Performance

La Traviata, with a libretto by Francesco Piave based on Alexandre Dumas’s The Lady of the Camellias, was not received well during its first premiere at Teatro La Fenice in Venice in 1853. The bourgeois audience could not accept the fact that the plot of the opera is set in modern times and that the main character is a courtesan! History has proven that they were wrong: today, the opera is one of the most frequently performed ones. By ...

The libretto of this magical dance spectacle was written by Liwia Pawłowska, while the music was composed by Maciej Pawłowski. The story revolves around events taking place in the Land of Day and Night, where the main character, Princess of the Day - the titular Lamaila - is suddenly awakened in the middle of the night by a funny creature living in the depths of the swamp - Mr. Gulgacz. Lamaila, thanks to the full moon... falls in love ...

LATIN AMERICAN MUSIC CONCERT World Music Festival   By popular demand, we are proud to present once again the Latin American Music Concert. The melodies of Latin America will resound again, performed by artists who embody this style and its unique atmosphere. It's not the grand opera, but lighter music, which doesn't mean it's easier or less serious. Instead, it flows from the stage to bring you joy and ...

CRAZY DAY WITH FIGARO It's hard to compare the musical genius of character portrayal, the mastery of ensembles, the accuracy of comedic solutions, and the content of the musical-theatrical progress creating an atmosphere of effervescent joy, moving beauty, diverse moods, and a sense of all-encompassing happiness with anything else. In the words of Sławomir Pietras, we invite you to meet Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Marriage of ...

It's a story about dreams coming true, about how anyone's fate can change for the better. The libretto of the musical "My Fair Lady", one of the greatest worldwide successes of its genre, was based on George Bernard Shaw's play, a text that can be likened to "Pretty Woman," a cinematic hit from the 1990s starring Julia Roberts, from today's perspective. Since its premiere in 1956, the musical has been triumphant and has broken popularity ...

Verdi was close to abandoning his career as an opera composer after the moderate success of "Oberto" and the failure of "The King's Day." Everything changed in 1841 when the manager of La Scala presented him with a libretto about the tribulations of King Nebuchadnezzar and the beginnings of the Babylonian captivity of the Jews. "Nabucco" had almost eighty performances in less than a year and secured a permanent place in the repertoire of ...

LET’S SING TOGETHER on the National Independence Day, a day of joy and pride!   November 11 is a particularly significant date for Poles. On this day, the armistice was signed, officially ending World War I. It was this event that allowed Poland, after 123 years of partitions, to reappear on the map, regaining its independence. On this day as well, Józef Piłsudski arrived in Warsaw, and the Regency Council ...

The Grand Theatre in Łódź is the largest cultural institution in the Łódź Voivodeship, the second-largest opera stage in Poland, and one of the largest in the world. The history of opera and ballet performances in Łódź began with the Łódź Opera in 1954, and in 2024, it marks exactly 70 years since the music lovers of Łódź and beyond have been able to enjoy performances first at the Stefan Jaracz Theatre and then at the New Theatre, and since ...

The Grand Theatre in Łódź is the largest cultural institution in the Łódź Voivodeship, the second-largest opera stage in Poland, and one of the largest in the world. The history of opera and ballet performances in Łódź began with the Łódź Opera in 1954, and in 2024, it marks exactly 70 years since the music lovers of Łódź and beyond have been able to enjoy performances first at the Stefan Jaracz Theatre and then at the New Theatre, and since ...