Intimate Portraits
Intimate Portraits is a stage fantasy based on the repertoire of German Romantic Lieder by Johannes Brahms, Franz Schubert and Robert Schumann. Through music, evocative descriptions of landscapes, and the paintings by Caspar David Friedrich which serve a backdrop to the performance, worlds - better known through the poetry of Goethe and Schiller - come alive on the stage in Warsaw.
Staged and sung by Opera Academy artists of Teatr Wielki - Polish National Opera, Intimate Portraits sees lyrical characters emerge from song and their stories take form on stage. The characters traverse Romantic landscapes, seek personal answers to questions about the nature of love, the ways to rebel, and the truth about themselves on the ‘stage of the world’. This multi-sensory exploration of Romantic poetry is complemented by a rich piano repertoire for four hands.
CAST
Sopranos | Jiayu Jin Justyna Khil Iryna Melnyk Mariana Poltorak Sylwia Salamońska Sylwia Ziółkowska |
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Tenors | Adam Walasek Liang Wei |
Baritones | Nazar Mykulyak Szymon Raczkowski |
Pianists | Helmut Deutsch Maciej Pikulski Tetiana Boilo Rozalia Kierc Gabriela Lasota-Cierniak Marta Misztal Daria Siemianowska Matteo Zoli Piotr Zuchowski |
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Stage directors | Ilona Molka Ewa Rucińska |
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Dramaturgy | Ewa Rucińska |
Movements | Ilona Molka |
Video | Piotr Majewski |
Lighting | Maciej Igielski |
Vocal coaches and repetiteurs | Izabela Kłosińska Olga Pasichnyk Sophia Muñoz Michał Biel Helmut Deutsch Maciej Pikulski |
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VIDEO
PROGRAMME
Gruppe aus dem Tartarus D. 583 – Franz Schubert
Nazar Mykulyak, baritone
Piotr Zuchowski, piano
Am Gesteine rauscht die Flut from Liebeslieder-Walzer Op. 52, No. 2 – Johannes Brahms
All singers
Rozalia Kierc, piano
Matteo Zoli, piano
Sechzehn Walzer Op. 39, No. 6 in C-Sharp Major, No. 7 in C-Sharp Minor – Johannes Brahms
Maciej Pikulski, piano
Helmut Deutsch, piano
Die Götter Griechenlands D. 677 – Franz Schubert
Sylwia Ziółkowska, soprano
Tetiana Boilo, piano
Liebestreu from 6 Gesänge Op. 3, No. 1 – Johannes Brahms
Sylwia Salamońska, soprano
Tetiana Boilo, piano
An die Musik D. 547 – Franz Schubert
Adam Walasek, tenor
Daria Siemianowska, piano
Der Doppelgänger from Schwanengesang D. 957 – Franz Schubert
Szymon Raczkowski, baritone
Gabriela Lasota, piano
Im Frühling Op. 101, No. 1, D. 882 – Franz Schubert
Justyna Khil, soprano
Rozalia Kierc, piano
Ich grolle nicht from Dichterliebe Op. 48, No. 7 – Robert Schumann
Szymon Raczkowski, baritone
Gabriela Lasota-Cierniak, piano
O die Frauen, o die frauen from Liebeslieder-Walzer Op. 52, No. 3 – Johannes Brahms
Adam Walasek, tenor
Nazar Mykulyak, baritone
Piotr Zuchowski, piano
Matteo Zoli, piano
Feldeinsamkeit from 6 Lieder Op. 86, No. 2 – Johannes Brahms
Mariana Poltorak, soprano
Gabriela Lasota-Cierniak, piano
Anklänge from 6 Gesänge Op. 7, No. 3 – Johannes Brahms
Sylwia Salamońska, soprano
Tetiana Boilo, piano
Der Nussbaum from Myrthen Op. 25, No. 3 – Robert Schumann
Jiayu Jin soprano
Gabriela Lasota-Cierniak piano
Sechzehn Walzer Op. 39 , No. 1 in B Major, No. 2 in E Major – Johannes Brahms
Marta Misztal, piano
Helmut Deutsch, piano
Wie Melodien zieht es mir from 5 Lieder Op. 105, No. 1 – Johannes Brahms
Iryna Melnyk, soprano
Matteo Zoli, piano
Nicht mehr zu dir zu gehen from 9 Lieder und Gesänge Op. 32, No. 2 – Johannes Brahms
Nazar Mykulyak, baritone
Piotr Zuchowski, piano
Der Atlas from Schwanengesang D. 957 – Franz Schubert
Adam Walasek, tenor
Daria Siemianowska, piano
Sechzehn Walzer Op. 39, No. 4 in E minor – Johannes Brahms
Piotr Zuchowski, piano
Maciej Pikulski, piano
Von ewiger Liebe from 4 Gesänge Op. 43, No. 1 – Johannes Brahms
Mariana Poltorak, soprano
Gabriela Lasota-Cierniak, piano
Widmung from Myrthen Op. 25, No. 1 – Robert Schumann
Liang Wei tenor
Piotr Zuchowski piano
Wir wandelten Op. 96, No. 2 – Johannes Brahms
Sylwia Ziółkowska, soprano
Tetiana Boilo, piano
Sechzehn Walzer Op. 39, No. 14 in A Minor – Johannes Brahms
Rozalia Kierc, piano
Maciej Pikulski, piano
Rastlose Liebe D. 138 – Franz Schubert
Justyna Khil, soprano
Rozalia Kierc, piano
Sechzehn Walzer Op. 39, No. 11 in B-Flat Minor, No. 13 in C Major – Johannes Brahms
Matteo Zoli, piano
Helmut Deutsch, piano
Die Lotosblume from Myrthen Op. 25, No. 7 – Robert Schumann
Iryna Melnyk, soprano
Matteo Zoli, piano
Sechzehn Walzer Op. 39, No. 15 – Johannes Brahms
Marta Misztal, piano
Helmut Deutsch, piano
Ein Kleiner, hübscher Vogel from Liebeslieder-Walzer Op. 52, No. 6 – Johannes Brahms
All singers
Rozalia Kierc, piano
Matteo Zoli, piano
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