighting Designer — KIMBERLY PURTELL
Forces — 6 SINGERS
"...These days, it’s hard to find an opera composer whose theatrical instincts are daring and sure-footed at the same time. So let’s be thankful that Ana Sokolovic chose Canada as her home...
...a performance that was spot-on and seemingly spontaneous."
- The Globe and Mail
...The highlight of this show is the cast — six remarkable women who not only get the notes right, but infuse everything they do with the breath of vibrant, pulsating life."
- The Toronto Star
"Queen of Puddings Music Theatre mounts original and imaginative works. Their newest opera is Svadba – Wedding and it is absolutely enchanting."
- Classical 96.3
"Svadba - Wedding is a beautiful work where music, movement, acting and design combine to create an invigorating and satisfying theatrical experience."
...Sokolovic's music is dazzlingly inventive, recalling in its vitality and tangy harmonies the kind of folk music popularized by Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares."
- Opera News, New York
