Time 19:00
The Royal Theatre in the Old Orangery in the Royal Łazienki Museum in Warsaw
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God be praised! Yesterday, the 13th, my opera was staged and proved so successful that it is not even possible to describe all the uproar. […] Each aria was invariably followed by a hurricane of applause and cries: “viva Maestro!”
– this is how eighteen-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart described the premiere of his three-act opera buffa La finta giardiniera in a letter to his mother. The alleged gardener premiered in Munich on the 13th of January 1775, where, according to the composer’s account, it was met with an extremely enthusiastic reception.
The authorship of the libretto, based on the Neapolitan farce L’amor vuol sofferenza by Leonardo Leo, has not been confirmed to this day. However, it is most often attributed to Giuseppe Petrosellini. And although the text is not at the highest literary level, the young Mozart managed to draw the best out of it – both its comic ambiguity and full parodic potential.
Not only the enthusiasm of the audience at the premiere but also the reception of the work in the years that followed can testify to the extraordinary power of the early work of young Mozart. It was quickly adapted for the German stages in the form of a singspiel, and until today it has enjoyed numerous interpretations. Mozart’s famous dramatic genius has already revealed itself in the music of La finta giardiniera: elements characteristic of the opera seria genre perfectly break the comic narrative, prompting singers to demonstrate their acting skills and directors – to come up with creative and original staging solutions.
MUSIC DIRECTOR DAWID RUNTZ
DIRECTED BY JITKA STOKALSKA
SET DESIGNER MARLENA SKONECZKO
CHOREOGRAPHY ALISA MAKARENKO
LIGHTING DESIGN MACIEJ IGIELSKI
VIDEO PROJECTIONS MAREK ZAMOJSKI
LIGHTING PRODUCTION PIOTR RUDZKI
ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR KAROL SZWECH
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR SŁAWOMIR JURCZAK
II ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AGNIESZKA KOZŁOWSKA
STAGE MANAGER DOROTA LACHOWICZ
CAST
DON ANCHISE, PODESTA RAFAŁ ŻUREK
LA MARCHESA VIOLANTE (SANDRINA) OLGA PASIECZNIK
IL CONTINO BELFIORE SYLWESTER SMULCZYŃSKI
ARMINDA TATIANA HEMPEL-GIERLACH
IL CAVALIER RAMIRO JAN JAKUB MONOWID
SERPETTA MARTA BOBERSKA
ROBERTO (NARDO) WITOLD ŻOŁĄDKIEWICZ
MIMES SŁAWOMIR JURCZAK, RAFAŁ KARNICKI, JERZY KLONOWSKI, MACIEJ JAN KRAŚNIEWSKI
THE ORCHESTRA OF THE POLISH ROYAL OPERA
HARPSICHORD DAGMARA DUDZIŃSKA
CONDUCTOR DAWID RUNTZ
Duration: approx. 2 h 50 min.
The seats in the auditorium are not numbered.
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 50% of the seats in the auditorium will be available.
- We keep a safe distance.
Should you have any questions, we are at your disposal on site of the event or at the phone number +48 500 309 424.
