Opening Weekend ECOC 2012

The opening week will be an outstanding overture into the European culture year. It will include numerous concerts, performances and events on several locations around town.

The opening spectacle will offer something for every taste. The key element of the opening ceremony will be a performance of the opera Black Masks by Slovene expressionist Marij Kogoj. The production will be a unique homage to the unjustly overlooked Slovene modernistic opera tradition, which will be represented by this revised version of the original score of the Black Masks. Beside the opera production, the ECOC’s opening will also manifest itself in numerous installations, performances and concerts on many stages, which will turn the whole town into an exceptional spectacle.

On opening day, Maribor will once more be wrapped by the holographic town hall. The laser projection will reconstruct the medieval town walls in an innovative and modern way.

Check the highlights of ECOC 2012.