The Goblin
The Goblin
Last month, I attended an Eduard Tubin's modern ballet performance ,,The Goblin" in two acts at
the Estonian National opera. The choreographer and stage director was Marina Kesler. The
conductors were Vello Pähn, Kaspar Mänd and Lauri Sirp. "The Goblin" is the first Estonian
ballet, which premiered in 1943 at the Vanemuine Theatre.
,,The Goblin" is based on a mythical character from Estonian folclore. His master, the Farmer,
was very greedy and he dreamed of being wealthy. To create the Goblin, the Farmer had to give
him 3 drops of his blood and to sell him his soul. The Goblin's purpose was to serve his master
in obtaining riches. The Farmer also had a Daughter, who was in love with a Peasant. The
Peasant was quite poor and because of that the Farmer disliked him. The Farmer had never
enough of money and he made everything to develop his bussiness. He had so much money that
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