1972
A rock opera capturing the spirit of youth and resistance in 1972 Kaunas.
Rock opera "1972" brings to the stage the turbulent events of the Kaunas Spring, centering on the ultimate protest of nineteen-year-old Romas Kalanta against the Soviet regime. Blending documentary elements with fiction and psychedelic rock, the production examines how a generation of nonconformist youth fought for self-expression.
Featuring theatre soloists alongside choir and ballet artists, the staging explores the clash between state oppression and the unyielding desire for freedom. It offers a dramatic artistic interpretation of a pivotal historical anniversary with contemporary orchestrations and powerful visual design.
✻ Best for
- Musical
- Live orchestra
- Classic
- Premiere
✻ Venue
Kaunas State Musical Theatre
Laisvės ave. 91, Kaunas
Centras · Kaunas
Centras · Kaunas
✻ Before you book
Things worth knowing.
- № 01LanguagePerformed in Lithuanian.
- № 02PremierePremiered on May 14, 2022.
Performances
Production
✻ Creative
- Music director and conductor
- Jonas Janulevičius
- Director
- Kęstutis Stasys Jakštas
- Set designer
- Gintaras Makarevičius
- Costume and make-up designer
- Julija Skuratova
- Lighting designer
- Audrius Jankauskas
- Choreographer
- Stefanija Nosovaitė
- Chorus master
- Rasa Vaitkevičiūtė
- Assistant conductor
- Mantas Jančiauskas
✻ Cast on this run
- Romas
- Martynas Beinaris / Mantas Jankavičius
- Kaladė
- Rokas Laureckis / Jeronimas Milius
- Kudla
- Egidijus Bavikinas / Vygantas Bemovas
- Zosė-Sofija
- Gabrielė Bielskytė
- Lina
- Marija Arutiunova / Akvilė Garbenčiūtė
- Karmela
- Iveta Kalkauskaitė Majauskienė / Karina Krysko-Milė
- Radistas
- Gintaras Petraška / Martynas Stankevičius
- Mokytoja
- Kristina Siurbytė / Rūta Zaikauskaitė
- KGB tardytojas, pulkininkas
- Raimondas Baranauskas / Jonas Lamauskas
- Šeimininkas
- Gediminas Maciulevičius / Žanas Voronovas
- Laisvė
- Gabrielė Bukinė / Ingrida Kažemėkaitė-Kunigėlė
- Milicininkas / tardytojų padėjėjas / KGB parankinis
- Kęstutis Alčauskis / Kazimieras Ivanovas / Gintaras Petraška
- Žydas Traubas
- Giedrius Prunskus / Žygimantas Galinis