Stanisław Moniuszko’s Halka is the Polish Madame Butterfly, a story of ill-fated love with a social conflict in the background. Most contemporary productions reduce Halka’s libretto to a psychological drama, since there seem to be few clear class divisions today. Meanwhile, for the coming generations this theme could well become urgently relevant. The modern world is dividing more and more visibly into “perfect people” and those who cannot afford to keep in perfect shape. The new production of Halka aims to restore the social relevance on which the opera’s success was founded in 1858. Natalia Korczakowska is from the generation of young artists who are changing the image of Polish theatre. She won her spurs at Grzegorz Jarzyna’s progressive TR Warszawa theatre. In the previous season she made her debut as an opera director at the Teatr Wielki - Polish National Opera, preparing a highly acclaimed production of Wolfgang Rihm’s Jakob Lenz for the theatre’s Chamber Hall. This time, supported by maestro Marc Minkowski, she takes an innovative approach to Halka.


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