Performances
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Carmen
Georges Bizet
6,7,8,10,28,29,31 March 2020
Opera in four acts | Libretto: Henri Meilhac, Ludovic Halévy | In the original French with Polish surtitles
- Conductor: Keri-Lynn Wilson
- Director: Andrzej Chyra
- Set Designer: Barbara Hanicka
- Costume Designer: Magda Maciejewska
- Lighting Designer: Bartosz Nalazek
- Choreography: Jacek Przybyłowicz
- Video Projections: Michał Jankowski
- Dramaturgy: Małgorzata Sikorska-Miszczuk
- Dramaturgic cooperation: Michał Kurkowski
- Chorus Master: Mirosław Janowski
- Children’s Chorus Master: Danuta Chmurska
- Hair and Make up: Marek Bryczyński
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Creations 12
Collage / young choreographers
5,6,7 June 2020
11th Choreographic Workshop of the Polish National Ballet
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Fredriana
19,20 October 2019,
22,26,29 November 2019,
1 December 2019,
18,19 January 2020,
9,15,16 February 2020,
21,22 April 2020Ballet evening in two parts | Celebrating the Bicentenary of Stanisław Moniuszko’s Birth Stanisław Moniuszko / Conrad Drzewiecki, Anna Hop
- Choreography SARMATIAN PARABLE: Conrad Drzewiecki
- Staging SARMATIAN PARABLE: Emil Wesołowski
- Libretto, Choreography and Directing HUSBAND AND WIFE: Anna Hop
- Music: Stanisław Moniuszko
- Interludes HUSBAND AND WIFE: Wojciech Kostrzewa
- Conductor: Piotr Staniszewski
- Staging assistant SARMATIAN PARABLE: Renata Smukała
- Set Designer SARMATIAN PARABLE: Jan Bernaś
- Set Design Reconstruction SARMATIAN PARABLE: Lilia Ostrouch
- Set & Lighting Designer, Video Projections HUSBAND AND WIFE: Małgorzata Szabłowska
- Costume Designer SARMATIAN PARABLE: Krzysztof Pankiewicz
- Costume Design Reconstruction SARMATIAN PARABLE: Katarzyna Załęcka
- Costume Designer HUSBAND AND WIFE: Maciej Zień
- Lighting SARMATIAN PARABLE: Maciej Igielski
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Halka (Vilnius version)
Stanisław Moniuszko
13,15 March 2020,
24,26 April 2020,
9,28 May 2020Opera in two acts | Libretto: Włodzimierz Wolski | In the original Polish with English surtitles
- Conductor (15/03; 9/05): Łukasz Borowicz
- Conductor (13/03; 24, 26/04; 28/05): Rafał Kłoczko
- Director: Agnieszka Glińska
- Set Designer: Monika Nyckowska
- Costume Designer: Katarzyna Lewińska
- Choreography: Weronika Pelczyńska
- Lighting Designer: Jacqueline Sobiszewski
- Video Projections: Franciszek Przybylski
- Chorus Master: Mirosław Janowski
- Vocal expression and performance consultant: Katarzyna Sitarz
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La Traviata
Giuseppe Verdi
15,16,17,18,19 April 2020
Opera in three acts | Libretto: Francesco Maria Piave after Alexander Dumas fils | In the original Italian with Polish surtitles
- Conductor: Patrick Fournillier
- Director: Mariusz Treliński
- Set Designer: Boris Kudlička
- Costume Designer: Tomasz Ossoliński
- Costume Designer: Gosia Baczyńska
- Choreography: Tomasz Jan Wygoda
- Dramaturgy: Piotr Gruszczyński
- Lighting Designer: Marc Heinz
- Video Projections: Darek Błaszczyk / Cókierek
- Chorus Master: Mirosław Janowski
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Madama Butterfly
Giacomo Puccini
6,7,8,10 December 2019,
15,16,17 May 2020Japanese tragedy in three acts | Libretto: Giuseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica | In the original Italian with Polish surtitles
- Conductor: Tadeusz Kozłowski
- Director: Mariusz Treliński
- Set Designer: Boris Kudlička
- Costume Designer: Paweł Grabarczyk
- Costume Designer: Magdalena Tesławska
