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Opera Academy auditions
Opera Academy – The Young Talent Development Programme of the Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera is holding auditions for new members.
- Announcing the 2023/24 season
- Dutch masters of the Warsaw stage
- Long Night of Museums 2023
- International Dance Day 2023
- WALDEMAR DĄBROWSKI RECEIVES MEDAL OF RECOGNITION
- The Magic Flute at the cinemas
- Happy Easter!
- OPERA ACADEMY AUDITIONS 2023/2024
- World Theatre Day 2023
- In Solidarity with Ukraine
- Skolimowski in Berlin
- An opera about Warsaw
- Casting for Peter Grimes
- With best wishes from the Polish National Opera
- Casting for contemporary dancers
- The Return of Giselle
- 13th Days of Dance: Poznań ballet company to perform BER on Sunday
- The Fasion of the Opera: The Big Garage Sale
- World Opera Day
- The Coryphaeus Awards nominations announced
- 2023 tickets go on sale at a 20% discount
- Senior-friendly weekend with culture
- Artistic success and a struggle for freedom
- OPERA ACADEMY AUDITIONS
- Zofia Posmysz has died
- Wojciech Kilar’s 90th brithday
- 2022/23 tickets go on sale
- The 2022/23 Season
- Winners of the 11th Moniuszko Competition
- List of finalists
- Auditions: Stage 2
- Results of Stage 1
- Auditions: Day 3
- Auditions: Day 2
- Auditions: Day 1
- Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra
- Onegin cancelled
- European tour of the Kyiv Symphony Orchestra
- Charity gala: МИ З ВАМИ / We Are With You!
- Moniuszko Competition - QUALIFICATION RESULTS
- Mariusz Treliński on Boris Godunov
- BORIS GODUNOV CANCELLED
- Supporting Ukraine
- Krzysztof Pastor awarded Lithuanian honour
- Moniuszko Competition: Application closes
- Semi-staged Rigoletto
- Vadim Brodski and Paganini’s violin
- Exodus/Flights-Harnasie cancelled
- Carmen cancelled
- Ezio Frigerio has died
- Renata Smukała’s benefit
- RUSTAVI FOLK ENSEMBLE
- Meet the cast of Tosca
- New Year’s Eve at the Teatr Wielki
- Christmas 2021
- New restrictions in place
- ‘I am Maria Callas’ by Vanna Vinci
- WORLD DIABETES DAY
- Polish National Opera unveils programme for 2022
- World Opera Day 2021
- The stellar cast of Fidelio
- Meet the cast and creatives of Fidelio
- WORLD BALLET DAY 2021
- A senior’s weekend with culture
- Poster for the 11th Moniuszko Competition unveiled
- Mieczysław Fogg. Songster of the Poles
- The Polish National Opera announces its 2021/22 season
- MacMILLAN’S „MAYERLING”
- Opening with Chopin recitals and Brahms’s Liebeslieder Waltzes
- Night of Museums at the Wielki
- June at the Polish National Opera
- Moniuszko’s 202nd birthday
- All events cancelled until 9 May
- Happy International Dance Day 2021!
