Evita

musical in two acts

Translated by Peeter Volkonski, Hannes Villemson

Director Georg Malvius (Sweden)
Musical Director and Conductor Tarmo Leinatamm
Stage and Costume Designer Ellen Cairns (Scotland)
Light Designer Palle Palmé (Sweden)
Choreographer Igor Barberic (Horvaatia / Croatia)

The musical is about the life of Eva Perón, wife of the Argentine president Juan Perón as told by Ché Guevara, another modern icon. „Evita" was first published in 1976 as a musical album. The success of the album lead to the production in London West End in 1978 and a year later in Broadway. In 1996 a movie version was produced where Madonna starred as Evita and Antonio Banderas as Ché Guevara. Evita as well as Ché symbolize certain naive beliefs in the popular culture: faith of a better world; life sacrificed for the poor and the humiliated. These are the myths that in their own way follow the example of Christ. Actually, it remains unknown whether Ché Guevara and Evita Perón ever even met each other...

In Estonian with English subtitles
Premiere on November 27, 2009 at the Nokia Concert Hall