Silviu Purcărete

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Timeline 2024-1974

2024

Tertium Non Datur, after Sacha Guitry, co-production Odeon Theater and “George Coșbuc” Municipal Cultural Center from Bistrița, set design by Dragoș Buhagiar, original music by Vasile Şirli, photo by Mihaela Marin

The Bitter Lexicon, by Sebastian Vlad Popa and Laur Cavachi (after Youth Everlasting and Life without End by Petre Ispirescu), Odeon Theatre, Bucharest, set design Dragoș Buhagiar, original music Vasile Șirli, photos Mihaela Marin

A Venomous Tragedy (after “Women Beware Women”, by Thomas Middleton), National Theatre Vasile Alecsandri Iași, translated and adapted by Silviu Purcărete, set design Dragoș Buhagiar, original music Vasile Șirli, photos Iulian Ursachi

2023

Gertrude, by Radu F. Alexandru, National Theatre I.L. Caragiale Bucharest, set design Dragoș Buhagiar, original music Vasile Șirli, photos Mihaela Marin

Amphitryon, by Molière, Lucian Blaga National Theatre, Cluj, set design Dragoș Buhagiar, original music Vasile Șirli, photos Nicu Cherciu

2022

The Miser, by Molière, Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, set design Dragoș Buhagiar, original music Vasile Șirli, photos Aoi Itoh

Games, Words, Crickets, by Silviu Purcărete, National Theatre Radu Stanca Sibiu, set design Dragoș Buhagiar, original music Vasile Șirli, photos Mihaela Marin

Antonin Artaud. The Cenci Family, after Shelley and Stendhal, Vasile Alecsandri National Theatre Iași, set design Dragoș Buhagiar, original music Vasile Șirli, photos Iulian Ursachi

2021

Lohengrin, by Richard Wagner, National Opera Bucharest, set design Dragoș Buhagiar, photos Mihaela Marin

Macbett, by Eugène Ionesco, Hungarian State Theatre Cluj, set design Helmut Stürmer, costume designs Lia Manțoc, photos Mihaela Marin

The Servant Mistress, by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, National Opera Timișoara, set design Dragoș Buhagiar, photos National Opera Timișoara

Death and the Ploughman, by Iohannes von Tepl, Vasile Alecsandri National Theatre Iași, set design Dragoș Buhagiar, original music Vasile Șirli, video design Andrei Cozlac, photos Iulian Ursachi

2020

A Midsummer’s Night Dream, dramatised by Hideki Noda after W. Shakespeare, Tokyo Metropolitan Theater, set design Dragoș Buhagiar, original music Vasile Șirli, photos Aki Tanaka

Tragedy of Man, by Madách Imre, Csiky Gergely Hungarian Theatre Timișoara, set design Dragoș Buhagiar, original music Vasile Șirli, photos Petru Cojocaru

2019

The Cherry Orchard, by A.P. Cehov, National Theatre Budapesta, set design, Dragoș Buhagiar, original music Vasile Șirli, lighting design Helmut Stürmer, photos Eöri-Szabó Zsolt

2018

The Scarlett Princess, by Silviu Purcărete, inspired by Sakura Hime Azuma Bunshô, by Tsuruya Nanboku IV-lea, Radu Stanca National Theatre Sibiu, set design Dragoș Buhagiar, original music Vasile Șirli, photos Mihaela Marin

Winter’s Tale, by W. Shakespeare, National Theatre of Northern Greece, set design Helmut Stürmer, original music Vasile Șirli, costume design Dragoș Buhagiar

2017

Richard III, by W. Shakespeare, Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, set design Dragoș Buhagiar, original music Vasile Șirli, photos Aki Tanaka

Carmen, by G. Bizet, National Opera Timișoara, set design Dragoș Buhagiar, photos Dragoș Buhagiar

War and Peace, by Silviu Purcărete after Lev Tolstoi, Drama National Theatre Ljubljana, set design Dragoș Buhagiar, original music Vasile Șirli, photos Peter Uhan

2016

The Coffee House, by Carlo Goldoni, National Theatre Vasile Alecsandri Iași, set design Dragoș Buhagiar, original music Vasile Șirli, photos Dragoș Buhagiar

The Imaginary Invalid, by Molière, Vahtangov Theatre Moscow, set design Dragoș Buhagiar, original music Vasile Șirli, photos from Silviu Purcărete’s personal archive

