TRAVIATA

Opera in three acts
Libretto by Francisco Maria Piave after La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas, the son  
World premiere: Grand Teatro La Fenice, Venice, 6 March 1853
Polish premiere: Teatr Wielki, Warszawa, 27 April 1856
Premiere of this production: 25 February 2010

 

Poster for the production, designed by Adam Żebrowski
Photo: Krzysztof Bieliński 
 




 

 

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ORESTEIA

Opera (revised in 1989-92) 
Libretto: after Aeschylus
World premiere: Gibellina, Sicily, 21 August 1987
Premiere of this production: 14 March 2010
Original language version with Polish surtitles 


Poster for the production, designed by Adam Żebrowski 

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MADAME BUTTERFLY

Japanese tragedy in three acts 

Libretto: Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
World premiere: Regio Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 17 February 1904
Polish premiere: Teatr Wielki, Warsaw, 3 December 1908
Premiere of this production: 29 May 1999

 

Poster for the production, designed by Andrzej Pągowski 

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ELEKTRA

Tragedy in one act
Libretto: Hugo von Hofmannsthal after Sophocles
World premiere: Semperoper, Dresden, 25 January 1909
Polish premiere: Teatr Wielki, Warsaw, 1971
World premiere of Willy Decker's production: The Netherlands Opera, 2000
Polish premiere of this production: 24 March 2010

 

Photo of Richard Strauss

 

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