FuturOpera delivers three chamber opera creations by contemporary composers of the young generation. We will listen to: “Wasserstimmen” by Dariusz Przybylski (criminal opera based on a primaeval Inuit legend), “Orpheus' Labyrinth” (“Labirtynt Orfeja”) by Nikolet Burzyńska (which is a certain synthesis of selected threads from Greek and Slavic mythology) and “Three Tall Tales of Doctor Monsieur Façade” by Ryan Latimer (that is a fairytale intermezzo of a kind). Things all three of these works have in common are their original sonic language and setting – at the edge of a dream, in an extraordinary, hypnotic trance.

 

author of the project / music direction: Jarosław Praszczałek

direction, stage design, costumes: Ewelina Grzechnik, Marta Grądzka

 

performances: November 5th - 6th, 2014

 

“Wasserstimmen”, 2009

by Dariusz Przybylski

 

Libretto: Przemysław Fiugajski

 

Performed by:

 

Michał Przygoński – He / baritone

Olga Siemieńczuk – She / soprano

Natalia Ołów – Voice from the Water I / mezzo-soprano

Justyna Ołów – Voice from the Water II / mezzo-soprano

Łukasz Skrobek – Nurse / baritone

 

instrumentalists:

 

Mateusz Rajkowski – clarinet, bass clarinet

Paula Lis – French horn

Leszek Lorent – percussion

Paweł Janas – accordion

Can Kehri – cello

 

conductor: Jarosław Praszczałek 

 

Source: translation of the promotional material provided by the organizer of the event, Warsaw Chamber Opera, photos by Jarek Misiewicz, poster by Ignacy Zalewski

 

 

Reviews (in Polish):

 

dwutygodnik.pl: Sen o operze, Monika Pasiecznik

 

teatralny.pl: Współczesność w cieniu greckich mitów, Małgorzata Komorowska