Tag Archives: Poland

NABUCCO in Poland

Opera in four acts Libretto: Temistocle Solera after the drama by Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois and Francis Cornue World premiere: 9 March 1842, Regio Teatro alla Scala, Milan Warsaw premiere: 25 February 1854, Teatr Wielki Premiere of this production: 26 June 1992 In the original Italian with Polish surtitles … Continue reading

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Salome in Poland

Music drama in one act Libretto: Richard Strauss after Oscar Wilde World premiere: 9 December 1905, Semperoper, Dresden Premiere of this production: 23 October, National Theatre, Prague Premiere at the Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera: 22 March 2016 Co-production: National Theatre, Prague In the original German … Continue reading

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Triumphant AIDA at the Opera Narodowa

AIDA Opera in four acts Libretto: Antonio Ghislanzoni after an outline by Auguste Mariette World premiere: Cairo, 24 December 1871 Polish premiere: Warsaw, 23 November 1875 Premiere of this production: 24 April 2005 In the original Italian with Polish surtitles … Continue reading

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MADAME BUTTERFLY at the Moniuszko Auditorium in Warsaw

Fri 7:00pm February 6, 2015 Moniuszko Auditorium MADAME BUTTERFLY Giacomo Puccini Japanese tragedy in three acts Libretto: Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica World premiere: Regio Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 17/02/1904 Polish premiere: Teatr Wielki, Warsaw, 3/12/1908 Premiere of this production: … Continue reading

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KRZYSZTOF MEYER’s fantastic comic opera CYBERIADA (THE CYBERIAD) at the Teatr Wielki

Sun 6:00pm January 18, 2015 Moniuszko Auditorium CYBERIADA (THE CYBERIAD)  POZNAŃ OPERA THEATRE KRZYSZTOF MEYER Fantastic comic opera in three acts Libretto – composer, based on the cycle of Stanisław Lem’s short stories Premiere: 25/05/2013 Duration: 2 hrs. 30 min., … Continue reading

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Weinberg’s THE PORTRAIT in Warsaw

Fri 7:00pm January 16, 2015 Moniuszko Auditorium THE PORTRAIT – THE POZNAŃ OPERA THEATRE MIECZYSŁAW WEINBERG Opera in three acts Libretto by Alexander Medvedev based on Nikolai Gogol’s short story Sung in Russian with Polish surtitles Co-production with the Opera … Continue reading

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Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice in Warsaw

ORFEO ED EURIDICE Christoph Willibald Gluck Sun  6:00pm  January 25, 2015 Moniuszko Auditorium Opera in three acts (Vienna version) Libretto: Ranieri de’ Calzabigi World premiere: Vienna, 5/10/1762 Polish premiere: Warsaw, 1776 Bratislava premiere: 5/12/2008 Premiere of this production: 23/05/2009 Co-production … Continue reading

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Onegin in Poland

ONEGIN Pyotr Tchaikovsky Wed 7:00pm January 15, 2015 Moniuszko Auditorium Lyrical scenes in three acts and seven scenes Libretto by Pyotr Tchaikovsky and Konstantin Shilovsky after Alexander Pushkin World premiere: Maly Theatre, Moscow, 29 March 1879 Polish premiere: Teatr Wielki, … Continue reading

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“Nabucco” in Poland with great historical costumes

NABUCCO Giuseppe Verdi Sun 6:00pm January 4, 2015 Moniuszko Auditorium Opera in four acts Libretto: Temistocle Solera after the drama by Auguste Aniceta-Bourgeois and Francis Cornue World premiere: Regio Teatro alla Scala, Milano, 9/03/1842 Warsaw premiere: 25/02/1854, Teatr Wielki, Warsaw … Continue reading

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To Sing with Nature: Piotr Beczała at San Diego Opera

To Sing with Nature: Piotr Beczała at San Diego Opera By Erica Miner (Used by permission) Gracious, charming, highly intelligent and perceptive, Polish-born artist Piotr Beczała (dubbed “Piotr the Great” in San Francisco), first graced the San Diego Opera stage in his 2010 Bohème debut, … Continue reading

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