- Choreography: Emil Wesołowski
- Lighting Designer: Stanisław Zięba
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Manru
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
18,20 October 2019
Opera in three acts | Libretto: Alfred Nossig based on the novel ‘The Cottage outside the Village’ by Józef Ignacy Kraszewski | In the original Polish with English surtitles
- Conductor: Grzegorz Nowak
- Director: Marek Weiss
- Set and costume designer: Kaspar Glarner
- Choreography: Izadora Weiss
- Lighting Designer: Maciej Igielski
- Video Projections: Bartek Macias
- Chorus Master: Mirosław Janowski
- Children’s Choir Master: Danuta Chmurska
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Nabucco
Giuseppe Verdi
13,15 December 2019,
30 May 2020,
2,4,6 June 2020Opera in four acts | Libretto: Temistocle Solera | In the original Italian with Polish surtitles
- Conductor: Tadeusz Kozłowski
- Director: Marek Weiss
- Set Designer: Andrzej Kreutz Majewski
- Costume Designer: Jacek Majewski
- Choreography: Emil Wesołowski
- Lighting Designer: Jerzy Bojar
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Notre Chopin
Fryderyk Chopin / Liam Scarlett, Krzysztof Pastor
4,5 April 2020
Ballet evening in two parts | Celebrating 100 Years since Poland Regained its Independence
- Choreography CONCERTO IN E MINOR: Liam Scarlett
- Choreography CONCERTO IN F MINOR: Krzysztof Pastor
- Music: Fryderyk Chopin
- Conductor: Grzegorz Nowak
- Piano: Krzysztof Jabłoński
- Set and Costume Designer: Tatyana van Walsum
- Lighting: Yaron Abulafia
- Dramaturgy CONCERTO IN F MINOR: Daniel Przastek
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Obsessions
Schubert / Pastor | Karłowicz / Wesołowski | Schnittke, Górecki / Pastor
22,23,24,30,31 May 2020
Ballet evening in three parts | Music: Franz Schubert; Mieczysław Karłowicz; Alfred Schnittke; Henryk Mikołaj Górecki
- Choreography ADAGIO & SCHERZO, MOVING ROOMS: Krzysztof Pastor
- Choreography RETURNING WAVES: Emil Wesołowski
- Sets and Video Projections ADAGIO & SCHERZO: Małgorzata Szabłowska
- Set Designer RETURNING WAVES: Boris Kudlička
- Costume Designer ADAGIO & SCHERZO: Marta Fiedler
- Costume Designer RETURNING WAVES: Irena Biegańska
- Costume Designer MOVING ROOMS: Oliver Haller
- Lighting ADAGIO & SCHERZO, RETURNING WAVES: Maciej Igielski
- Lighting MOVING ROOMS: Bert Dalhuysen
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Rigoletto
Giuseppe Verdi
11,13,15 October 2019
Opera in three acts | Libretto: Francesco Maria Piave after Victor Hugo | In the original Italian with Polish surtitles
- Conductor: Patrick Fournillier
- Director: Gilberto Deflo
- Set Designer: Ezio Frigerio
- Costume Designer: Franca Squarciapino
- Choreography: Zofia Rudnicka
- Lighting Designer: Stanisław Zięba
- Chorus Master: Mirosław Janowski
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Swan Lake
Pyotr Tchaikovsky / Krzysztof Pastor, Lev Ivanov
25,26 September 2019,
1,2,3,4,5,6 October 2019Ballet in three acts with a prologue and an epilogue | New libretto: Paweł Chynowski | Musical redaction: Paweł Chynowski and Alexei Baklan
- Choreography (traditional sequences included): Krzysztof Pastor
- Music: Piotr Czajkowski
- Conductor: Alexei Baklan
- Set and Costume Designer: Luisa Spinatelli
- Staging of traditional sequences: Simonetta Lysy
- Lighting: Steen Bjarke
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The Fiery Angel
Sergei Prokofiev
19,21,23 January 2020
Opera in five acts (seven scenes) | Libretto: the composer after Valery Bryusov | In the original Russian with Polish surtitles
