Izrāde saņēmusi 2024./2025.gada sezonas “Spēlmaņu nakts” nominācijas 4 kategorijās
Healing mountain air, breathtaking views, sumptuous meals and idle lounging in a deckchair? The Berghof International Spa offers all this in the heart of the Swiss Alps! If only you can protect yourself from the lung infection that has gripped Europe on the eve of war.
Hans Castorp, a budding engineer, arrives at the Swiss resort without any misgivings to recover from his university final exams and visit his sick cousin. However, as he lies on his balcony enjoying the fabulous views of the Swiss Alps, he has no idea that he is about to fall in love with a patient from Dagestan and become embroiled in a clash of two civilisations that will not only destroy Europe as he knows it, but will also reveal that more dangerous than any infectious disease is the mental failure of the individual.
The dramatic material is based on the novel of the same title by the Nobel Prize-winning German classicist Thomas Mann, considered one of the most important literary works of the 20th century in Europe.
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The performance is supported by the Borisa and Ināras Teterevu Foundation for Valmiera Theatre’s 2024/2025 season. It is marked by the theatre’s return to the renovated and modernised building on Lāčplēša Street, so the theme of the productions is homecoming and the different manifestations of love.
Five of the new productions have been made possible by the theatre’s strong friendship with the Borisa and Ināras Teterevu Foundation. These are William Shakespeare’s tragedy Romeo and Juliet (directed by Inese Mičule), Gunārs Priede’s Blue (directed by Māra Ķimele), Anna Brigadere’s play Sprīdītis (directed by Reinis Suhanovs), another play by Gunārs Priede, Thirteenth, staged under the title Four White Shirts (directed by Jānis Znotiņš) and The Magic Mountain (directed by Toms Treinis), based on Thomas Mann’s novel.
This support is a continuation of the collaboration started in the theatre’s centenary season (2023/2024). With the support of the Foundation, four classics of Latvian drama have been staged, which have been acclaimed by the public and critics: Joseph and His Brothers (directed by Inese Mičule), The Widow’s Son (directed by Viesturs Roziņš), The Boys of Valmiera (directed by Jānis Znotiņš) and The Prodigal Son (directed by Reinis Suhanovs).
Photos: Jānis Šatrovskis, Uģis Brālēns
