Name: Die Zauberflöte
Start: 2017-12-05T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2018-01-02T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Teatr Wielki - Opera Narodowa

Organization

Soprano

Lucyna Jarząbek

Pamina

Sylwia Olszyńska

Iwona Sobotka

Tenor

Manuel Günther

Tamino

Zbigniew Malak

Emil Ławecki

Bass

Krzysztof Bączyk

Sarastro

Rafał Siwek

Remigiusz Łukomski

Joanna Moskowicz

The Queen of the Night

Aleksandra Olczyk

Anna Siminska

Baritone

Bartłomiej Misiuda

Papageno

Mikołaj Trąbka

Hubert Zapiór

Monika Buczkowska

Papagena

Joanna Kędzior

Mateusz Stachura

Monostastos

Mateusz Zajdel

Marcelina Román

First lady

Ewa Majcherczyk

Anna Borucka

Second lady

Elzbieta Wroblewska

Contralto

Agata Schmidt

Third lady

Karolina Sikora

Piotr Maciejowski

First armored man

Conductor

Piotr Staniszewski

Stage director

Suzanne Andrade

Barrie Kosky

Set designer

Esther Bialas

Costume designer

Speaker

Komische Oper Berlin

Animations

Paul Barrit

Paweł Kołodziej

Second armored man

Teatr Wielki - Opera Narodowa

Orchestra

Orchestra of the Polish National Opera

Others

Chorus of the Polish National Opera

Artos Boys Choir

tysk

Die Zauberflöte -  (The Magic Flute)

Warsaw

Poland

Die Zauberflöte

Public

Private

The Magic Flute

polsk

Approved

Marc Chagall designed The Magic Flute in 1968 for the New York’s Metropolitan Opera, David Hockney designed it in 1978 for Glyndebourne. The creators behind the staging we see in Warsaw today wanted the visual side of it to be filled with magic and surrealism, wanted to free it from the shackles of rationality and let it be guided only by the logic of dreams. The director – Barrie Kosky, the Intendant of the Komische Oper in Berlin – collaborated on this show with Susanne Andrade – actress, poet and stand-up comedian, and with Paul Barrit, who created the animations. It is precisely the animations that free this show from the constraints of logic and allow rapid changes of location – from the internal to the outside world, from a grim forest to a seedy bar, from a beating heart to a space filled with fluttering butterflies. Swift pace is key to this staging. ‘Zu Hilfe! Zu Hilfe!’ sings Tamino, running till he is breathless. The action unfolds fast, also because the spoken parts are cut and replaced with silent movie intertitles. Silent movies are also a source of aesthetic inspiration for the creators – Murnau’s Nosferatu, Buster Keaton’s movies, as well as costumes and hairstyle of Louise Brooks: a short black bob with bangs. ‘I wanted to play with the contradictions inherent in the libretto,’ says Barrie Kosky. Indeed, the show he has created is fun and full of joy – it gives a real boost of energy and joie de vivre.

Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera
Artos Boys’ Choir (in the roles of Boys/Knaben)
Extras

English

Forestilling krediteringer (Medvirkende & Produktionshold )

Medvirkende

Produktionshold

Ensemble

Co-producer