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EUFONIE FESTIVAL: Kristine Opolais | Rafał Kłoczko
Concert
Date of the premiere:
13.11.2026
Producers:
Famous soprano arias from the second half of the 19th century, predominantly by Italian composers, are paired with instrumental excerpts from operas and symphonic works by composers from Central and Eastern Europe. Numerous points of convergence can be discerned—not only in the richness of the musical language, which embodies the essence of late Romanticism, but also in the subject matter, which places love above all other earthly concerns: it is for love that it is worth suffering and dying; it is love that gives life meaning.
PROGRAMME
Roman Statkowski
Overture to the opera Maria [9’]
Francesco Cilea
Adriana’s aria “Io son l’umile ancella” from Act I of the opera Adriana Lecouvreur [4’]
lyrics: Arturo Colautti
Amilcare Ponchielli
Dance of the Hours from Act III of the opera La Gioconda [10’]
Gioconda’s aria “Suicidio” from Act IV of the opera La Gioconda [5’]
lyrics: Arrigo Boito
Henryk Jarecki
Introduction to Act III of the opera Mindowe, King of Lithuania [4’]
Umberto Giordano
Maddalena’s aria “La mamma morta” from Act III of the opera Andrea Chénier [5’]
lyrics: Luigi Illica
Giacomo Puccini
Prelude and La Tregenda from Act II of the opera Le Villi [7’]
Giuseppe Verdi
Leonora’s aria “Pace, pace, mio Dio” from Act IV of the opera La forza del destino [7’]
lyrics: Francesco Maria Piave
Interval [20’]
Zygmunt Noskowski
Prelude to Act II of the opera Livia Quintilla [5’]
Alfredo Catalani
Wally’s aria “Ebben? Ne andrò lontana” from Act I of the opera La Wally [4’]
lyrics: Luigi Illica
Zoltán Kodály
Suite from the opera Háry János, Part V: Intermezzo [5’]
Richard Strauss
Cäcilie, No. 2 from the song cycle Four Songs, Op. 27 [3’]
orchestral version
lyrics: Heinrich Hart
Giacomo Puccini
Intermezzo to Act III of the opera Manon Lescaut [5’]
Cio-Cio-San’s aria “Un bel dì, vedremo” from Act II of the opera Madama Butterfly [4’]
lyrics: Luigi Illica, Giuseppe Giacosa
Leoš Janáček
Starodávný I, No. 1 from Lachian Dances [7’]
Antonín Dvořák
Rusalka’s Song “Měsíčku na nebi hlubokém” from Act I of the opera Rusalka [7’]
lyrics: Jaroslav Kvapil
The event is organised by the National Centre for Culture and co-organised by the Grand Theatre in Łódź.
Tickets:
Zone I
300/280
Zone II
280/260
Zone III
230/210
Zone IV
180/160
Kristine Opolais:
soprano
Rafał Kłoczko:
conductor
Orchestra of the Grand Theatre in Łódź
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