- All events cancelled until 3 May
- Farewell to Liam Scarlett
- Pastor’s Romeo and Juliet on OperaVision
- All events cancelled until 25 April
- Concert postponed
- Jerzy Maksymiuk’s milestone birthday
- All events cancelled until 18 April
- World Theatre Day
- Our Box Office and Boutique close
- Creations 13 Online
- All events cancelled until 9 April
- Events cancelled until 28 March
- Lady of the Camellias cancelled
- March at the Polish National Opera
- Tosca for Valentine’s Day
- Changed programme
- We’re opening up in February
- Ballet Gala: An Encore and PNB’s future plans
- All events cancelled until 14 February
- Our New Year’s Eve Gala returns online
- The Amazing Maria Fołtyn
- Happy Birthday to Teresa Żylis-Gara
- All events cancelled until 31 January
- We go on, waiting to meet you again
- New Year’s Eve Gala with Mozart and Rossini
- The Beautiful and the talented, or the New Year’s Gala
- All events cancelled until 17 January
- The great Onegin
- Christmas cheer online
- Tickets to January shows go on sale
- All events cancelled until 29 December
- Gabriel Chmura has died
- Reconstruction: 55 Years After
- CASANOVA ONLINE
- Tosca cancelled
- Exceptional, adored, unforgettable…
- Performances of The Lady of the Camellias cancelled
- Conducting is much unlike a hotel stay
- Tickets to The Lady of the Camellias temporarily unavailable
- Sale of 2021 tickets on hold
- Our operations under Covid-19 ‘red zone’ restrictions
- Triumphant Werther at the Polish National Opera
- An Opera Journey Across Europe
- Le Corsaire to open the ballet season
- Jan Krenz has died
- APPLICATION NOW CLOSED
- SECOND CASTING FOR CARDILLAC
- Treliński named best director of 2019/20
- Covid-19 Safety Measures
- CASTING FOR CARDILLAC
- Pastor bids farewell to Vilnius
- Agnieszka Kossakowska has passed away
- Opera Academy Auditions
- Final farewell to Bernard Ładysz
- The new season’s must-sees
- Bernard Ładysz dies at 98
- Stanisław Zięba: An Obituary
- Barbara Falender at the Opera Gallery
- Opera Academy auditions
- OperaVision Summer Gala
- Stars of the 2020/21 season
- 2020/21 Tickets Go on Sale on Monday
- CREATIONS 2020 ONLINE
- Concert in tribute to John Paul II
- Rigoletto online
- Celebrate Moniuszko’s 201st with us!
- International Dance Day 2020
- Premiere of Médée postponed
- Consider making a donation
- The Sleeping Beauty Online
- Krzysztof Penderecki obituary
- Carmen: online broadcasts
- Ticket refunds
- Treliński named 2020 Ambassador for Culture
- Welcome opera and ballet into your home!
- Auditions for solo singers
- Treliński’s ‘Halka’ premieres on 11 February
- PNB Announces Promotions to Principal Dancer
- Opera Academy on Polish Radio
- Traffic changes and closures
- DAGMARA DRYL RETIRES FROM THE STAGE
- Eufonie
- Lost Souls
- PATRYK WALCZAK NAMED BEST CLASSICAL DANCER
- HALKA LIVE
- Gerard Wilk: A Dancer
- KSENIA OVSYANICK TO MAKE A GUEST APPEARANCE WITH PBN
- Unforgettable danseur noble immortalised on film
- OPERALNIA
- Yuka Ebihara receives a Silver Gloria Artis Medal
- Second call for dancers/actors
- Moniuszko Competition hits record viewership
- Polish singers in Met’s Top 10
- The Long Night of Museums
- Winners announced!
- Call for dancers/actors
- The 2019/20 Season
- Pastor’s Dracula named Best New Work in West Australia
- Watch the Moniuszko Vocal Competition live
- Waldemar Dąbrowski wins an ‘Operatic Oscar’
- 10 Years of the Polish National Ballet
- Fredriana, or a night with Fredro and Moniuszko
- Konieczny impresses at the Met
- Maestro ho capito!
- King Roger in Stockholm
- Pearls of Dance 2019
- Creations 11
- Applause that will not end
- Die tote Stadt cancelled
- #voteMoniuszko
- Performances cancelled
- Fall in love with opera…
- PNB goes to Montreal
- Manru nominated for an International Opera Award
- Treliński on NYT TOP 10 List
- MONIUSZKO COMPETITION - REGISTRATION CLOSED
- Rigoletto on 18 January cancelled
- Railway Station named for Moniuszko
- CARA ITALIA, ALFIN TI MIRO
- Alizade & Yaroshenko dance in Barcelona
- Stock up for Christmas!
