Name: VI Letni Festiwal Polskiej Opery Królewskiej – Opera Buffa. Nędza Uszczęśliwiona Maciej Kamieński
Start: 2023-07-02T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-07-02T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Zamek Królewski w Warszawie

Organization

Conductor

Tadeusz Karolak

Stage director

Jarosław Kilian

Set designer

Izabela Chełkowska

Costume designer

Assistant Set designer

Cezary Żegliński

Assistant Costume designer

Maryla Nawotka

Choreographer

Iwona Runowska

Lighting designer

Piotr Niemyjski

Assistant Director

Sławomir Jurczak

Singer

Soprano

Justyna Stępień

Anna

Agnieszka Kozłowska

Kasia

Tenor

Mateusz Zajdel

Antek

Bass

Piotr Kędziora

Baritone

Bogdan Śliwa

Podstarości

Chorus master

Karol Szwech

Maciej Kamienski

Orchestra

Polish Royal Opera Orchestra

Polska Opera Królewska

VI Letni Festiwal Polskiej Opery Królewskiej – Opera Buffa. Nędza Uszczęśliwiona / Maciej Kamieński

Warsaw

Poland

Baroque Festival. Polska Opera Królewska

Zamek Królewski w Warszawie

Nedza uszczesliwiona Maciej Kamieński

Public

Private

Sorrow Turned to Joy

Approved

God help me! I suffer!… I love Antek….but he can help me not!… Master Jan is rich… and will make my Mother content. – Only one of these wishes I can choose… either to please Mother, or to please me… Oh! Antek, my beloved! What would our parting be? Could I ever part from you?… But all in vain… my mother in misery, we must seek help for her…

– this is Kasia's dilemma. Kasia is the main character of a two-act opera by Maciej Kamieński, with libretto by Wojciech Bogusławski, based on Franciszek Bohomolec's comedy.

Misery Contented was commissioned in 1778 by king Stanisław II August Poniatowski. The king was such a great patron of the arts that even the Stanisławowski Theatre (named after him) has a plafond painting of Apollo by Jan Bogumił Plersch, which bears a very close resemblance to the king’s face.

This opera production, prepared by the Polish Royal Opera and directed by Jarosław Kilian, is a symbolic tribute to the king in recognition of his generosity, for Poniatowski contributed both to the creation of this opera – the first surviving opera written in the Polish language – and to the creation of a theatre in the building of the Old Orangery at the Royal Łazienki Park.

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Ensemble