2015

Iulius Caesar, by W. Shakespeare, Hungarian State Theatre Cluj, set design Dragoș Buhagiar, original music Vasile Șirli, photos Mihaela Marin

A Midsummer’s Night Dream, by W. Shakespeare, Baltic House Sankt Petersburg, set design Dragoș Buhagiar, photos from Silviu Purcărete’s personal archive

Doctor Zhivago, opera by Anton Lubchenko, Theater Regensburg, set design Helmut Stürmer, costume design Corina Grămoșteanu, photos from Silviu Purcărete’s personal archive

Aleko & Francesca da Rimini, by Sergei Rachmaninoff, Opéra National de Lorraine, Nancy, set design Helmut Stürmer, photos Mihaela Marin

2014

Moliendo Café, German State Theatre Timișoara & Hungarian State Theatre „Csiky Gergely” Timișoara, set and costumes design Dragoș Buhagiar, original music Vasile Șirli, photos Mihaela Marin

Oidip, after Sofocle, Radu Stanca National Theatre Sibiu, set design Dragoș Buhagiar, original music Vasile Șirli, photos Mihaela Marin

As You Like It, by W. Shakespeare, National Theatre Budapest, set design Helmut Stürmer, costumes design Dragoş Buhagiar, original music Vasile Șirli, photos Eöri-Szabó Zsolt

2013

Victor, or Power to the Children, by Roger Vitrac, Hungarian State Theatre, set design Dragoș Buhagiar, original music Vasile Șirli, photos Mihaela Marin

A Hell of a Mess, by Eugène Ionesco, National Theatre Cluj, set design Dragoș Buhagiar, original music Vasile Șirli, photos Mihaela Marin

Aleko & Francesca da Rimini, by Serghei Rahmaninov, Colon Theatre, Buenos Aires, set design Helmut Stürmer, photos Helmut Stürmer

The Florentine Hat, by Eugène Labiche, National Theatre Vasile Alecsandri Iași, set design Dragoș Buhagiar, original music Vasile Șirli, photos Alex Condurache

2012

A Tempest, after W. Shakespeare, National Theatre Craiova, set design Dragoș Buhagiar, original music Vasile Șirli, photos Mihaela Marin

Gulliver’s Travels, after J. Swift, National Theatre Radu Stanca Sibiu, set design Dragoș Buhagiar, music Shaun Davey, photos Mihaela Marin

Artaserse, by Leonardo Vinci, Opéra Nationale de Lorraine, Nancy, set design Helmut Stürmer, photos Rareș Zaharia

Mr. Leonida, by I.L. Caragiale, National Theatre I.L. Caragiale Bucharest, set design Dragoș Buhagiar, original music Vasile Șirli, Photos Adi Bulboacă

Somewhere in Palilula (film), written and directed by Silviu Purcărete, set design Helmut Stürmer and Dragoș Buhagiar, costume design Lia Manțoc, original music Vasile Șirli, Libra Production, photos Mihaela Marin

2011

Carnival Scenes, by I.L. Caragiale, National Theatre Radu Stanca Sibiu, set design Dragoș Buhagiar, original music Vasile Șirli, Photos Mihaela Marin

Scapino, the Trickster, by Molière, Csokonai Színház Debrecen, set design Helmut Stürmer, original music Vasile Șirli, photos Mihaela Marin

2010

The Fiery Angel, by Serghei Prokofiev, Csokonai Színház Debrecen, set design Helmut Stürmer, photos from Silviu Purcărete’s personal archive

Turandot, by G. Puccini, Opera Bonn, set design Helmut Stürmer, Photos Thilo Beu & Silviu Purcărete

Exit the King, by Eugène Ionesco, Cie Les Arts & Mouvants in coproduction with Drama Theatre Ljubljana, Slovenia, set design Silviu Purcărete, original music Vasile Șirli, photos Mihaela Marin

A Hell of a Mess, by Eugène Ionesco, Comédie de Saint-Étienne, set design Dragoș Buhagiar, photos from Silviu Purcărete’s personal archive

The Woman Who Lost Her Garters, by Eugène Labiche, Comedy Theatre Bucharest, set design Silviu Purcărete, original music Vasile Șirli, photos Mihaela Marin

2009

The Mountain Giants, by L. Pirandello, National Theatre “Vasile Alecsandri”, set design Dragoș Buhagiar, Photos Mihaela Marin

2008

Love and Other Demons, by Péter Eötvös, Glyndebourne Festival, set design Helmut Stürmer, video Andu Dumitrescu, photos from Silviu Purcărete’s personal archive

