One of the most charismatic American actors, John Malkovich (in picture), two times nominated for Academy Award, will come for the first time in Romania in September this year, when he will play the role of a serial killer in The Infernal Comedy - Confessions of a Serial Killer. The event will take place at the Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest, on September 9, 17:00, during this year’s edition of George Enescu classical music festival.

The play premiered in Los Angeles in 2008 and is written specifically for John Malkovich. The American actor is the storyteller and the only character of the musical, which features arias of Mozart, Vivaldi, Beethoven and Haydn, and is performed by Wiener Akademie chamber orchestra, conducted by Martin Haselbock.

The play, which will be subtitled in Romanian, tells the true story of maniacal murderer Jack Unterweger, convicted of murder in 1974. During the two-hour monologue, Unterweger - played by John Malkovich, improvises and talks to the audience.

The event is sold out, but those interested can still find tickets at Grand Cinema Digiplex, where it will be a live transmission of the show.

Held only once every two years, the George Enescu festival celebrates the work of the Romanian composer and brings some of the world’s finest orchestral musicians to the country. Over 150 events are scheduled to take place from September 1 to 28 for the 2013 George Enescu Festival, in Bucharest and several other cities – Arad, Bacau, Brasov, Cluj, Iasi, Oradea, Sibiu and Timisoara. Find more about the festival here.

Irina Popescu, irina.popescu@romania-insider.com

(photo source: cinemagia.ro)