Time 19:00
The Royal Theatre in the Royal Łazienki Museum in Warsaw
FREE ADMISSION
The Polish Royal Opera is once again joining in the Night of Museums – a unique celebration of culture and art. On this special evening, the charming interior of the Old Orangery in Warsaw’s Royal Łazienki Park will be filled with diverse music performed by outstanding soloists of the Polish Royal Opera, accompanied on the piano by Dagmara Dudzińska.
The first of five concerts will be devoted to Polish vocal lyricism. Love songs by Fryderyk Chopin, Mieczysław Karłowicz, Stanisław Niewiadomski, and Jan Gall will transport the audience into a world of heartfelt emotions, longing glances, and sorrowful sighs. During the second concert, we will hear selected songs by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who masterfully harmonizes outstanding poetry with music that pulses in its rhythm. The heartfelt serenade by Franz Schubert will also be performed, along with two songs from Robert Schumann’s Myrthen cycle, which was a wedding gift from the composer to his beloved Clara Wieck.
The third concert of the evening will be devoted to the master of comic opera – Gioacchino Rossini. Fragments from the famous Barber of Seville and Duetto buffo di due gatti – attributed to the master of comic opera, though likely arranged by the English composer Robert Lucas Pearsall (based on fragments of Rossini’s works, among others) – will certainly put the audience in a cheerful mood. In the next concert, Mozart’s music will return – this time in the form of arias and duets from the great operas of the Viennese master: La finta giardiniera, Cosi fan tutte, Don Giovanni, and Le nozze di Figaro. The final performance will resound with excerpts from operas by 19th-century French composers, moving with their musical depth and enchanting with dramatic artistry. The program will feature the famous Habanera from the opera Carmen, the Bacchic praise of wine sung by the main character of the opera Hamlet by Ambroise Thomas, the seductive aria from the opera Samson et Dalila, and fragments of the dramatic work Les contes d’Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach.
PROGRAM
19:00-19:15
F. Chopin – Śliczny chłopiec
F. Chopin – Piosnka litewska
M. Karłowicz – Zasmuconej
M. Karłowicz – Z erotyków
St. Niewiadomski – Między nami nic nie było
J. Gall – Zaczarowana królewna
J. Gall – Dziewczę z buzią jak malina
19:25-19:40
W.A.Mozart – Als Luise die Briefe ihres ungetreuen Liebhabers verbrannte KV 520
W.A.Mozart – Warnung KV 433/416c
W.A.Mozart – Das Veilchen KV 476
W.A.Mozart – An Chloe KV 524
F. Schubert – Ständchen D.889
R. Schumann – Die Lotosblume from the cycle Myrthen Op. 25
R. Schumann – Widmung from the cycle Myrthen Op. 25
19:50-20:05
G.Rossini – Una voce poco fá – aria (Rosina) from the opera Il barbiere di Siviglia
G.Rossini – Dunque io son – duet (Rosina and Figaro) from Act I of the opera Il barbiere di Siviglia
G.Rossini, R.L. Pearsall – Duetto buffo di due gatti
20:15-20:30
W.A. Mozart – Con un vezzo all’Italiana – aria (Nardo) from the opera La finta giardiniera
W.A. Mozart – Il core vi dono – duet (Dorabella and Guglielmo) from the opera Così fan tutte
W.A. Mozart – E amore un ladroncello – aria (Dorabella) from Act II of the opera Così fan tutte
W.A. Mozart – La ci darem la mano – duet (Zerlina and Don Giovanni) from the opera Don Giovanni
W.A. Mozart – Crudel! Perché finora farmi languir così? – duet (Susanna and Count Almaviva) from the opera Le nozze di Figaro
20:40-20:55
G. Bizet – L’amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera) – aria (Carmen) from the opera Carmen
A. Thomas – Ô vin, dissipe la tristesse
C. Saint-Saëns – Mon coeur s’ouvre à tavoix – aria (Dalila) from the opera Samson et Dalila
J. Offenbach – Elle a fui, la tourterelle – aria (Antonia) from the opera Les contes d’Hoffmann
J. Offenbach – Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour (Barcarolle) – duet (Giulietta and Niclausse) from the opera Les contes d’Hoffmann
PERFORMERS
TATIANA HEMPEL-GIERLACH SOPRANO
DOROTA LACHOWICZ MEZZOSOPRANO
MONIKA LEDZION-PORCZYŃSKA MEZZOSOPRANO
ANETA ŁUKASZEWICZ MEZZOSOPRANO
WITOLD ŻOŁĄDKIEWICZ BARITONE
DAGMARA DUDZIŃSKA GRAND PIANO
Duration: approx. 2h
The seats in the auditorium are not numbered.
PLEASE NOTE: The entrance to the Royal Theatre is located on Agrykola street.
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