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HALKA

Opera

Composer:

Stanisław Moniuszko

Author of the libretto:

Włodzimierz Wolski

Date of the premiere:

21.01.2017

Duration:

2 h 45 min (1 intermission)

Producers:

Musical direction:

Wojciech Rodek

Direction and set design:

Jarosław Kilian

Costumes:

Weronika Karwowska

Choreography:

Emil Wesołowski

Lighting design:

Maciej Igielski

Projections:

Zoom Media

Chorus preparation:

Dawid Jarząb / Rafał Wiecha

Assistant conductor:

Mieczysław Unger

Assistant directors:

Jerzy Machowski, Waldemar Stańczuk, Maria Szczucka

Assistant set designer:

Sławomir Szondelmajer

Costume assistant:

Aleksandra Gąsior

Producer:

Łukasz Mitka

The production features photographs by Edward Hartwig from the album "Halny"
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Poster author:

Ryszard Kuba Grzybowski (1967), graphic design by Blanka Tomaszewska (2016)

An opera in four acts. Performance staged in Polish language with English surtitles.

While Fryderyk Chopin gained great recognition in France as a cultural ambassador of an oppressed nation, his younger contemporary, Stanisław Moniuszko, worked in the cultural field in his own homeland. Like Chopin, Moniuszko combined Western European romanticism with the spirit of Polish culture in his works. HALKA is undoubtedly an example of a successful fusion of Italian, French, and German opera traits with elements typical of Polish folklore and tradition. Moreover, this opera, thanks to its patriotic and critical portrayal of social relations, became an expression of national identity.

To understand this operatic allegory about an abandoned girl, one must place it in the context of social discord that led to the bloody Galician slaughter during Moniuszko's time. Halka is a character suspended between two worlds: the corrupt nobility and the vengeful highlanders. There are no unequivocally good or bad characters here. This is not a tearful melodrama. It is a cruel parable of human loneliness.

Tickets:

Zone I

100/90 zł

Zone II

90 /80 zł

Zone III

80/70 zł

Zone IV

60/50 zł

Fot. Joanna Miklaszewska

group scene, in the center a couple and a man dressed in brown, surrounded by a large group of people, all dressed in bright colors, conical chandeliers hanging from above, pointed iron fences to the right and left, clouds in the background

a woman dressed in bright colors is singing behind bars, black background

in front of a pointed iron fence stands a group of singing men dressed in bright colors, on the right side a man dressed in brown holds a metal chalice in his hand

group scene, large group of people dancing, all dressed in bright colors, conical chandeliers hanging from above, pointed iron fences to the right and left, clouds in the background

a woman dressed in light colors sits on the ground, looking up, behind her you can see the shadows of an iron fence, the background is gray, smoky

a singing couple dressed in bright colors is kneeling, the woman is holding on to the man and leaning her head against him, in the background you can see the bars of a fence, the background is dark

in front of a pointed iron fence stands a group of people dressed in bright colors singing, on the right side a man dressed in brown, and a few steps away from him, a man with a sword pointed at him, on the other side of the fence sits a man and stares at everything, chandeliers in the shape of cones hang from above, the background is black, you can see the moon on it

a group of people dressed in bright colors, sitting on the ground, with a wooden stage set in the background

in the foreground jumping highlanders with axes, behind them a large group of dancing women dressed in light dresses, in the background a scenography with wooden poles, blue lighting

a woman in a light dress walks to the right looking up, in the background wooden poles casting shadows on a light background, in the distance shadows of several people talking to each other

in the center a woman dressed in white with an axe in her hands, on the left under wooden poles sits a man dressed in brown with a beard, on the right wooden poles, in the background you can see branches, water and the horizon

on the right a wooden chapel, in front of it a large group of people dressed in light clothes, on the left lay people, on the right clergy, in front on the right side a woman stands who stares towards the audience, in the background a tree against a blue background

in the foreground two women, one in a flower wreath is kneeling on the left side, the other with pink flowers in her hand is staring at her angrily, in the background a large group of women, all dressed in white, black background

a woman dressed in white stands with her back to the black background and looks to the right

a man with wide spread, large wings, behind him a navy blue sky with clouds, in the center of the background a blue light that illuminates him in such a way that he is completely black

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