Warsaw opera house set to kick off new season: audio report

Six new opera and ballet productions, 15 revivals and a host of other special events, including concerts, recitals, educational programmes and exhibitions, feature in the new season at the National Opera in Warsaw.

The Wielki Theatre/National Opera in Warsaw.

Photo: PAP/Tomasz Gzell

Premiere productions include the ballet Giselle and Verdi's opera La Forza del Destino.

The first new production of the 2022/2023 season is Chorus Opera, a programme of staged choral scenes from operas by Bizet, Moniuszko, Puccini, Verdi, Wagner and others.

Why not flip things around and cast the #chorus in the leading role? Conceived by director Jere Erkkilä & conductor Patrick Fournillier, Chorus Opera goes beyond genres to give the audience the best of the chorus repertoire. The production opens on 7 Oct. Can't wait! pic.twitter.com/iNCQC6nNIg

— Opera Narodowa (@Opera_Narodowa) September 20, 2022

Meanwhile, the new production of La Forza del Destino, directed by Mariusz Treliński, is co-produced with the Metropolitan Opera in New York, his third work to be shown at the Met.

Treliński will also be directing the premiere production of Britten's Peter Grimes.

Elżbieta Krajewska spoke to the National Opera's Director Waldemar Dąbrowski and Artistic Director Mariusz Treliński to learn some more details.

Click on the audio player above to hear the interviews.