- 10th Days of Dance
- Open Audition for Dancers: Halka
- Our Celebratory Chopin
- Pastor’s ‘Rain’ Returns
- Autumn with Paderewski
- 24 hours of live ballet
- BONDARA AND TRZENSIMIECH WIN AWARDS
- Pastor’s Dracula makes its world debut
- FELIKS MALINOWSKI DIED IN PARIS
- Registration for the Moniuszko Competition is now open
- New dancers for the 2018/19 season
- Krzysztof Pastor’s upcoming work
- The Year of Stanisław Moniuszko
- A Fiery Angel that enchants
- Patryk Walczak promoted to First Soloist
- Robert Bondara wins a prize in Bordeaux
- Concert cancelled
- We’ll be dancing in Brno
- Opera Academy Auditions
- 2018 World Dance Day
- Opera Fashion
- Tickets for the 2018/19 Season
- The Lady of the Camellias to open on 20 April 2018
- Mariusz Treliński wins an International Opera Award
- Road closures and traffic disruptions
- PASTOR + KILAR = DRACULA
- This is a dachshund’s world
- WATCH EROS AND PSYCHE ON OPERAVISON
- Ballet Gala
- Choral singing course for adults
- Plan what more to see this season
- Sukhishvili Georgian National Ballet
- Polish National Opera on Tour
- Operatic Oscars: nominations announced
- JOHN NEUMEIER at the PBN
- Pelléas and Mélisande on canvas
- Infatuated Muezzin: performances cancelled
- Best Theatre nomination
- Melissa Abel debuts as Clara
- PBN Stars in Vilnius
- A sweet-tasting libretto
- New Year’s Eve street closures
- VOD release: Legend of the Baltic
- Departures from the PBN
- New Dancers Join the PBN
- The Theatre Museum: a jubilee
- 9th Days of Dance
- Traffic changes and closures
- Preview Polish Ballets
- Concert cancelled
- Goplana on vod.teatrwielki.p
- Opera Auditions
- Pre-premiere meeting
- WORLD BALLET DAY 2017
- The Cosmos of Zahra Sabri
- Personnel changes
- Tristan und Isolde in Beijing
- Paderewski’s inkwell
- Changes in our programme
- End of the season
- Summertime at the Teatr Wielki
- Our artists to dance in Tbilisi
- Best ballet dancers: Ebihara & Yaroshenko
- Bolero at the Wawel Castle
- KRZYSZTOF PASTOR LEAVES HNB
- Krzysztof Pastor named ‘Outstanding Pole’
- Long Night of Museums 2017
- Singing, dance and rhythm in nō theatre
- Opera Academy auditions
- Accolades for PBN artists
- Goplana wins International Opera Award
- Picnic by the Opera
- International Opera Awards 2017
- Pastor’s The Tempest goes to St Petersburg
- Chopin’s opera
- Chinara Alizade has danced in Vilnius and Minsk
- VOD: The Tempest
- Casting call for ‘Carmen’
- The Joffrey takes Pastor’s piece to NYC
- PZU Warsaw Half Marathon
- Reactions to Il turco in Italia
- Dawid Trzensimiech to dance in Bologna
- The PNB’s stars in Barcelona and Ostrava
- A taste of Rossini
- Creations Number Nine
- How to conduct ballet?
- Join the Daffodils campaign
- Pastor in Pictures: Book release
- Pastor in Amsterdam
- A nomination for Goplana
- Meet the director
- Photos from Vilnius
- Waldemar Dąbrowski awarded
- Christmas ticket
- Temporary car park closure
- Lithuanian tribute to Krzysztof Pastor
- Pastor’s ballet at Theater Augsburg
- The PNB’s festival performances
- Ballets for birthday
- A Scarf for Chopin
- Successful autumn
- The Haunted Manor on VOD
- Gloria Artis for Małgorzata Walewska
- Another US triumph for Pastor
- OLBIŃSKI. POSTERS
- Tribute to Polish ballet artists
- World Ballet Day
- Live from New York
- Maksim Woitul’s jubilee
- The music of noh theatre
- Success at the Met
- New choreographies by Robert Bondara
- Traffic disruptions
- Tristan und Isolde at the Met
- PNB in the Hague
- Conversations for a New Season 2.0
- Ewa Podleś triumphs in Pesaro
- Free tickets to The Passenger
- Get our newsletter in English
- La Folle Journée de Varsovie
- Come and meet Zofia Posmysz
- Daniela Dessi dies at 59
- Promotions at the PNB
- What’s new at the PNB?
