OPERA IBSEN / Ghosts

The ghostly landscape of a Norwegian fjord cloaked in rain and fog... It rains non-stop.

Ibsen's drama, Ghosts, is the starting point for director Jan Nebeský's ninth Ibsen production.

For the first time in its history, JEDL is preparing a "big canvas" in the sense of a large cast and technical difficulty.

Ibsen's drama as a musical. Contemporary opera. The combination of Jan Nebeský, who has devoted his entire career to Ibsen's oeuvre (he has directed eight Ibsen dramas so far) and Matouš Hejl, representing the youngest generation of composers, promises a gripping approach to the genre and a significant contribution to the options and forms of musical theatre in the twenty-first century. The opera's libretto was written based on Ibsen's play Ghosts by Lucie Trmíková, a scriptwriter and actress who so far has played six female roles in Ibsen's plays. The creative team includes Norwegian composer and interdisciplinary artist Tyne Surel Lange, who focuses on the creation of audio-visual works.

Duration: 2 hours without intermission, Premiere : 10.4.2022

  • HELENA ALVINGOVÁ

    Lucie Trmíková

  • OSVALD ALVING

    Miloslav König

  • PASTOR MANDERS

    Igor Chmela

  • JAKUB ENGSTRAND

    Petr Jeništa

  • REGINA

    alt. Vanda Šípová

  • REGINA

    alt. Eva Hartová

  • PERCUSSION

    Antonín Procházka

  • BASS GUITAR

    Petr Tichý

  • TUBE

    alt. Rostislav Pavlík

  • TUBE

    alt. Jiří Gent

  • CEMBALOM

    Jan Mikušek

  • GUITAR

    Štefan Szabo

AUTHOR: Henrik Ibsen
TRANSLATION: František Fröhlich
MUSIC: Matouš Hejl
LIBRETTO: Lucie Trmíková
DIRECTOR: Jan Nebeský
SET DESIGN: Jan Nebeský a Petra Vlachynská
COSTUMES: Petra Vlachynská
INSTALLATIONS AND VIDEO: Tine Surel Lange



FOTO: Zuzana Lazarová, Michal Hančovský



The opera was created and will be presented as part of "Play Ibsen! - a theatrical performance with an attendant programme", supported by a grant from Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway from 2014-2021 EEA Funds. The project was also supported by: the State Cinematography Fund, the City of Prague, and the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic.