Performances
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Aida
Giuseppe Verdi
6,7,8,9 May 2021
Opera in four acts | Libretto: Antonio Ghislanzoni | Premiere: 24 April 2005 | In the original Italian with Polish surtitles
- Conductor: Tadeusz Kozłowski
- Director, set and lighting designer: Roberto Laganà Manoli
- Chorus master: Mirosław Janowski
- Choreography: Emil Wesołowski
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Cardillac Premiere
Paul Hindemith
23,25,27,29 April 2021,
25,27,29 June 2021Opera in three acts (four scenes) | Libretto: Ferdinand Lion | In the original German with Polish surtitles
- Conductor: Tim Murray
- Director: Mariusz Treliński
- Set Designer: Boris Kudlička
- Dramaturgy: Marcin Cecko
- Costume Designer: Wojciech Dziedzic
- Lighting Designer: Felice Ross
- Choreography: Jacek Przybyłowicz
- Video Projections: Bartek Macias
- Chorus Master: Mirosław Janowski
- Hair and make-up: Waldemar Pokromski
- Casting director: Izabela Kłosińska
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Carmen
Georges Bizet
13,14,19,20,21 February 2021
Opera in four acts | Libretto: Henri Meilhac, Ludovic Halévy | In the original French with Polish surtitles
- Conductor: Patrick Fournillier
- 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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Carmina Burana (Blink of an eye) – BMW Art Club
BMW Art Club: Future is Art 2019
17,18 February 2021,
29,30 May 2021- Conductor: Lorenzo Passerini
- Visual concept: Boris Kudlička
- Dramaturgy cooperation: Krzysztof Knurek
- Video Projections: Bartek Macias
- Lighting Designer: Marc Heinz
- Lighting Designer: Bogumił Palewicz
- Consultation on the interpretation, text analysis and script: Jarosław Mikołajewski
- Chorus Master: Mirosław Janowski
- ‘Artos’ Chorus Master: Danuta Chmurska
- Project curator: Stach Szabłowski
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Creations 13
Collage / young choreographers
12,13,14 February 2021,
27 March 202113th Choreographic Workshop of the Polish National Ballet
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Family Fun at the Wielki
Educational project 5+
6 February 2021,
13 March 2021,
10 April 2021,
8,29 May 2021,
26 June 2021 -
Fidelio Premiere
Ludwig van Beethoven
23,25,27,30 June 2021
Opera in two acts | Libretto: Joseph Sonnleithner, Stephan von Breuning, Georg Friedrich Treitschke | In the original German with Polish surtitles
- Conductor: Patrick Fournillier
- Director: John Fulljames
- Set and Costume Designer, Video projections: Steffen Aarfing
- Lighting Designer: Lee Curran
- Chorus Master: Mirosław Janowski
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Halka
Stanisław Moniuszko
9,11,13,15,21 October 2020
Opera in four acts | Libretto: Włodzimierz Wolski | In the original Polish with English surtitles
- Conductor: Łukasz Borowicz
- Conductor: Rafał Kłoczko
- Director: Mariusz Treliński
- Set Designer: Boris Kudlička
- Costume Designer: Dorota Roqueplo
- Lighting Designer: Marc Heinz
- Choreography: Tomasz Jan Wygoda
- Dramaturgy: Piotr Gruszczyński
- Video Projections: Bartek Macias
- Chorus Master: Mirosław Janowski
- Hair and make-up: Łukasz Pycior
- Casting director: Izabela Kłosińska
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Halka (Vilnius version)
Stanisław Moniuszko
10,18 April 2021,
26 June 2021Opera in two acts | Libretto: Włodzimierz Wolski | In the original Polish with Polish surtitles
- Conductor : Łukasz Borowicz
- Conductor : 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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Jakub Józef Orliński
12 September 2020
Concert with the Capella Regia Polona Early-Instruments Ensemble of the Polish Royal Opera
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Krzysztof Penderecki in memoriam
Concert
23 November 2020,
28 March 2021A special concert in tribute to one of Poland’s most prominent contemporary cultural figures
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La bohème Premiere
Giacomo Puccini
17 June 2021
POSTPONED UNTIL 2021/22 SEASON
- Conductor: Patrick Fournillier
- Director : Barbara Wysocka
- Set Designer: Barbara Hanicka
- Costume Designer: Julia Kornacka
- Dramaturgy: Tomasz Śpiewak
- Chorus Master: Mirosław Janowski
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Le Corsaire Premiere
Adolphe Adam and others / Manuel Legris after Marius Petipa
17,18,19,20,23,24 September 2020
Ballet in three acts with a prologue and epilogue | Libretto: Manuel Legris and Jean-François Vazelle after George Byron, Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Josepha Maziliera
- Choreography: Manuel Legris
- Choreography: Marius Petipa
- Conductor (September 2020): Alexei Baklan
- Conductor (April 2021): Marta Kluczyńska
- Set and Costume Designer: Luisa Spinatelli
- Lighting: Marion Hewlett
- Choreographer’s Assistant: Albert Mirzoyan
- Choreographer’s Assistant: Chantal Lefèvre
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Madama Butterfly
Giacomo Puccini
5,6,11,12,13 December 2020,
5,7 March 2021Japanese tragedy in three acts | Libretto: Giuseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica | In the original Italian with Polish surtitles
- Conductor: Patrick Fournillier
- 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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Mayerling Premiere
Ferenc Liszt / Kenneth MacMillan
21,22,23,25,26,27 May 2021,
4,5,6,8,9,10 June 2021Ballet in three acts | Libretto: Gillian Freeman
- Choreography : Kenneth MacMillan
- Conductor: Patrick Fournillier
- Staging: Karl Burnett
- Staging: Wayne Eagling
- Set and Costume Designer: Nicholas Georgiadis
- Lighting: John B. Read
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Meet a Virtuoso
Educational project 10+
25 October 2020,
14 February 2021,
14 March 2021,
23 May 2021,
20 June 2021Concert for young people
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Musical matinées
4 October 2020,
15 November 2020,
6 December 2020,
10 January 2021,
7 February 2021,
28 March 2021,
11 April 2021,
16 May 2021,
13 June 2021Sunday concerts for children combined with tales about different instruments and composers as well as music puzzles.