Lulu, by Frank Wedekind, National Theatre Radu Stanca Sibiu, set and light design Helmut Stürmer, costume design Lia Manţoc, original music Vasile Șirli, photos Mihaela Marin

Measure for Measure, by W. Shakespeare, Marin Sorescu National Theatre Craiova, set and costumes design Silviu Purcărete and Gabriel Mănescu, original music Vasile Șirli, photos Mihaela Marin

2007

Gianni Schicchi, by Giacomo Puccini, Hungarian State Theatre Cluj, decor Helmut Stürmer, costume design Lia Manţoc, photos Mihaela Marin

Faust, after Goethe, National Theatre Radu Stanca Sibiu, set and light design Helmut Stürmer, costumes design Lia Manţoc, original music Vasile Șirli, video Andu Dumitrescu, photos Mihaela Marin

Metamorphosis by Silviu Purcărete after Ovidius, Luxembourg/Sibiu, set design Helmut Stürmer, costume design Lia Manțoc, original music Vasile Șirli, photos Mihaela Marin

Macbett, by Eugen Ionesco, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford upon Avon, set design Helmut Stürmer, costumes design Lia Manțoc, original music Vasile Șirli, photos Simon Annand © Royal Shakespeare Company

Lucia di Lammermoor, by Gaetano Donizetti, Opera Bonn, set design Helmut Stürmer, photos from Silviu Purcărete’s personal archive

2006

A Midsummer’s Night Dream, by Benjamin Britten, libretto by Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears, Opera Bonn, set design Helmut Stürmer, photos from Silviu Purcărete’s personal archive

2005

A Midwinter’s Night Dream, by Shakespeare, dramaturgy George Banu, ENSAT Lyon, Photos from Silviu Purcărete’s personal archive

Eugene Onegin, by P.I. Ceaikovski, Opera Bonn, set design Helmut Stürmer, photos from Silviu Purcărete’s personal archive

Scapino the Trickster, after Molière, Chichester Festival Theatre, set design Helmut Stürmer, original music Vasile Șirli, photos from Silviu Purcărete’s personal archive

Troilus and Cresida, by W. Shakespeare, Katona Joszef Theatre, Budapest, set design Helmut Stürmer, original music Vasile Șirli, photos from Silviu Purcărete’s personal archive

Waiting for Godot, by S. Beckett, National Theatre Radu Stanca Sibiu, set design Silviu Purcărete, photos by Mihaela Marin

2004

Satyagraha, by Philip Glass, Opera Bonn, set design Helmut Stürmer, photos from Silviu Purcărete’s personal archive

Twelfth Night (As You Wish or the Night after the End of the Fair) by W. Shakespeare, National Theatre Marin Sorescu Craiova, set design Silviu Purcărete, original music Vasile Șirli, Photos from Silviu Purcărete’s personal archive

2003

Orestia, by Aeschylus, Det Norske Theatre Oslo, Norvegia, set design Helmut Stürmer, original music Vasile Șirli, photos from Silviu Purcărete’s personal archive

Pantagruel’s Sister in Law, by Silviu Purcărete after François Rabelais, Compagnie Silviu Purcărete Lyon, Hungarian State Theatre Cluj, Radu Stanca National Theatre Sibiu, set design Helmut Stürmer, original music Vasile Șirli, photos Pierre Borasci

Parsifal, by Richard Wagner, National Welsh Opera, Cardiff, set and costumes design Silviu Purcărete & Doina Florian, photos from Silviu Purcărete’s personal archive

2002

Castor and Polux, by Jean-Philippe Rameau, Opera Bonn, set design Helmut Stürmer, photos from Silviu Purcărete’s personal archive

Winter’s Tale, by W. Shakespeare, Den Nationale Scene Bergen, Norvegia, set design Helmut Stürmer, costume design Doina Spițeru Florian, masks Ilona Varga-Jaro, original music Vasile Șirli, photos from Silviu Purcărete’s personal archive

2001

Pilaf Rice and Scent of a Donkey, by Silviu Purcărete and Alain Garlan after „Arabian Nights”, National Theatre Radu Stanca Sibiu, set design Helmut Stürmer, original music Vasile Șirli, photos from Silviu Purcărete’s personal archive

