The Soldier's Tale at The Krakow Opera 2011
The Soldier's Tale at The Krakow Opera 23 - 24 November 2011
The Soldier's Tale
Composer: Igor Strawiński
Based on a Russian fairy tale, The Soldier’s Tale is a kind of morality play in the form of a suite for seven instruments. The extensive violin part symbolises the soldier’s soul. This piece, written for small ensemble, has had many stage versions – ours is a ballet production. The work is remarkable for its formal features: it combines music, dance and the theatre. It is also noteworthy for the fact that Stravinsky was the first to incorporate jazz elements into a work of classical music. A crucial part is played by the narrator – Krzysztof Globisz’s (recorded) performance is the true highlight of the show. The ballet has been choreographed, designed and produced by the young Russian artist Elena Boganovich, who works with the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.
About The Krakow Opera
The Krakow Opera, established in 1954, has been proving its importance from season to season, thanks to the excellent quality of its artistic endeavours. Throughout the years, the Opera has worked with some of the world’s and Poland’s most outstanding artists, including the conductors: Kazimierz Kord, Antoni Wicherek, Robert Satanowski, Jerzy Katlewicz, Ewa Michnik, Wojciech Michniewski, Andrzej Straszyński, Tadeusz Kozłowski, Jan Latham-Koenig, and Aurelio Canonici, the producers: Tadeusz Kantor, Lidia Zamkow, Marek Weiss-Grzesiński, and Laco Adamik, and stage designers: Józef Szajna, Andrzej Kreutz Majewski, Kazimierz Wiśniak, Krystyna Zachwatowicz, and Zofia de Ines. The audience of the Krakow Opera have witnessed the debuts of such acclaimed singers as Jadwiga Rappé, Jadwiga Romańska, Teresa Żylis-Gara, Wiesław Ochman, Bolesław Pawlus, Kazimierz Pustelak, Roman Węgrzyn and many more.
The Opera is one of the few institutions in the city that had had to put up with the lack of its own venue for decades and had therefore performed on various city stages. Finally, on 13 December, with Devils of Loudun – Krzyszof Penderecki first work, the Krakow Opera’s new house was inaugurated. This modern building houses the Main Stage which seats an audience of 760, the Chamber Stage which seats 150, as well as a restaurant.
The Krakow Opera’s repertoire includes the world’s and Poland’s greatest operatic works, ballet performances, operettas, and music shows directed at young audiences. It stages about 200 performances a year, with 98% of seats occupied.
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