The Polish National Opera's Grand Jubilee

You can watch the Gala live on TVP1, TVP Kultura, OperaVision, vod.teatrwielki.pl and listen to on Dwójka - Program 2 Polskiego Radia.

Please note that the municipal car park in front of the opera house is partly closed, causing a potential shortage of free parking spots. 

The gala will be televised. By attending the event, you agree to the recording and publication of your image as part of audience shots. 

The Jubilee Gala will be an extraordinary journey through the 200 years of the Teatr Wielki's history The programme is a carefully curated selection of pieces that reflects the richness and broad variety of the music that graced the Wielki’s stage over the years, including works by Chopin, Moniuszko, Verdi, Rossini, Bizet, Mozart, Penderecki, and Kilar.

Taking to the stage will be some of the singers whose careers started at the Polish National Opera and who now score triumphs all around the globe: Aleksandra Kurzak, Andrzej Filończyk, Piotr Buszewski, and Rafał Siwek. The soloists will be accompanied by the Wielki’s Chorus and Orchestra as well as the Polish National Ballet. The unforgetable gala will be conducted by Patrick Fournillier. 

Do not miss this poignant meeting of the past and the present that will honour the Polish musical heritage and celebrate opera in its full glory. 

Hosted by Grażyna Torbicka and Jakub Józef Orliński, the Gala will be broadcast live on TVP1 and OperaVision. 

Chorus and Orchestra of the Polish National Opera
Polish National Ballet
Władysław Skoraczewski Artos Children's Choir

PROGRAMME

FRYDERYK CHOPIN
Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53 (Polonaise héroïque)
^{Kuba Matuszczyk – piano}

GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Figaro's cavatina Largo al factotum from The Barber of Seville
^{Andrzej Filończyk – baritone
Polish National Opera Orchestra} 

STANISŁAW MONIUSZKO
Highland dances from Halka
^{Polish National Opera Orchestra, dancers} 

STANISŁAW MONIUSZKO
Jontek's aria Szumią jodły… from Halka
^{Piotr Buszewski – tenor
Polish National Opera Orchestra} 

STANISŁAW MONIUSZKO
Skołuba's aria Ten zegar… from The Haunted Manor
^{Rafał Siwek – bass
Polish National Opera Orchestra} 

GEORGES BIZET
Fragment of George Balanchine's ballet Symphony in C
^{Polish National Ballet
Polish National Opera Orchestra} 

GIACOMO PUCCINI
Cio-Cio-San's aria Un bel di, vedremo from Madama Butterfly
^{Aleksandra Kurzak – soprano
Polish National Opera Orchestra} 

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Fragment of Toer van Schayk's ballet Symphony No. 7
^{Polish National Ballet
Polish National Opera Orchestra} 

GEORGES BIZET
The chorus Avec la garde montante from Carmen
^{Artos Children's Choir
Polish National Opera Orchestra} 

KAROL SZYMANOWSKI
The male chorus Piesn siuhajow from Harnasie
^{Polish National Opera Chorus and Orchestra}

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
The duet La ci darem la mano from Don Giovanni
^{Aleksandra Kurzak – soprano
Andrzej Filończyk – baritone
Polish National Opera Orchestra} 

GIUSEPPE VERDI
The chorus Va pensiero… from Nabucco
^{Polish National Opera Chorus and Orchestra} 

WOJCIECH KILAR
Krzysztof Pastor's ballet Kilar Concerto
^{Polish National Ballet
Polish National Opera Orchestra} 

GIACOMO PUCCINI
Tosca's aria Vissi d’arte from Tosca
^{Aleksandra Kurzak – soprano
Polish National Opera Orchestra}

KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI
Adagietto from Paradise Lost
^{Polish National Opera Orchestra}

STANISŁAW MONIUSZKO
The mazurka from The Haunted Manor
^{Polish National Ballet
Polish National Opera Chorus and Orchestra}

Directed by
MICHAŁ BANDURSKI

Choreography
ANNA HOP (Polonaise Op. 53, The Barber of Seville, The Haunted Manor, Carmen, Harnasie, Paradise Lost)
TOMASZ JAN WYGODA (Halka)
GEORGE BALANCHINE (Symphony in C)
TOER VAN SCHAYK (Symphony No. 7)
KRZYSZTOF PASTOR (Kilar Concerto)
EMIL WESOŁOWSKI (The Haunted Manor)

Videos directed and edited by
ANDRZEJ SZAJEWSKI

Projections
BARTEK MACIAS

Chorus Master
ŁUKASZ HERMANOWICZ

Artos Choir Master
DANUTA CHMURSKA

The gala features scenery elements from the following productions: 

Giselle (Andrzej Kreutz Majewski, adapted by Małgorzata Szabłowska), Halka, Madama Butterfly (Boris Kudlička), The Haunted Manor (Leslie Travers), Symphony No. 7 (Toer van Schayk), Pinocchio (Małgorzata Szabłowska), The Best City in The World: An Opera about Warsaw (Natalia Kitamikado), Tosca (Barbara Hanicka)

The gala features costumes from the following productions:

Symphony in C (Marc Happel after Barbara Karinska), Halka (Dorota Roqueplo),The Haunted Manor (Marie-Jeanne Lecca), Madama Butterfly (Paweł Grabarczyk, Magdalena Tesławska), Symphony No. 7 (Toer van Schayk), The Best City in The World: An Opera about Warsaw (Emil Wysocki), Don Giovanni (Arkadius), Nabucco (Jacek Majewski), Tosca (Julia Kornacka), Exodus (Anna Hop), Carmen (Magdalena Maciejewska) 

DANCERS (HALKA)
Małgorzata Czyżowska
Ilona Gumowska
Katarzyna Hołtra
Agata Kuczyńska
Nicol Wesołowska
Izabela Zawadzka
Katarzyna Koziorz
Dawid Kaptur
Wojciech Michalak
Mateusz Sobczak
Paweł Kozłowski
Andriej Komarov

 

BIT PLAYERS
Kalina Głowacka
Kornelia Kmak
Ewelina Sawicka
Alicja Świerzowska
Edgar Lewandowski
Jan Samoszak
Michał Stępień