Têtes d’afarit grillées sur lit de mort et de poivrons, by Silviu Purcărete and Alain Garlan, after „Arabian Nights ”, Théâtre de l’Union Centre Dramatique National du Limousin, Limoges, set design Helmut Stürmer, original music Vasile Șirli, photos from Silviu Purcărete’s personal archive

2000

A Midsummer’s Night Dream, A Midsummer’s Night Dream, by William Shakespeare, Théâtre de l’Union Centre Dramatique National du Limousin, Limoges, set design Silviu Purcărete, original music Vasile Șirli, photos Patrick Fabre

Parsifal, by R. Wagner, Scottish Opera, Edinburgh, set design Silviu Purcărete, Doina Florian, photos from Silviu Purcărete’s personal archive

The Woman Who Lost Her Garters, by Eugen Labiche, Théâtre de l’Union Centre Dramatique National du Limousin, Limoges, set design Silviu Purcărete, original music Vasile Șirli

Roberto Devereux, by G. Donizzetti, Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna, set design Helmut Stürmer

1999

The Bacchae, by Euripides, Burgtheater, Viena, set design Helmut Stürmer, music Iosif Herțea, photos from Silviu Purcărete’s personal archive

De Sade (A Sad Story), by Silviu Purcărete și Dick McCaw, after Marquis de Sade, Théâtre de l’Union Centre Dramatique National du Limousin, Limoges, set design Silviu Purcărete, original music Vasile Șirli, photos Patrick Fabre

1998

The Orestia, by Aeschylus, National Theatre Marin Sorescu Craiova, set design Silviu Purcărete, sound design Silviu Purcărete, Valentin Pîrlogea, photos Dorian Delureanu

Dom Juan, by Molière, Théâtre de l’Union Centre Dramatique National du Limousin, Limoges, set and costumes design José-Manuel Melo, original music Vasile Șirli, photos Patrick Fabre

1997

A Midsummer’s Night Dream, by William Shakespeare, Det Norske Teatret, Oslo, Norvegia, set design Doina Florian, original music Vasile Șirli, photos from Silviu Purcărete’s personal archive

Three Sisters, by A.P. Chekhov, Théâtre de l’Union Centre Dramatique National du Limousin, Limoges, set design Helmut Stürmer, costumes design Nadina Scriba, photos Patrick Fabre

La Boheme, by Giacomo Puccini, Theater Aalto Essen, Germany, set design Johannes Leiacker, photos from Silviu Purcărete’s personal archive

1996

The Orestia, by Aeschylus, Théâtre de l’Union Centre Dramatique National du Limousin, Limoges, adaptation and set design by Silviu Purcărete, photos Patrick Fabre

1995

The Tempest, by William Shakespeare, Nottingham Playhouse, 1995, set design José-Manuel Melo, original music Vasile Șirli, photos Hugo Glendinning

The Danaids, by Silviu Purcărete after Aeschylus, National Theatre Marin Sorescu Craiova, set design Ștefania Cenean, costumes design Liliana Cenean, music Iosif Herțea, make-up Minela Popa, light design Silviu Purcărete, Vadim Levinschi, sound design Silviu Purcărete, Valentin Pîrlogea, photos Sean Hudson

1994

The Tempest, by William Shakespeare, Teatro Nacional San Joao, Porto, set design Jose Manuel Melo

1993

The Decameron 645, by Silviu Purcărete after G. Boccaccio, Anton Pann Theatre Râmnicu Vâlcea, set design Silviu Purcărete, photos from Silviu Purcărete’s personal archive

Phaedra, by Silviu Purcărete after Euripides and Seneca, Marin Sorescu National Theatre Craiova, set and costumes design Ștefania Cenean, sound-design Silviu Purcărete, Valentin Pîrlogea, photos Sean Hudson

1992

Titus Andronicus, by William Shakespeare, National Theatre Marin Sorescu Craiova, set design Ștefania Cenean, music Silviu Purcărete, photos Sean Hudson

The Comic Theatre, by Carlo Goldoni, Bulandra Theatre, set design Mihai Mădescu, music Nicu Alifantis

1991

The Open Couple, by Dario Fo, Anton Pann Theatre, Râmnicu Vâlcea, set design Silviu Purcărete

The Raven, by Carlo Gozzi, Teatrul Tineretului Subotica, Iugoslavia, Set design and puppets Eustațiu Gregorian

1990

Cinderella, adapted by Silviu Purcărete after the Grimm Brothers and Charles Perrault, Țăndărică Puppet Theatre, set design and puppets Carmen and Gheorghe Rasovszky

