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  • 'The Lost Rite' with photos of the PNB

    Polish National Ballet | Millicent Hodson and Kenneth Archer's richly illustrated book released last year by KMS Press, London, marked the centenary of the the first performance of Stavinsky's The Rite of Spring in Vaslav Nijinsky's choroegraphy.

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  • Mariusz Treliński with Polish TV award

    Polish National Opera | Mariusz Treliński has accepted Wiktor, a prestigious Polish TV award, at the 30th annual Wiktor Awards Gala in Warsaw.

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  • World Theatre Day 2015

    Other | 27 March is celebrated as the World Theatre Day. Every year the International Theatre Institute ITI invites a prominent international figure to share their thoughts on the theme of theatre and a culture of peace.

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  • PNB soloists to dance in Gdańsk and Bytom

    Polish National Ballet | Aleksandra Liashenko and Maksim Woitiul, first soloists of the Polish National Ballet, will perform at ballet galas in Gdańsk and Bytom.

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  • Exhibition: Jerzy Tchórzewski

    Opera Gallery | Come and see an exhibition of Jerzy Tchórzewski's paintings at Opera Gallery. Staring from 23 March 2015.

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  • Premiere of Creations 7

    Polish National Ballet | The 7th Choreographic Workshop of the Polish National Ballet will conclude with three performances on the Chamber Stage of the Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera.

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  • PNB soloists to dance in Riga, Ostrava, Malmö and Helsingborg

    Polish National Ballet | Yuka Ebihara and Vladimir Yaroshenko, first soloists of the Polish National Ballet, have been invited to perform at international ballet galas in Latvia, Sweden, and the Czech Republic.

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  • New Face of 'Cracovians and Highlanders'

    Opera Academy | Władysław Kłosiewicz, music director of A Miracle, or Cracovians and Highlanders, talks about the unfamiliar face of Jan Stefani's music...

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  • RHYTM exhibition opens at Kordegarda

    Exhibitions | We celebrate 50 years of the Teatr Wielki's reopening after World War II with an architectural installation Rhythm designed by Studio Rygalik.

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  • A call for young artists (16-25 year-olds)

    Education Projects and initiatives | The Educational Programmes Department of the Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera is searching for young people aged 16 to 25 years for a production of The Supposed Miracle, or Cracovians and Highlanders.

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  • 'Opera Haute Couture' open for another month

    Opera Gallery | Welcoming the exhibition's popularity, we have decided to keep it open for viewing until 14 March 2015.

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  • New Ballet Based on Gombrowicz

    Polish National Ballet | The Polish National Ballet will present its latest premiere on 14 February 2015. Titled Pupa (Bottom), it is a collaboration of composer Stanisław Syrewicz, his daughter Klara the librettist, and young choreographer Anna Hop, who have drawn inspiration from Ferdydurke by Witold Gombrowicz.

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  • Mariusz Treliński will return to the MET in 2016/17

    Polish National Opera | It's official! Mariusz Treliński will open the 2016/17 season at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.

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  • Standing ovation at the MET

    Polish National Opera | The night of 29 January 2015 brought the long-awaited New York premiere of Iolanta / Bluebeard's Castle directed by Mariusz Treliński

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  • 'New York Times' previews opening of Mariusz Treliński's double bill

    Polish National Opera | 'It may seem cruel, then, to follow Iolanta with a performance of Bluebeard's Castle, Bartok's chilling psycho-thriller about the annihilating power of love taken to obsessive extremes. Yet...'

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  • PNB to perform in New York and Washington

    Polish National Ballet | The Polish National Ballet has become a major company on the international guest performance scene. It boasts an extensive and ambitious repertoire, and its premieres and productions draw the attention of foreign centres whose opinion counts in the world.

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  • Mariusz Treliński in 'Opera News'

    Polish National Opera | John Allison interviews Mariusz Treliński, who brings a filmmaker's sensibility to the Met's new double bill of Iolanta and Bluebeard's Castle.

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  • Set design for Casanova in Warsaw completed

    Polish National Ballet | Gianni Quaranta has completed set and costume designs for Casanova in Warsaw, Krzysztof Pastor's new ballet to premiere in May 2015.

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  • Pastor’s "THE NUTCRACKER" Staged in Vilnius

    Polish National Ballet | The premiere of the Polish National Ballet director’s version of Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker at the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre is now behind him. So far, Krzysztof Pastor has designed mostly original ballets; The Nutcracker in Vilnius is his first production of one of the…

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  • TO THE CASUALTIES OF THE GREAT WAR

    Polish National Ballet | At the Polish National Ballet’s initiative, on the centenary of the outbreak of World War I the Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera pays tribute to the casualties of the Great War.

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