Performers:
Music by Raimo KangroLibretto by Leelo Tungal
Directed by Ain Anger and Oksana Tralla
Conductor Henri Christofer Aavik
Stage artist Ursula Goldstein
Video artist Andres Tenusaar
Animators Andres Tenusaar, Raivo Möllits, Aleks Tenusaar
Choreography by Oksana Tralla-Anger and dancers
Musical director and rehearsal pianist Siim Selis
Choir masters Ilona Muhel, Leiu Ryland-Jones
Stage assistant Laura-Retti Laos
Singers from the Ellerhein Children’s Choir of Kullo Hobby Centre
Pärnu City Orchestra
Conductor Henri Christofer Aavik
Cast:
Kass Ints – Ivo Posti
Karepea Jaan – Karmo Nigula (Estonian Drama Theatre)
King – Priit Volmer (Estonian National Opera)
Princess – Laura-Retti Laos
Cannibal – Jaan Willem Sibul
Sculptor – Ain Anger
Courtiers, servants, divers, sculpture: Jakob Patrik Ross and Georg Eller (students of the choreography program at TLÜ BFM)
Little cats, court maids, and cannibal maids - Emilia Tralla and Mai Kollo
Cats, court ladies, maids, maids - Tallinn Huvikeskus Kullo children's choir Ellerhein
Spoken parts – Miriam Peetmaa, Thea Lepik, Victoria Rose Kuldmaa, Aimee Murd, Madli Merimaa, Mirell Käba, Beatris Lilienthal, Isabella Seppel
Offstage voices and technical support – Alar Haak
The main character of this fairy tale, Jaan Karepea (whom his cat brilliantly renamed Marquis de Carabas), was a rather ordinary young man. His fate would’ve been quite dreary if he hadn’t inherited, along with a pair of boots, his father’s cat, Ints. Wearing human boots, Ints helps Jaan win both the princess’s heart and the battle against the powerful ogre.
Raimo Kangro’s children’s musical “Puss in Boots” op. 25 (1980), is composed for soloists, choir, symphony orchestra and a band. The libretto was written by Leelo Tungal, based on Charles Perrault’s classic fairy tale of the same name.
Premiere: March 26, 1981, Estonian State Puppet Theatre
Production: MTÜ Ooperiga Söbraks
Producer Heili Lindepuu
Co-Production: Eesti Kontsert
Supporter Eesti Kultuurkapital
We thank TLÜ BFM, Karin Tetsmann and Eesti Noorsooteater
Performed in Estonian. The show runs for approximately 2 hours, including a 30-minute intermission.
