VMT Premiere

Carlo Goldoni (1707–1793) was a Venetian playwright and director who created more than one hundred and fifty plays. The playwright was determined to achieve what seemed at the time an impossible mission – to create an Italian theatre that would resonate throughout Europe and become close to everyone. Having started his career at the sunset of commedia dell’arte, he removed the masks from the actors and emphasized the importance of the text, thus returning written drama to the theatre stage. Not properly appreciated in his time, having left Italy and eventually becoming completely destitute, considered only an author of mediocre comedies, he experienced a revival in the 20th century, when his works began to be staged one after another by the great masters of Italian theatre direction – L. Visconti, G. Strehler, L. Ronconi, and others, and skeptical theatre managers had to admit that the artist who created a couple of centuries ago was as relevant as ever. Today, C. Goldoni's work is established among the works of the world's greatest playwrights, and the author himself is recognized by the Italians as the "Galileo of the new literature."

The "Summer Trilogy" is a monumental work not only because of its mathematically polished dramaturgy, but above all because of its poetic and writing maturity and the almost cinematic precision achieved. A few years ago, the trilogy was included in the list of the 101 best and most influential plays in the world, compiled by the authoritative publisher and editor M. Billington and published by "The Guardian."

Over the coming years, the theatre, together with its partners, will present the entire surprise-filled trilogy to the audience, which we will see on theatre stages as three separate performances.

Team

Translated from Italian by – Karilė Mozerytė, Dainius Būrė

Director of the second cast – Karolis Zajauskas

Acting consultant – Lucian Roman

Set and costume designer – Youlian Tabakov

Composer – Vygintas Kisevičius

Lighting designer – Audrius Jankauskas

Rehearsal translator – Ieva Frigerio

Assistant directors – Andrius Merkevičius, Simona Ševčenkaitė

Choirmaster – Tadas Šumskas

Cast

Filippo, an old cheerful townsman – Mindaugas Capas

Giacinta, Filippo's daughter – Alvydė Pikturnaitė

Leonardo, Giacinta's admirer – Lukas Malinauskas / Mindaugas Činčys

Vittoria, Leonardo's sister – Greta Bendžė

Ferdinando, a loafer, an idler – Saulius Ambrozaitis

Guglielmo, Giacinta's admirer – Mantas Bendžius / Klaudijus Matijošaitis

Fulgenzio, an elderly friend of Filippo – Almantas Šinkūnas / Arvydas Dapšys

Paolo, Leonardo's valet – Tomas Stirna / Rokas Siaurusaitis

Brigida, Giacinta's maid – Valda Bičkutė / Radvilė Budrytė

Cecco, Leonardo's servant – Kyrylo Kremenchuk

Berto, Leonardo's servant – Vilius Kalasūnas

Costanza – Ilona Kvietkutė

Sabina, Giacinta's old aunt – Jūratė Brogaitė / Rasa Jakučionytė

Tonino, a foolish young man in love with Rosina – Kyrylo Kremenchuk

Rosina, Costanza's niece – Ieva Gribauskaitė

Summer vacationers – Jūratė Brogaitė, Rasa Jakučionytė, Ilona Kvietkutė, Nojus Mikalauskas, Ieva Gribauskaitė, Radvilė Budrytė, Saulė Rašimaitė, Sibilė Zavadskytė, Laura Marija Rinkevičiūtė, etc.