On 3 February, the Krakow Opera will stage the premiere performance of a ballet play entitled “Rachmaninoff. Shchedrin… (The Tragedy of Don José)”. The choreography and direction were carried out by a renowned and well respected Slovak choreographer – Ondrej ©oth, and the set design and the costumes were prepared by Andriy Sukhanov. The Slovak artists are assisted by Elena Korpusenko – the director of the Krakow Opera Ballet.more »
As is our tradition during the Carnival, we would like to invite you to our Carnival concerts. The series of concerts will be held on 7 and 21 January and on 21 February. Each of the concerts will have an individual character: the Carnival music repertoire will be enhanced by talks, presentations, and discussions with special guests. In the first concert Music, Carnival, Song we will hear the greatest hits of operettas, musicals, and Neapolitan songs. The special guests will be Anna Polony and Wies³aw Ochman.more »
Ondrej ©oth, a Slovak choreographer and director, was the guest of the Meeting with an Artist on 8 January 2011. A distinguished Slovak artist, Ondrej ©oth co-operated with numerous theatres and film directors from all over Europe, developing choreographies for films and operas, as well as independently creating his own ballet shows. At the meeting the guest painted a vivid picture of his childhood and youth. He revealed that he had “typical Central European blood” flowing in his veins, having Slovak, Hungarian, German and Polish roots.more »
On Saturday (7 January) the Krakow Opera inaugurated the carnival with a concert entitled “Music, Carnival, Song…”. Opera and operetta hits, as well as the Neapolitan songs ruled on our stage that evening. Wies³aw Ochman and Anna Polony were our special guests. The renowned tenor was charmingly talking of his experience and international performances, and amused the guests with interesting anecdotes from the opera life. Anna Polony for the first time ever appeared on an opera stage in a bold performance of J. Offenbach’s “Laughing Song” from his operetta entitled “Perichola”.more »
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