The Gypsy Princess by Kálmán, csüt 08 feb 2018, -tól (2017/2018), Rendezte Pia Partum,, Karmester Rafał Kłoczko, Opera Śląska, Bytom, Poland

The director of the performance is a young artist Pia Partum , who has already completed over a dozen opera and dramatic productions highly appreciated by audiences and critics. The musical direction was taken over by one of the most talented young Polish conductors - Rafał Kłoczko . The performance also uses visualizations by the filmmaker Wojciech Puś . In our interpretation, I focus on conveying a love story full of melancholy and charm with a slightly bitter happy ending - emphasizes the director, Pia Partum . I show the plot in an entourage allusion to the bygone era of the 20s of the last century - extremely visually impressive times (coinciding with the time when the libretto was created) when it comes to fashion. At the same time, it is so distant that the presented story takes on a taste of a long-gone glory, a memory of something that has been irretrievably gone. The bygone elegance and old haberdashery - adds the director. "Księżniczka Czardasza" is one of the most popular operetta titles, which has always enjoyed the unflagging popularity of Bytom audiences. We believe that Music lovers missed him in the repertoire, because the story of Edwin, who falls in love with the Variete star - Sylvia, can be watched and listened to endlessly. It is Kálmán's greatest success and, at the same time, one of the most outstanding works of the newer Viennese operetta. Lots of beloved and beautiful melodies: the famous Sylvia chardash and the duets "In the rhythm of the fight, the heart sings", "Artists from Variete" or "Although there are a lot of girls in the world." Operetta works in Poland are wrongly considered to be inferior to opera, and a melodic invention, often very colorful, well-thought-out orchestration, or moving love stories could envy many other works - assures the music director, Rafał Kłoczko. "Księżniczka czardasza" is a beautiful operetta with a well-constructed drama and music that perfectly reflects the feelings of the heroes. The use of leitmotifs binds the score together and allows the recipient to better follow the fate of the characters. Together with the director, we focused on the melodramatic elements of this work to create a true and moving story, where every word harmonizes with the music - adds the conductor.