Culture Centre Tivat

Carlo Goldoni

Mirandolina (La locandiera)

Direction, dramatic and linguistic adaptation of the text and the selection of music: Tatjana Mandić Rigonat

Costume design: Stefan Savković

Stage design: Vesna Popović

Composition: Irena Dragović

Choreography: Slavka Nelević

Cast: Katarina Markovic, Vučić Perović, Lazar Dragojević, Goran Vujović, Goran Slavić, Lara Dragović, Julija Milačić Petrović Njegoš

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Mirandolina!

What a woman!

The innkeeper Mirandolina is one of the most famous female characters in the history of theater. She is a symbol of celebrating those authentic strengths of a Woman- intelligence, wisdom, the Eros of life, creativity and the desire for independence and freedom. In this character, that long-existing force of a woman has found its thrilling and witty shelter. Carlo Goldoni wrote the comedy La Locandiera (The Mistress of The Inn) in 1751, and it was first performed in Venice  (1753). Mirandolina has since obtained its place on theatre stages, whilst simultaneously  competing with men in the play, amongst them especially the hater of woman Cavalier di Ripafratta. Mirandolina’s goal was to fight for dignity, both hers and that of her own gender. She is an 18^th-century feminist. In men’s fantasies she is the Devil, Venus,  Goddess, Harlot, Saint, Witch. She is a siren that enchants men,  robbing them of their reason. A dangerous woman, indeed. No matter if one imagines her as a mermaid or in any other  visual form, she is a symbol of a self-conscious, rebellious woman. Mirandolina stands as a pillar of long lasting heritage involving  experience and tactics of past time used by women to seduce men and beat them at that relentless battle of the sexes. What is to be Mirandolina’s destiny in a world ruled by Mammon, money and greed? Are freedom and independence possible, or are they just grand illusions? What about love? What is that connection between love and money, Eros and Mammon? For Baudrillard, art is an act of seduction. Mirandolina will recount to us her own story, as would an artist whose life comes under scrutiny on the theater stage, constructing and deconstructing a narrative about a woman who values her own freedom above everything else.