Based on J. Casanova de Seingalt’s Memoirs, written by himself, directed by Dragoș Galgoțiu

Casanova (1725 – 1798) is known for his legendary image of a seductor and he is considered the best known lover of all times. But for his contemporaries, he was impressive through his intelligence, his erudition and his charm as a story-teller of his romances and his travels. He was a priest, a poet, a playwright, an actor, a musician, a military in the Venice army, an adventurer, an impostor, a spy, but also a friend of the kings, the writers and the philosophers of his era.
He was born in an actors’ family and the theatre was his passion.
His memoirs, which contain thousands of pages, have been censored many times. It was troubling the courage of describing his love affairs and also his eccentric image of an extremely frivolous century in Europe, with great people, its glory and decadence.

The director Dragoș Galgoțiu brings on Odeon’s stage the baroque and charming world of Casanova and of his epoque. The delusional and decadent theatricality of the last aristocratic century is presented through the spectacular costumes signed by Doina Levintza and through the burlesque energy of the actors’ team.

Photos by Mihaela Marin

’Beautiful’ is the adjective that better defines the last production of Dragoş Galgoţiu, full of images accompanied by a perfectly chosen music, chosen by the director himself, as usual. The show is splendid visually, but lives mostly through the acting of very good actors (with which, it is visible, the director closely worked). The entire cast performs flawlessly, each actor playing more than one character.

Liviu Ornea, Observator Cultural, March 2015