- Chopin and His Europe
- AMADEUS WIND ENSEMBLE
- Our dancers in Japan
- International star
- Krzysztof Pastor’s successful year 2016
- Polish Dance Theatre in Warsaw
- Zawirowania Festival
- Street closures over the weekend
- Fairy Tale, Where Are You?
- The 2016/2017 Season
- Competition scores
- PNB to stage Chopiniana in autumn
- CULTURE.PL SUPERBRANDS AWARD
- Celebration of the Human Voice draws to a close
- YAROSHENKO AND BONDARA WITH GLORIA ARTIS AWARDS
- The Night of Museums
- Before the Competition Finale
- Watch Pastor’s Tempest online
- PNB welcomes new first soloists
- The PBN dances in Bydgoszcz
- International Dance Day 2016
- Iolanta in Florence
- Stanisław Moniuszko Today
- Pastor and Kudlička with ZAiKS Awards
- Krzysztof Pastor and Dutch art
- Drawing before the tempest
- Historical Event of the Year
- Call for pianist-repetiteur
- Our Shakespeare
- Theatre documentary up for a film award
- Volunteer with Moniuszko Competition
- We’re dancing among stars
- A Meeting with Mariusz Treliński
- Vladimir Yaroshenko in Tokyo with Neumeier
- International Opera Awards 2016
- Woitiul and Kageyama in Ostrava
- The Tempest soon to open in Warsaw
- Müller-Schott to sign his album in Warsaw
- The Lesser-Known Facet of Richard Strauss
- Farewell to our collaborators
- 9th Moniuszko Competition: new application deadline
- Dobkowski at Opera Gallery
- Bondara in Washington
- Wonders of Theatre: an Exhibition
- KAGEYAMA becomes PNB’s soloist
- Watch Iolanta and The Bluebeard’s Castle today
- Google Cultural Institute
- Italian dancers at the PNB
- Christmas concert on 18 December
- Christmas Ticket
- St Nicolas Day at the opera
- ‘Teatr Wielki 50/50’
- Take part in our competition!
- Łukasz Korolkiewicz – exhibition opening
- The Taming of the Shrew
- Be With Me Now
- Marta Frej at the Wielki
- The Bull leaves the Palace
- Crisantemi: From Pastor to the Dutch National Opera
- PNB’s soloists dance in Bydgoszcz
- Watch ‘Aida’ from Teatro Regio
- 24 Hours At The Opera
- Conversations for the New Season
- Powder Her Face conquers Europe
- Powder Her Face in Brussels
- The PNB to tour Poland
- Ebihara and Woitiul in Chisinau
- A Fab Fair in the Teatralny Square!
