THE ’P’ PROJECT

VICTORY OVER THE SUN
Chamber opera
Libretto: Marcin Cecko

SOLARIZE
Chamber opera
Libretto: Andrzej Szpindler

The second edition of a project presenting the most important and boldest discoveries of contemporary Polish music and theatre. The ‘P’ Project: P for Poland, pre-premiere, perversion, pandemonium, plenitude. On the one hand, we have Marcin Stańczyk – a composer and lawyer whose works combine the sensuality of spectralism of the Gerard Grisey variety with the ecology of silence according to Salvatore Sciarrino. On the other hand, we have Sławomir Wojciechowski – with his love for German iron discipline which, however, leaves room for Eros and Thanatos, in which there is still air. And Krzysztof Garbaczewski – perhaps the hottest name in young Polish theatre today. He is a director who’s not afraid to depriveBalladyna of her virginity (Teatr Polski in Poznań), to challenge the Polish Kings (Stary Teatr in Kraków), or overexpose the form of Ivona, Princess of Burgundia (Jan Kochanowski Theatre in Opole). You have to hear it! And see it, too!

TERYTORIA (TERRITORIES). A series of meetings with contemporary music - meetings in which we try to discover and sketch a new image of opera. The genre is changing its definition today, conquering new territories, drawing new meanings, proposing a new aesthetic. In this cycle we present the greatest works of contemporary music alongside debuts of Polish composers, works that are completely unknown next to classics of the avant-garde, debuts of Polish directors juxtaposed with productions staged by top European names. Opera is alive, doing well, and winking at us with Fenics’ cybernetic eye.