Zuikis Puikis

Libretto by Sigitas Mickis, based on E. Mieželaitis’s poem: “A hundred little rabbits gathered, so the green forest bowed. After talking and discussing, they opened a school.” ZUIKIS PUIKIS is a cheerful, educational story for the youngest opera audiences. Children aged 3–7 can not only watch the performance but also take part in it. In the LNOBT Chamber Hall, children sing and play with the opera characters and learn in the rabbits’ school lessons. The performers include young soloists—LNOBT opera trainees—as well as actors, dancers and choristers from the theatre’s Children’s Opera Studio. Juozas Mantas Jauniškis, the production’s music director, conducts the instrumental ensemble of the LNOBT Orchestra. Duration: 1 hour. Premiere: 14 March 2015. Production partner: Lithuanian Composers’ Union.