
Opera
Wanda
after Cyprian Kamil Norwid
Joanna Wnuk-Nazarowa
Waldemar Zawodziński
Michał Klauza
Michał Klauza
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0
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Available dates
Date
Hour
Place
Informations
Tickets
01
April
18:30,
Saturday
01
April,
Saturday
18:30
Main Stage
Premiere
02
April
18:30,
Sunday
02
April,
Sunday
18:30
Main Stage
The performance will be followed by a screening of a documentary film and a meeting with the composer
04
April
18:30,
Tuesday
04
April,
Tuesday
18:30
Main Stage
05
April
18:30,
Wednesday
05
April,
Wednesday
18:30
Main Stage
details
information
duration
1
hours
0
minutes
composer
Joanna Wnuk-Nazarowa
World premiere
Krakow, Wawel Royal Castle 10.09.2021
language
Polish
description
Did Wanda from the Krakow legend really didn't want a German and that's why she threw herself into the Vistula? Not really - she wanted to, she loved, what's more, this German, Rytyger, loved her! So what prevented the marriage of the queen of Lechites with the leader of the Germans? And why did Wanda choose death instead of love and happiness?
So we have a melodrama that is perfect for the content of an opera. No wonder that the figure of the legendary queen was often the subject of stage works, including librettos, which both Kurpiński and Moniuszko tried to write, but only Dvořák managed to complete and stage the five-act opera "Vanda" in Prague (1876).
After almost 150 years, Joanna Wnuk-Nazarowa, a composer and conductor, an outstanding figure of cultural and musical life, reached for the story of the ruler of Krakow, choosing Cyprian Kamil Norwid's drama - a mystery play as the basis for her opera. "Wanda". This is how the second opera piece about Krak's daughter was created. Its staging was prepared by the Krakow Opera in cooperation with the Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne as the culmination of the Norwid Year. The world premiere of "Wanda" by Joanna Wnuk-Nazarowa took place on September 10, 2021 in the Arcade Courtyard of the Wawel Royal Castle. A special place was chosen for the presentation of the new work, the Wawel Hill, the probable territory of the events of the drama, as well as the space of the symbolic burial of C. K. Norwid.
Already at that time, the Krakow Opera was planning to move the title to its headquarters, so that it would enter the permanent repertoire. "Wanda" by Joanna Wnuk-Narodowa on the stage of the Krakow Opera is a new staging, with a different set design, costumes, and extended choreography, prepared by the producers of the "Wawel version". As before, the musical part of the opera belongs to Michał Klauza, the direction and set design to Waldemar Zawodziński, the costumes (previously rented by the Grand Theater in Łódź) were designed by Maria Balcerek, the choreography was enriched with new elements by Janina Niesobska. The stage version of "Wanda" retained almost all of its wonderful performers from Wawel, led by the world-famous bass-baritone Tomasz Konieczny in the part of Grodny.
So we have a melodrama that is perfect for the content of an opera. No wonder that the figure of the legendary queen was often the subject of stage works, including librettos, which both Kurpiński and Moniuszko tried to write, but only Dvořák managed to complete and stage the five-act opera "Vanda" in Prague (1876).
After almost 150 years, Joanna Wnuk-Nazarowa, a composer and conductor, an outstanding figure of cultural and musical life, reached for the story of the ruler of Krakow, choosing Cyprian Kamil Norwid's drama - a mystery play as the basis for her opera. "Wanda". This is how the second opera piece about Krak's daughter was created. Its staging was prepared by the Krakow Opera in cooperation with the Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne as the culmination of the Norwid Year. The world premiere of "Wanda" by Joanna Wnuk-Nazarowa took place on September 10, 2021 in the Arcade Courtyard of the Wawel Royal Castle. A special place was chosen for the presentation of the new work, the Wawel Hill, the probable territory of the events of the drama, as well as the space of the symbolic burial of C. K. Norwid.
Already at that time, the Krakow Opera was planning to move the title to its headquarters, so that it would enter the permanent repertoire. "Wanda" by Joanna Wnuk-Narodowa on the stage of the Krakow Opera is a new staging, with a different set design, costumes, and extended choreography, prepared by the producers of the "Wawel version". As before, the musical part of the opera belongs to Michał Klauza, the direction and set design to Waldemar Zawodziński, the costumes (previously rented by the Grand Theater in Łódź) were designed by Maria Balcerek, the choreography was enriched with new elements by Janina Niesobska. The stage version of "Wanda" retained almost all of its wonderful performers from Wawel, led by the world-famous bass-baritone Tomasz Konieczny in the part of Grodny.
Poster

poster by
Ewa Potoniec
producers and cast
producers
Music Director: Michał Klauza
Director, stage designer, multimedia creator: Waldemar Zawodziński
Costume designer: Maria Balcerek
Choreography: Janina Niesobska
Choir maste: Janusz Wierzgacz
Childrens choir maste: Marek Kluza
Music director's assistant: Joachim Kołpanowicz
Director’s assistants: Mateusz Makselon
Stage managers: Agnieszka Sztencel, Justyna Jarocka-Lejzak
Stage managers: Agnieszka Sztencel, Mateusz Makselon
Prompters: Dorota Sawka, Maria Mitkowska
Director, stage designer, multimedia creator: Waldemar Zawodziński
Costume designer: Maria Balcerek
Choreography: Janina Niesobska
Choir maste: Janusz Wierzgacz
Childrens choir maste: Marek Kluza
Music director's assistant: Joachim Kołpanowicz
Director’s assistants: Mateusz Makselon
Stage managers: Agnieszka Sztencel, Justyna Jarocka-Lejzak
Stage managers: Agnieszka Sztencel, Mateusz Makselon
Prompters: Dorota Sawka, Maria Mitkowska
cast
WANDA | Wanda Franek, Elżbieta Wróblewska
GRODNY | Tomasz Konieczny, Szymon Kobyliński, Sebastian Marszałowicz
RYTYGER/SKALD | Andrzej Lampert, Pavlo Tolstoy
PANNA | Paula Maciołek, Zuzanna Caban
GRODNY | Tomasz Konieczny, Szymon Kobyliński, Sebastian Marszałowicz
RYTYGER/SKALD | Andrzej Lampert, Pavlo Tolstoy
PANNA | Paula Maciołek, Zuzanna Caban
ticket
Category S
1st seats
Marshal's Balcony
170 zł
2nd seats
Amphitheater rows IV-IX
130 zł
3rd seats
Amphitheater rows I-III and X-XII
100 zł
4th seats
Amphitheater side seats and rows XIII - XIV,
Right-hand and left-hand side boxes (level 1),
Balcony level II rows I and II
70 zł
5th seats
Balcony rows III-IV
55 zł
Premieres and special events
Category B
1st seats
Marshal's Balcony
110 zł
2nd seats
Amphitheater rows IV-IX
75 zł
3rd seats
Amphitheater rows I-III and X-XII
60 zł
4th seats
Side seats and rows XIII - XIV
Right-hand and left-hand side boxes (level 1)
Balcony level II rows I and II
40 zł
5th seats
Balcony rows III and IV
30 zł
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