The Secret Life of Paintings
What did Vermeer’s Woman Reading a Letter learn from the correspondence? What is Rembrandt’s Night Watch talking about just before marching out? And who will catch the maiden’s slipper in Fragonard’s The Swing?
The Secret Life of Paintings is a unique combination of arias from the operas of Monteverdi, Handel and Vivaldi with the visual arts from the Baroque era. Fragments of such works as Orlando, Ariodante or Alcina - ‘musical paintings’ as it were - are the setting for stories based on scenes immortalised on the canvases of old masters. The event is a co-production of the Polish National Opera and the Polish Royal Opera. The soloists of the Opera Academy of the Polish National Opera are accompanied by the Period Instruments Ensemble of the Polish Royal Opera Capella Regia Polona conducted by Krzysztof Garstka.
CAST
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Sopranos
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Katarzyna Drelich
Izabella Fabrycka
Iryna Melnyk
Justyna Khil
Gabriela Stolińska
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Mezzo-sopranos
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Emilia Rabczak
Marta Wiktorzak
Nataliia Tepla
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Countertenor
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Enes Aksu
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Baritone
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Nazar Mykulyak
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Bass-baritone
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Paweł Michalczuk
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Orchestra
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The Period Instruments Ensemble of the Polish Royal Opera Capella Regia Polona
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Conductor
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Krzysztof Garstka
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Written and directed by
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Ewa Rucińska
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Choreography
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Ilona Molka
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Video Projections
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Piotr Majewski
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Lighting
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Maciej Igielski
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Costumes and styling
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Elżbieta Tolak
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VIDEOS
PROGRAMME
‘Overture’ from Rodelinda – George Frideric Handel
Neptune's aria ‘Superbo è l'huom’ from The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland – Claudio Monteverdi
Paweł Michalczuk, bass-baritone
Armida's aria ‘Furie terribili’ from Rinaldo – George Frideric Handel
Katarzyna Drelich, soprano
Ariodante's aria ‘Dopo notte’ from Ariodante – George Frideric Handel
Emilia Rabczak, mezzo-soprano
Duet of Ginevra and Ariodante ‘Bramo aver mille vite’ from Ariodante – George Frideric Handel
Izabella Fabrycka, soprano
Marta Wiktorzak, mezzo-soprano
Recitative and aria ‘Cessate, omai cessate / Ah ch'infelice sempre’ from cantata Cessate omai cessate – Antonio Vivaldi
Nataliia Tepla, mezzo-soprano
Alcina's aria ‘Si son quella’ from Alcina – George Frideric Handel
Justyna Khil, soprano
Morgana’s aria ‘Tornami a vagheggiar’ from Alcina – George Frideric Handel
Gabriela Stolińska, soprano
Duet of Armida and Argante ‘Al trionfo del nostro furore’ from Rinaldo – George Frideric Handel
Izabella Fabrycka, soprano
Nazar Mykulyak, baritone
Agrippina’s aria ‘L'alma mia fra le tempeste’ from Agrippina – George Frideric Handel
Iryna Melnyk, soprano
Ariodante’s aria ‘Scherza infida’ from Ariodante – George Frideric Handel
Emilia Rabczak, mezzo-soprano
Cleopatra’s aria ‘Piangerò la sorte mia’ from Giulio Cesare in Egitto – George Frideric Handel
Izabella Fabrycka, soprano
Ginevra’s arioso ‘Vezzi, lusinghe e brio’ from Ariodante – George Frideric Handel
Gabriela Stolińska, soprano
Aria ‘Pena tiranna’ from Amadigi di Gaula – George Frideric Handel
Enes Aksu, countertenor
Apollo’s aria ‘Come rosa sul la spina’ from Apollo and Daphne – George Frideric Handel
Nazar Mykulyak, baritone
‘Sinfonia’ from Olimpiada – Antonio Vivaldi
Vagaus’ aria ‘Armatae face et anguibus’ from Judith triumphant – Antonio Vivaldi
Marta Wiktorzak, mezzo-soprano
GALLERY
