Time 19:00
The Royal Theatre in the Old Orangery in the Royal Łazienki Museum in Warsaw
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Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) is one of the most famous works of Gioacchino Rossini. Although it was written in only three weeks, it became one of the greatest achievements of the opera buffa. The opera is filled with unusual musical themes, masterful arias, and humorous dialogues. The wonderful music is enhanced by the great libretto by Cesare Sterbini, based on Pierre Beaumarchais’s play.
It’s not widely remembered today, but the world premiere of Rossini’s famous opera was staged under the title Almaviva, ossia L’inutile precauzione (Almaviva, or Unnecessary Caution). The original title was changed in order to win the favour of the Roman public. The creators feared that the use by young Rossini of a fragment on which the respected Giovanni Paisiello based his own opera might meet with negative reception. And that indeed happened. The explanations included in the programme and the consent of the said master brought no result. All attempts to calm down the situation proved in vain, and the premiere staged in Rome’s Teatro Argentina on 20th February 1816 was a complete failure.
However, the second show won the audience’s approval. Soon, the opera became famous not only in Italy but also worldwide. It still entertains and marvels today, under Rossini’s original literary title Il barbiere di Siviglia.
MUSIC DIRECTION DAWID RUNTZ
DIRECTED BY JITKA STOKALSKA
SET DESIGN MARLENA SKONECZKO
LIGHTING DESIGN KAROLINA GĘBSKA
STAGE MOVEMENT ALISA MAKARENKO
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR SŁAWOMIR JURCZAK
II ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AGNIESZKA KOZŁOWSKA
II CONDUCTOR LILIANNA KRYCH
LIGHTING DESIGN ASSISTANT MAREK ZAMOJSKI
LIGHTING PIOTR RUDZKI
MAGIC CONSULTANT MACIEJ POL
STAGE MANAGER AGNIESZKA ORLIKOWSKA
CAST
COUNT ALMAVIVA LESZEK ŚWIDZIŃSKI
FIGARO DAVID ROY
ROSINA ANNA RADZIEJEWSKA
DON BARTOLO ANDRZEJ KLIMCZAK
DON BASILIO WOJTEK GIERLACH
BERTA JUSTYNA STĘPIEŃ
FIORELLO / THE NOTARY ROBERT SZPRĘGIEL
AMBROGIO JAKUB A. GRABOWSKI
POLICE SERGEANT SŁAWOMIR JURCZAK
ROSSINI WOJCIECH PAŁĘCKI
MAIDEN I MARTA SCHNURA
MAIDEN II JULIA JARMOSZEWICZ
GUITAR PLAYER I MIROSŁAW ZALEWSKI
GUITAR PLAYER II FILIP ZIELIŃSKI
MIMES JERZY KLONOWSKI, MACIEJ JAN KRAŚNIEWSKI, ALISA MAKARENKO
PIANOFORTE MONIKA KOLASIŃSKA
THE CHORUS OF THE POLISH ROYAL OPERA
THE ORCHESTRA OF THE POLISH ROYAL OPERA
CONDUCTOR LILIANNA KRYCH
Duration: 3 h (with a 20-minute intermission).
The seats in the auditorium are not numbered.
Performance in the original language version with Polish subtitles.
PLEASE NOTE: the entrance to the Royal Theatre in the Łazienki Park is located in Agrykola street.
One hour before the performance as well as for an hour after it is finished, the audience can use the electric cart running between the Royal Theater and the Łazienki Gate at the corner of Myśliwiecka / Agrykola streets.
We kindly encourage you to read the rules of participation in cultural events organized by the Polish Royal Opera:
- If you are not feeling well, are ill, or had contact with an infected person – stay at home.
- Please, take a face mask with you. On entering the Theatre building, you are obliged to wear a mask covering your mouth and nose.
- At the entrance to the building, please have your temperature taken.
- Disinfect your hands after entering the Theatre building.
- Please remember to sign the Participant Declaration. If possible, please bring the printed and signed declaration with you, if not – fill it in in the Theatre, in the area shown by the staff.
- Take the seat assigned to you by the staff.
- Please come earlier – latecomers will not be allowed into the auditorium.
We care about the safety of our Guests!
- Disinfectants are available at the entrance to the building.
- At the entrance to the building, staff may take your temperature.
- The common spaces and sanitary rooms are disinfected regularly.
- Only 30% of the seats in the auditorium will be available. Persons vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2 who voluntarily show a QR code confirming their vaccination with a double dose of the vaccine on the day of the event do not count towards the limit.
Should you have any questions, we are at your disposal on site of the event or at the phone number +48 500 309 424.
