Photo: Marija JankovićThe director of the opera "Masked Ball", Boba Đurović, refused the offer of the National Theater to renew it for the beginning of the season, because he does not want to cooperate with the management set up by the government, which has prevented him from directing for 13 years
New, 157th season National Theatre begins on October 1 with the premiere of Verdi's renewed opera A masked ball.
Masked ball was put on the stage of this house by the director in 2005 Bozidar Boba Djurovic. It is not possible to find the information about when it was removed from the repertoire, and the press material only says that it is being renewed after a long break.
Boba Đurović's direction has now been renewed by Ivana Dragutinović Maričić.
Why didn't Boba Đurović himself renew it? Masked ball, one of his best directions? For the "Vremena" portal, he says that he did not want to.
While this administration – no
"The management of the National Theater kindly invited me to a meeting and offered to renew it. I also spoke with the new acting manager Dragoljub Bajić and the artistic director of the Opera Ljubica Vraneš, and everything was very correct from their side," says Đurović.
And yet, he refused the offer.
"Given that this government took away the mandate that legally belonged to me, which is why I had a 13-year silent ban on not directing first at the National Theater and then in the whole of Serbia, while the management of this government is at the head of the National Theater, I cannot accept that offer for moral reasons. I wholeheartedly fight for a better National Theater and the whole culture, which this government is trying to abolish."
Let us recall that at the time of the SNS coming to power, Đurović was the manager of the National Theatre. Although he was appointed for a second term in the competition during the time of Minister of Culture Ivan Tasovac, the Government of Serbia did not want to confirm his appointment for years, only to cancel the competition. Đurović rebelled and thus sealed his directing career in Serbia.
I will wait for the change.
Boba Đurović says he loves Masked ball, and would like to put her on stage again. "Besides, I really miss directing. For all these years, I could only work at the Zvezdara Theater, and it's a terrible feeling. But, despite all that, I didn't want to accept the offer of the current management of the National Theater and go through everything I experienced because of this government."
"I will wait for it to change. So if the new management of the National Theater wants me, I will be very happy to accept the offer."
He says he will not come to the premiere of his play.
Let's also mention that the conductor of Đurović's renewed direction is Bojan Suđić, as a guest. The information that the amount of his fee corresponds to several months' fees of a chorister whose contract was not extended for this season because the theater has no money, as explained to them by Ljubica Vraneš, we were not able to verify.
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