{"id":22270,"date":"2022-01-25T09:00:23","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T08:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/operakrolewska.pl\/?post_type=repetoire&p=22270"},"modified":"2022-03-16T20:59:49","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T19:59:49","slug":"ars-moriendi-requiem-giocoso-tomasz-j-opalka-2","status":"publish","type":"repetoire","link":"https:\/\/operakrolewska.pl\/en\/repetoire\/ars-moriendi-requiem-giocoso-tomasz-j-opalka-2\/","title":{"rendered":"ARS MORIENDI \u2013 REQUIEM GIOCOSO \/ TOMASZ J. OPA\u0141KA"},"content":{"rendered":"
World premiere<\/strong>
\nWork commissioned by the Polish Royal Opera
\n<\/strong>The concert will be recorded for the Polish Royal Opera<\/strong><\/h5>\n
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Ro\u017cnych Stanow\u00a0pi\u0119kne grono<\/em>
\nG\u0119st\u0105\u00a0Smierci\u0105\u00a0przepleciono<\/em>
\nZyi\u0105c\u00a0wszystko\u00a0ta\u0144cuiemy<\/em>
\nA\u017ce\u00a0obok\u00a0Smierc niewiemy<\/em><\/td>\n		A gathering of many classes<\/em>
\nInterwoven with Death<\/em>
\nWhile alive, we keep dancing<\/em>
\nUnaware that Death is near<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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This inscription in the central part of the painting Taniec \u015bmierci <\/em>(“The Dance of Death”) is the motto of this famous artwork from the Bernardine Church in Krakow. The oldest Polish baroque depiction of this medieval motif became the inspiration for a new work by Tomasz J. Opa\u0142ka, one of the most interesting Polish composers of the young generation. The universalism of the topic is reflected in the music – rooted both in the rich musical tradition and the inexhaustible possibilities of contemporary compositional techniques. It is a composition of special importance both for the creator himself as well as the artists and friends of the Polish Royal Opera: it was founded on the initiative of the late Ryszard Peryt, whose life was inextricably linked with art both in its tangible and transcendent dimension until the very end.<\/p>\n

Marta Dziewanowska-Pachowska<\/span><\/p>\n

Ars Moriendi. Requiem Giocoso is an opera about death built on three planes: “symbolic-anthropological”, a ludic vision of death, deeply rooted in Polish and European culture; The “ontological” poetic layer, dealing in a philosophical way with departing, loss and the various faces of death, and the “biological” layer devoid of emotions, prompting questions that leave a person feeling a special kind of cognitive anxiety. All three layers have a common denominator – the inevitability of the ultimate end. […]<\/em><\/p>\n

In terms of music, I have combined contemporary musical language with certain traditional elements. Baroque and folklore inspirations coexist side by side with electronic music and modern orchestral texture. […]<\/em><\/p>\n

Tomasz J. Opa\u0142ka\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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CAST<\/strong><\/h4>\n

DEATH JOANNA FRESZEL<\/strong>
\nWOMAN I \/ QUEEN \/ PEASANT KATARZYNA KRZY\u017bANOWSKA<\/strong>
\nWOMAN II \/ SENATOR\u00a0 ANNA RADZIEJEWSKA<\/strong><\/a>
\nPOPE \/ CARDINAL RAFA\u0141 \u017bUREK<\/strong>
\nMAN \/ BISHOP \/ BURGHER\u00a0 WITOLD \u017bO\u0141\u0104DKIEWICZ<\/strong><\/a>
\nEMPEROR \/ NOBLEMAN\u00a0 PAWE\u0141 MICHALCZUK<\/strong><\/a>
\nPRINCE \/ POET\u00a0 MARCIN GADALI\u0143SKI<\/strong>
\nNARRATOR KRZYSZTOF \u0141AZICKI<\/strong><\/p>\n

PERCUSSION SOLO LESZEK LORENT<\/strong><\/p>\n

THE ORCHERSTRA OF THE POLISH ROYAL OPERA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

THE CHORUS OF THE POLISH ROYAL OPERA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

THE CHAMBER CHOIR OF THE POLISH ROYAL OPERA<\/strong><\/p>\n

JAKUB SZAFRA\u0143SKI<\/strong><\/a> CHORUS MASTER<\/p>\n

RENATA SZCZYPIOR <\/strong>CHAMBER CHOIR MASTER<\/p>\n

DAWID RUNTZ<\/strong><\/a> MUSICAL DIRECTOR, CONDUCTOR<\/p>\n

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Duration: 70 min<\/h4>\n
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