The year 2021 sees the bicentenary of the birth of Cyprian Kamil Norwid. To pay tribute to the great Romantic poet, the Polish National Opera will hold Norwid’s Theatrum Mundi, a show witht popular songs that use Norwid’s texts from the repertoire of Czesław Niemen (Italiam! Italiam!, Marionetki, Moja piosnka, Bema pamięci żałobny rapsod), Wanda Warska (W Weronie), Stan Borys (Coraz to z ciebie jako z drzazgi smolnej), Krzysztof Cugowski (Noc nad Norwidem), and Natalia Sikora (Ty mnie do pieśni pokornej nie wołaj). Arranged anew for voice solo, chorus and symphony orchestra, the pieces will be performed by such stars of Polish opera as Małgorzata Walewska, and Tomasz Konieczny. Joining them onstage will be actors of the National Theatre will present fragments of Norwid’s prose, including Białe kwiaty and Czarne kwiaty, his plays, letters, and poems (Coś ty Atenom zrobił Sokratesie, Fortepian Szopena).

more info: https://teatrwielki.pl/en/repertoire/calendar/2021-2022/norwids-theatrum-mundi/

CREATIVES
Conductor: Rafał Kłoczko
Concept and script: Ewa Rucińska, Waldemar Dąbrowski
Director: Ewa Rucińska
Set, costumes and multimedia design: Małgorzata Szabłowska
Lighting: Paulina Góral-Stykowska
Animations and illustrations: Pictureworks
Chorus master: Mirosław Janowski
Waldemar Dąbrowski