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New Year’s Eve Gala
31 December 2020
Stars of Polish and international operatic stages | Chorus and Orchestra of the Polish National Opera
- conductor: Patrick Fournillier
- director: Ewa Rucińska
- video projections: Jędrzej Bączyk
- cinematography: Filip Drożdż
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Opera University for Adults
10 October 2020,
14 November 2020,
5 December 2020,
16 January 2021,
13,20 February 2021,
6,20 March 2021,
17 April 2021,
15,29 May 2021Talks about opera at the opera. An educational programme for adults
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Opera University for Children
10 October 2020,
14 November 2020,
5 December 2020,
16 January 2021,
13,20 February 2021,
6,20 March 2021,
17 April 2021,
15,29 May 2021Talks on opera at the opera. Educational programme for children aged 10–13.
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Premiere Prelude: Franz Liszt
20 May 2021,
2 June 2021Concert heralding the premiere of Mayerling set to Franz Liszt’s music
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Premiere Prelude: Paul Hindemith
22 April 2021
Concert heralding the premiere of Paul Hindemith’s Cardillac
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Rigoletto
Giuseppe Verdi
8,9,10,12 January 2021
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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Romeo and Juliet
Sergei Prokofiev / Krzysztof Pastor
25,26,27,28 February 2021,
6,8,9,10 June 2021Ballet in three acts | Libretto: Krzysztof Pastor, Willem Bruls after William Shakespeare
- Choreography: Krzysztof Pastor
- Conductor: Andriy Yurkevych
- Set and costumes: Tatyana van Walsum
- Dramaturgy: Willem Bruls
- Choreographer’s Assistant: Amanda Eyles
- Choreographer’s Assistant: Paul Tyers
- Lighting designer: Bert Dalhuysen
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Sinfonia Varsovia
Online broadcast on vod.teatrwielki.pl and Sinfonia Varsovia Youtube channel
12 April 2021
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The Haunted Manor
Stanisław Moniuszko
5,6,7 February 2021
Opera in four acts | Libretto: Jan Chęciński | In the original Polish with English surtitles
- Conductor: Andriy Yurkevych
- 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
25,27,28,29,30 October 2020,
11,12,13,14 March 2021Ballet in three acts and a prologue by John Neumeier after the novel by Alexandre Dumas, fils
- Choreography: John Neumeier
- Music: Fryderyk Chopin
- Conductor: Jerzy Wołosiuk
- Pianist: Piotr Pawlak
- Pianist: 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
14,15 November 2020,
9,10 December 2020,
20,21 January 2021,
26,27,30 March 2021Opera 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
19,20,22,23,27,29 December 2020
Ballet féerie in two acts | Libretto: Marius Petipa after E.T.A. Hoffmann
- Chorography: Toer van Schayk
- Chorography: 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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The Sleeping Beauty
Pyotr Tchaikovsky / Yury Grigorovich
19,20,21,24,25 November 2020
Ballet-féerie in three acts | Libretto: Ivan Vsevolozhsky after Charles Perrault
- Choreography: Jurij Grigorowicz
- Music: Piotr Czajkowski
- Conductor: Alexei Baklan
- Set Design: Ezio Frigerio
- Costume Design: Franca Squarciapino
- Lighting: Stanisław Zięba
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The Tempest
Purcell, Tallis, Johnson, Locke, Van der Aa / Krzysztof Pastor
29,30,31 January 2021
Ballet in two acts after William Shakespeare | Music: Henry Purcell, Thomas Tallis, Robert Johnson, Matthew Locke, Michel van der Aa and traditional Iranian music
- Choreography: Krzysztof Pastor
- Conductor: Matthew Rowe
- Video Projections: Shoja Azari
- Video Projections: Shirin Neshat
- Set and Lighting Designer: Jean Kalman
- Costume Designer: Tatyana van Walsum
- Dramaturgy: Willem Bruls
- Choreographer’s Assistant: Sandrine Leroy
- Choreographer’s Assistant: Judy Maelor Thomas
- Musical Consultant: Jan Pieter Koch
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Tosca
Giacomo Puccini
5,6,7,8,28,29 November 2020,
16,17,22,23,24 January 2021Opera 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
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Voices of The Mountains
Szymanowski / Górecki / Kilar / Karłowicz
13 September 2020
Performers: Jerzy Maksymiuk, Janusz Olejniczak, Jan Smoczyński, Sebastian Karpiel Bułecka Highlinders’ Quartet, Atom String Quartet, NEO String Quartet, Jan Młynarski, Michał Barański
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Werther Premiere
Jules Massenet
8,10,14,16,18 October 2020,
9,11 April 2021,
7,9 May 2021Musical drama in four acts (five scenes) | Libretto: Édouard Blau, Paul Millet, and Georges Hartmann after Johann Wolfgang Goethe | In the original French with Polish and English surtitles
- Conductor: Patrick Fournillier
- Staging Conception: Willy Decker
- Revival Director: Stefan Heinrichs
- Set and Costume Designer: Wolfgang Gussmann