- Prizes for Opera Academy’s young artists
- New arrivals & promotions at the PNB
- Opera Haute Couture in Białystok
- La Traviata at Savonlinna
- PNB at the presidential palace
- PNB wins the hearts in Washington
- The PNB made a great impression
- New York Times about the PNB
- PNB in New York and Washington
- We Have a Teraz Polska Award Winner
- Farewell to two PNB dancers
- New Season 2015/16
- Liashenko & Woitiul – best dancers of 2014
- Gloria Artis Medals for PNB ballet masters
- Around Powder Her Face
- Watch La Traviata on-line tomorrow
- Krzysztof Pastor decorated
- Don Quixote travels to Bydgoszcz
- International Dance Day 2015
- Sergey Basalaev retires
- Pastor’s ‘Boléro’ in Vilnius and Riga
- The Night of Museums 2015
- Mariusz Treliński with Polish TV award
- ‘The Lost Rite’ with photos of the PNB
- World Theatre Day 2015
- PNB soloists to dance in Gdańsk and Bytom
- Exhibition: Jerzy Tchórzewski
- Premiere of Creations 7
- PNB soloists to dance in Riga, Ostrava, Malmö and Helsingborg
- New Face of ‘Cracovians and Highlanders’
- RHYTM exhibition opens at Kordegarda
- A call for young artists (16-25 year-olds)
- ‘Opera Haute Couture’ open for another month
- Mariusz Treliński will return to the MET in 2016/17
- Standing ovation at the MET
- ‘New York Times’ previews opening of Mariusz Treliński’s double bill
- PNB to perform in New York and Washington
- New Ballet Based on Gombrowicz
- Mariusz Treliński in ‘Opera News’
- Set design for Casanova in Warsaw completed
- Pastor’s „THE NUTCRACKER” Staged in Vilnius
- TO THE CASUALTIES OF THE GREAT WAR
- Polish National Ballet premieres ‘1914.’
- Pastor’s ‘Nutcracker’ in Vilnius
- Joanna Drabik to perform in London
- Teatr Wielki with a new music director
- Treliński’s ‘Salome’ opens in Prague
- Bondara’s double bill at Wrocław Opera
- ‘The Merchant of Venice’ opens the 2014/15 season
- La folle journée de Varsovie
- Waldemar Dąbrowski previews the new season
- BARTOSZ ANCZYKOWSKI Dances in Hong Kong
- Promotions, farewells, new dancers 2014-15
- Filip Barankiewicz to Perform in „Don Quixote”
- Pastor’s ‘The Tempest’ at Het Nationale Ballet
- Krzysztof Pastor Receives Minister’s Prize
- ‘Don Quixote’ Returns
- PNB Stars in Bytom
- Aleksandra Lishenko and Sebastian Solecki Receive Gloria Artis Silver Medals
- Yuka Ebihara and Vladimir Yaroshenko Best Dancers of the Past Season
- Two Premieres by Mariusz Treliński at the Welsh National Opera in Cardiff
- Krzysztof Pastor’s „Romeo and Juilet” at the Joffrey Ballet
- Waldemar Dąbrowski, director of the Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera, among Super Wiktor recipients
- Treliński’s productions debut at the Welsh National Opera
- Pastor in Warsaw, Chicago, Amsterdam and Vilnius
- THINK TANK FOR CULTURE
- Sergey Popov leaves PNB
- „Echoes of Time” in Vilnius
- Premiere of „Iolanta” and „Bluebeard’s Castle” at the Polish National Opera
- Taking Bach to Barcelona
- The Premiere of Krzysztof Penderecki’s „The Devils of Loudun” Will Open the Season at the Polish National Opera
- Yuka Ebihara - first soloist of the PNB
- „Hamlet” Opens the Season
- La Folle Journée / Wild Days of Music Festival 2013 at the Polish National Opera
- Promotions & new dancers 2013/14
- PNB at Belweder
- Announcing the PNB’s 2013/14 season
- Waldemar Dąbrowski on the 2013/14 season
- Prizewinners’ concert
- Winners announced!
- Finalists of the 2013 Moniuszko Competition
- Second day of auditions
- 2013 Moniuszko Competition press conference
- We know the audition schedule!
- List of participants announced
- Maria Fołtyn has passed away
- First press conference of 2013 Moniuszko Competition
- The full version of the Competition website
- Róża Puzynowska’s „The Rite of Spring”
- Results of the 7th Moniuszko Competition
- Results of the 6th Moniuszko Competition
- Results of the 5th Moniuszko Competition
- Results of the 4th Moniuszko Competition
- Results of the 3rd Moniuszko Competition
- Results of the 2nd Moniuszko Competition
- Results of 1st Moniuszko Competition
