“It is on Monday evening that we want to recall the staging of The Devils of Loudun directed by Laco Adamik. We will devote this evening to the memory of this outstanding composer and, above all, our friend” Bogusław Nowak, Executive Director. On the first anniversary of Krzysztof Penderecki's death (29.03) we invite you to watch the recording of the performance from 2014. The broadcast will take place on Play Kraków at 6.30 pm.
 

The Devils of Loudun is a special work in the history of our theatre, since it symbolically opened our activity in the new building at 48 Lubicz St. The premiere of the performance, directed by Laco Adamik, took place on 13th December 2008 in the presence of the composer himself who listened to the Krakow’s version of his work with affection.
 
"It was one of the greatest performances of this work, and those were numerous. Maybe forty all over the world" he commented after the premiere of the Krakow’s version of the opera.
 
The Devils of Loudun is Krzysztof Penderecki's third opera staged in Krakow after Ubu the King (1993) and The Black Mask (1998). As Rev. Adam Boniecki writes about the work, “The tale of devils is actually a story about man who is continually susceptible to the temptations of evil done under the guise of good. And deformed religiosity contributes to that. The pious formula is a great substitute for the logic in the evaluation of people and events. Religion treated in this way is disgusting, destructive and terrifying”.