The Opening ceremony of the 71st Dubrovnik Summer Festival: Directed by: Marina Pejnović Conductor: Tomislav Fačini Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra The Oratorio Choir of the Church of St. Mark in Zagreb, Cantores Sancti Marci
Dubrovnik Stories
Dubrovnik is a place of a million stories and legends, and some of them are the topic of today. The most current archaeological investigations prove that a settlement existed in the same place where Dubrovnik stands today in the 6th century. After becoming free of the Venetian influence with the contract of Zadar in 1358, Dubrovnik started to pave its …
Cavtat
Today we are exploring one more extraordinary location in the far south part of the Riviera, in the Konavle region. This small town, founded in the 6th century by the Greeks had a number of names throughout its existence. Epidaurus, Ragusa Vecchia or Zaptat. Today, Cavtat is a sort of a mirror image of its more known neighbor Dubrovnik, with …
A Walk Through Dubrovnik – part II
We finished our last walk at Porporela breathing in the sea. It is only fair that we continue where we left things of the last time. The next part of our stroll is set underneath the starry night sky on a hot but breezy night begin July. Every July 10th for the last 69 years Dubrovnik welcomes it’s perhaps most …
Dubrovnik Summer Festival – 70th Festival Opening ceremony
HANNOVER’S STATE OPERA ORCHESTRA IVAN GORAN KOVAČIĆ ACADEMIC CHOIR IVAN REPUŠIĆ, Conductor DORA RUŽDJAK PODLOSKI & SAŠA BOŽIĆ, script & direction FESTIVAL DRAMA ENSEMBLE
A walk through Dubrovnik – part one
With February past, Dubrovnik is waking up warmer, sunnier and brighter every day. A warm shade of orange morning sun has replaced the cold blue colour on the grey stone of the ancient city. With just a few more people than usual on the main street one might ask oneself how to take advantage of the city and all it …