Ubu Rex with Scenes from Macbeth, by Silviu Purcărete after Alfred Jarry and William Shakespeare, National Theatre Marin Sorescu Craiova, 1990, set design and music by Silviu Purcărete, original music Nicu Alifantis, photos Sean Hudson

1989

Tonight I’ll Be at Home, by Toni Grecu and Dorin Antonesei, Mic Theatre, music Nicu Alifantis, set design by Nicolae Ularu, photos from Silviu Purcărete’s personal archive

Iona, by Marin Sorescu, Râmnicu Vâlcea Popular Theatre, set design Silviu Purcărete

The Dwarf in the Summer Garden, by D.R. Popescu, National Theatre Marin Sorescu Craiova, 1989, set design Ștefania Cenean, photos from Silviu Purcărete’s personal archive

1988

A Lost Letter, by I.L. Caragiale, Teatrul Mic, set design Maria Miu

G, by Fred Popovici, Pro Musica Festival, Bremen, set design Silviu Purcărete

1987

The Night of Great Hopes, by Tudor Popescu, Râmnicu Vâlcea Popular Theatre, set design Silviu Purcărete

1986

Emigrants, by Sławomir Mrożek, Popular Theatre Râmnicu Vâlcea, set design Silviu Purcărete

Politica (3), The Adventure of an Archive, by Theodor Mănescu, Teatrul Foarte Mic, set design Viorica Petrovici

Il Campiello, by Carlo Goldoni, Teatrul Tineretului Piatra Neamț, original music Vasile Șirli

1985

The Misanthrope, by Molière, Beer-Sheva Municipal Theatre, Set design by Andrei Both

Il Campiello (Piațeta), by Carlo Goldoni, Teatrul Popular Râmnicu Vâlcea, set design Nina Brumușilă, original music Vasile Șirli

The Mad Lamb, by Aurel Baranga, Mic Theatre Bucharest, set design Uca Maria Iov

1984

Politica 2 (The Tinking Reed), by Theodor Mănescu, Foarte Mic Theatre Bucharest, set design Viorica Petrovici

1983

Richard III, by William Shakespeare, Mic Theatre Bucharest, set design Adriana Leonescu, original music Vasile Șirli

1982

Politica 1, by Theodor Mănescu, Foarte Mic Theatre Bucharest, set design Octavian Dibrov

1981

Hecuba, by Euripides, Drama and Comedy Theatre Constanța, set design Silviu Purcărete and Ecaterina Tărășescu Jianu, music Dorin Liviu Zaharia

The Devil and the Good Lord, by Jean Paul Sartre, Mic Theatre Bucharest, set design Adriana Leonescu

1980

Stop on the Highway, by Aldo Nicolaj, Foarte Mic Theatre Bucharest

1979

Levels of the Dream, by Vladimir Simon, Puppet Theatre Brașov, set design and puppets Antonio Albici, original music Vasile Șirli

An Opportunity for Each of Us, by Radu F. Alexandru, Foarte Mic Theatre Bucharest, set design Doina Spițeru Florian

1978

The Madwoman of Chaillot, by Jean Girodoux, Teatrul Mic Bucharest, set design Adriana Leonescu

The Purple Carpet (The Legends of the Atreides), adapted by Silviu Purcărete after Aischylos, Sophocles and Euripides, in the ruins of the citadel of Histria, Drama and Comedy Theatre Constanța, set design Silviu Purcărete and Eugenia Tărășescu Jianu

The Island Split in Two, by P. Ustinov, Puppet Theatre Constanța, set design and puppets Erszebet Szabo

1977

A Duvet Man, by Al.T. Popescu, Țăndărică Puppet Theatre Bucharest, set design and puppets Antonio Albici

1976

The Guardian of the Flame, by Al.T. Popescu, Țăndărică Puppet Theatre Bucharest, set design and puppets Antonio Albici

Miles Gloriosus, by Plaut, Drama and Comedy Theatre Constanța set design Eugenia Tărășescu Jianu

1975

Marie Octobre (I didn’t kill), by Julian Duvivier and Jacques Robert, Drama and Comedy Theatre, Constanța, set design Eugenia Tărășescu Jianu

Călina Prince Charming, after Victor Eftimiu, Puppet Theatre Constanța

1974

Diary of a Madman, after Gogol, IATC – Cassandra Studio (graduation exam), set design Doina Spițeru Florian

Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, Teatrul Tineretului Piatra Neamț, set design Mihai Mădescu