- Conductor: Kazushi Ono
- Director: Mariusz Treliński
- Set Designer: Boris Kudlička
- Costume Designer: Kaspar Glarner
- Lighting Designer: Felice Ross
- Video Projections: Bartek Macias
- Choreography / Movement Director: Tomasz Jan Wygoda
- Dramaturgy: Małgorzata Sikorska-Miszczuk
- Make-up: Waldemar Pokromski
- Chorus Master: Mirosław Janowski
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The Haunted Manor
Stanisław Moniuszko
9,10,11,12 January 2020
Opera in four acts | Libretto: Jan Chęciński | In the original Polish with English surtitles
- Conductor: Grzegorz Nowak
- Director: David Pountney
- Set Designer: Leslie Travers
- Costume Designer: Marie-Jeanne Lecca
- Choreography: Emil Wesołowski
- Lighting Designer: Fabrice Kebour
- Chorus Master: Violetta Bielecka
- Chorus Master: Mirosław Janowski
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The Lady of the Camellias
Fryderyk Chopin / John Neumeier
30,31 January 2020,
1,2,27,28,29 February 2020,
1 March 2020Ballet in three acts and a prologue by John Neumeier after the novel by Alexandre Dumas, fils
- Choreography: John Neumeier
- Music: Fryderyk Chopin
- Conductor: Grzegorz Nowak
- Pianist: Krzysztof Jabłoński
- Pianista: Marek Bracha
- Set and Costume Designer: Jürgen Rose
- Lighting Conception: John Neumeier
- Choreographer’s Assistant: Kevin Haigen
- Choreographer’s Assistant: Janusz Mazoń
- Choreographer’s Assistant: Radik Zaripov
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The Magic Flute
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
15,18,20,22 February 2020
Opera in two acts | Libretto: Emanuel Schikander | Production: Komische Oper, Berlin | In the original German with Polish surtitles
- Conductor: Piotr Staniszewski
- Director: Suzanne Andrade
- Director: Barrie Kosky
- Concept: „1927” (Suzanne Andrade, Paul Barritt), Barrie Kosky
- Set and Costume Designer: Esther Bialas
- Animations: Paul Barritt
- Dramaturgy: Ulrich Lenz
- Lighting Designer: Diego Leetz
- Staging of the original production: Tobias Ribitzki
- Chorus Master: Mirosław Janowski
- Preparation of the boy soloists: Danuta Chmurska
- Pianist: Anna Marchwińska
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The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
Pyotr Tchaikovsky / Toer van Schayk, Wayne Eagling
20,21,22,27,28,29 December 2019,
2,3 January 2020Ballet féerie in two acts | Libretto: Marius Petipa after E.T.A. Hoffmann
- Choreography: Toer van Schayk
- Choreography: Wayne Eagling
- Music: Piotr Czajkowski
- Conductor: Marta Kluczyńska
- Set and Costume Designer: Toer van Schayk
- Lighting: Bert Dalhuysen
- Choreographers’ Assistant: Steven Etienne
- Choreographers’ Assistant: Natalia Hoffmann
- Choreographers’ Assistant: Caroline Iura
- Choreographers’ Assistant: Joseph Kerwin
- Choreographers’ Assistant: Jarmo Rastas
- Children’s Choir Master: Danuta Chmurska
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Tosca
Giacomo Puccini
27,29,30,31 October 2019,
2,3,5 November 2019Opera in three acts | Libretto: Luigi Illica, Giuseppe Giacosa based on the play by Victorien Sardou | In the original Italian with Polish and English surtitles
- Conductor: Patrick Fournillier
- Director: Barbara Wysocka
- Set Designer: Barbara Hanicka
- Costume Designer: Julia Kornacka
- Choreography: Jacek Przybyłowicz
- Lighting Designer: Marc Heinz
- Video Projections: Lea Mattausch
- Video Projections: Artur Sienicki
- Hair and Make-up Designer: Mateusz Stępniak
- Chorus Master: Mirosław Janowski
- Children’s Choir Master: Danuta Chmurska