Name: Chopin
Start: 2021-10-01T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2021-12-22T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Teatr Wielki Łódź

Organization

Bass

Grzegorz Szostak

Le Moine

Robert Ulatowski

Tenor

Emil Ławecki

Chopin

Paweł Skałuba

Soprano

Aleksandra Borkiewicz

Stella

Patrycja Krzeszowska

Baritone

Mariusz Godlewski

Elio

Łukasz Motkowicz

Iwona Socha

Flora

Anna Wierzbicka

Stage director

Hanna Marasz

Conductor

Adam Banaszak

Lighting designer

Katarzyna Łuszczyk

Costume designer

Zuzanna Markiewicz

Set designer

Choreographer

Jacek Przybyłowicz

Chorus master

Maciej Salski

Pictures:

Wojciech Siudmak

Musical Collaboration

Marta Kosielska

Director's Assistants

Waldemar Stańczuk

Adam Grabarczyk

Teatr Wielki Łódź

Others

Choir of the Grand Theater in Łódź

Orchestra

Orchestra of the Grand Theater in Łódź

Łódź

Poland

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O przygotowaniach do premiery spektaklu opowiadają jego twórcy: reżyser świateł Katarzyna Łuszczyk i odpowiedzialną za kostiumy oraz aranżację przestrzeni sc...

CHOPIN - rozmowa z reżyser świateł Katarzyną Łuszczyk i kostiumografem Zuzanną Markiewicz

Two finalists of the 18th International Piano Competition Fryderyk Chopin - runner-up Alexander Gadjiev and finalist Hyuk Lee.
 
The event will open with a piano recital, during which Hyuk Lee will perform the Nocturne in E flat major, Op. 9 No. 2, Nocturne in B major, Op. 62 No. 1, Etude in A flat major, Op. 25 No. 1 and the Polonaise-Fantasy in A flat major, Op. 61 with the use of Wojciech Siudmak's paintings in the visualizations of Emilia Sadowska.
After his performance, Alexander Gadjiev will play the Sonata in B flat minor, for which the musician won the Krystian Zimerman Prize. That same evening, the pianist will play the role of Fryderyk Chopin in the opera "Chopin", performing the Etude in C minor, Op. 10 No. 12 (Revolutionary) and Prelude in E minor, Op. 28 no.4. 

Opera with Chopin ... Not only in the title

It is a beautiful story based on the life and unique music of Fryderyk Chopin, diversified by vocal and acting performances. This opera was born out of great sympathy and appreciation for the music of Fryderyk Chopin; its creator - Italian  Giacomo Orefice  based his score entirely on the music of the Polish composer, his character also inspired the libretto, and the name itself became the title of the opera.
Chopin  - as some music historians claim - is an opera which is a  wildly inaccurate account  of the composer's life. All characters, except for Chopin, are completely fictional, and the course of the operatic events itself only suggests some threads from the life of the great Pole. How much truth is there and how many fantasies of the librettist?
The whole, however, creates great opportunities for singing and acting for all performers. And that's what opera is all about. Fryderyk Chopin did not compose a single opera and apparently he did not even  dream of creating music for the theater. This time - the figure of Chopin on stage and his music in a very different form. Will we be surprised? Certainly - but of course positive.

English

Chopin by Orefice, G., From (2021/2021), Directed by Hanna Marasz,, Conductor Adam Banaszak, Teatr Wielki Łódź, Łódź, Poland

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