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Jalta, Jalta - musical about dividing the world

The most popular Croatian musical „Jalta, Jalta", by the authors Milan Grgić and Alfi Kabiljo, has been staged in theatre Komedija in Zagreb, after more than 15 years.

Since its premiere in 1971, until the last performance with the original cast in 1995, this musical has been performed 534 times. In the new lining and in the main roles there are leading singers and actors, such as Sandra Bagarić, Renata Sabljak, Đani Stipaničev, Ronald Žlabur and Dražen Čuček, who made the audience enthusiastic, especially their colleagues who were in the original cast and performed the musical for 25 years.

The world as a green meadow

The plot of this musical takes place in 1945, in the town of Yalta on the Crimea peninsula, where the presidents of countries that had won the 2nd World War, Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin, held a conference and divided the world and drew up new state borders. Their butlers are the lead roles of the musical, and just as their masters, they also argue with each other, divide and compete, amongst other things, for the sympathy of a female custodian Nina who is in charge of them and takes care of harmony and friendship. On the other hand, the agents are in charge of security, servants take care of the order, and the Maiden's commando troop is in charge of work and the reconstruction of Yalta. On the world map there appears a mysterious green spot, a meadow which does not belong to anyone, and Nina and the butlers agree that one day they will go there together and make their dream come true. And maybe someday the whole world becomes a green meadow, an issue that is current even today. The lyrics, "Let the world shine in the sun, let our country become happy! Let the whole world be named a fairy tale, green and fragrant, with flowers and the innocence, a meadow of our dreams!", and their accompanying music, have long been considered an anthem to a better world by the audience.