CONCERT IN HONOUR OF KRYSTYNA SZOSTEK-RADKOWA

In the intermission Agata Tuszyńska will be signing her book Jamnikarium in the foyer downstairs. The book will by available at our opera shop.

A strong, warm voice with a sensual and clear sound which conquered opera houses, conductors, composers, critics and the public all around. The artist had a great command of it and wielded it majestically, even royally. She appeared on the most important stages of Italy, France, Germany, Austria, Russia and the Americas. Her wide repertoire included pieces by Brahms, Verdi, Wagner, Tchaikovsky, Moniuszko and Baird. Throughout her forty-year long career at Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera Krystyna Szostek-Radkowa created unforgettable roles – regardless of whether she was wearing a nun’s habit in the premiere of Penderecki’s The Devils of Loudun, a gypsy scarf in Bizet’s Carmen, a kimono in Puccini’s Madame Butterfly or a traditional Polish split-sleeve robe (known as a kontush) in Moniuszko’s The Haunted Manor. As a teacher at the Academy of Music she trained an entire generation of currently celebrated singers. A true prima donna assoluta. An incomparable artist. For with what one could compare such talent and genius?

The Programme will include:

GEORGES BIZET
Overture to Carmen

GIUSEPPE VERDI
Azucena's aria from Il trovatore – Anna Lubańska

STANISŁAW MONIUSZKO
Jadwiga's dumka 'Biegnie słuchać' from The Haunted Manor – Elżbieta Wróblewska
Swordbearer's aria from The Haunted Manor – Adam Kruszewski

PIETRO MASCAGNI
Intermezzo and Santuzza's aria from Cavalleria rusticana

PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY
Lensky's aria from Eugene Onegin – Adam Zdunikowski
Gremin's aria from Eugene Onegin – Rafał Siwek

JACQUES OFFENBACH
Barcarolle from The Tales of Hoffmann – Jolanta Radek and Krystyna Szostek-Radkowa

HENRYK CZYŻ
Cynologyst's aria from Cynologist irresolute – Adam Kruszewski

FRANZ LEHAR
Vilja Song from The Merry Widow – Jolanta Radek

GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Rosina's aria from The Barber of Seville – Elżbieta Wróblewska
Don Basilio's aria 'La calumnia' from The Barber of Seville – Rafał Siwek

GEORGES BIZET
Carmen's aria from Act II of Carmen – Małgorzata Pańko

IMRE KÁLMÁN
Maritza's aria 'Play, Gypsies' from Countess Maritza – Katarzyna Rzymska

and a selections of folk-inspired songs by the Śląsk Song and Dance Ensemble

Orchestra of the Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera under Grzegorz Nowak

Polish National Ballet 

Śląsk Dance and Song Ensemble