The "Moniuszko Inspiration!" Festival will take place at the Castle Opera in Szczecin on 3-10 November 2019. The work of "the father of Polish national opera" will be presented during seven different concerts, featuring, among others, Aleksandra Kurzak.
Is Moniuszko's music still relevant and inspirational for artists and audiences after 200 years? Is his work associated with something distant, hermetic and out of fashion? Festival "Moniuszko Inspiration!" tries to answer these questions. During seven festival events, an international group of artists will interpret Moniuszko's music in many distant styles: from folk music, through ballet and opera, to jazz. The concerts will feature enthisiastic amateur performers, rising opera stars, as well as world-renowned artists.
The first part of the inaugural "Polish Ballet Evening" will be filled with a masterfully orchestrated The Song of the Earth by Roman Palester in the extremely energetic choreography of the Italian artist Paolo Mangioli, placed in the space of the rainbow colors, white noise and pixelated photos. The second part is an innovative interpretation of Stanisław Moniuszko's In the Quarters, in which Robert Bondara, using modern dance language and contemporary staging means, universalizes the content of the original story to bring out timeless values and emphasize the stigma that war has on human life.
The world-famous opera singer Aleksandra Kurzak accompanied by pianist Marek Ruszczyńsk will give a special recital on 9 November, presenting renditions of Stanisław Moniuszko's songs. The Festival will close with the International Opera Gala "Moniuszko – Inspirations" with the participation of international and Polish singers, who, together with the Orchestra of the Opera at the Castle in Szczecin under the baton of artistic director Jerzy Wołosiuk, will invite the audience on a musical journey through Europe of Stanisław Moniuszko's time.
Full programme available at: http://www.opera.szczecin.pl/component/repertuar/spektakl/426