Opening Night: 27 September 1998
Author: Jerzy Grzegorzewski
Title: Halka Spinoza or The Lost Opera or The Grief for the Escaping Life
Original Title: Halka Spinoza albo Opera Utracona albo Żal za uciekającym bezpowrotnie życiem
With texts of Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Józef Tischner and Włodzimierz Wolski
With the music of Stanisław Moniuszko and Stanisław Radwan
Director:
Jerzy Grzegorzewski

Auditorium: Boguslawski Hall
Running time: 1 hour 25 min

Halka Spinoza

director: Jerzy Grzegorzewski
set design: Jerzy Grzegorzewski, Barbara Hanicka
costume design: Barbara Hanicka
lighting design: Mirosław Poznański

Cast:

Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz – Vignac Stacy Krzysztof Wakuliński
Opera artists:
Fajtcacy – soprano Ewa Konstancja Bułhak
Kinofalos – tenor Mariusz Benoit
Vigor – tenor Andrzej Blumenfeld
Viviani – tenor Jacek Różański (till August 31, 1999 as a guest actor)
Halka Maria Mitrosz (guest actor) / Magdalena Andreew (from April 27, 1999; guest actor)
Opera director Jerzy Łapiński
Cameraman Wojciech Malajkat
Cameraman's assistant Radosław Elis
Klaudestyna Anna Chodakowska
Bella-Bello Magdalena Warzecha
Dzinia Katarzyna Taracińska
Ficia Kinga Ilgner
Sylfa Karolina Dryzner
Bixia Sylwia Nowiczewska
Grandmother Halucyna Wiesława Niemyska
Karol Jerzy Węgorzewski Olgierd Łukaszewicz
Sister Dora Gabriela Kownacka (till August 31, 1999 as a guest actor)
Doctor Dorn Michał Pawlicki
Corypheuses of highlanders' choir Jerzy Radziwiłowicz, Zbigniew Zamachowski
Highlanders' choir Łukasz Lewandowski, Paweł Tołwiński, Maciej Wojdyła, Leszek Zduń
Phantom of a Knight of Giewont Michał Pawlicki
Dancing at the Savoy Hotel Elżbieta Piekacz (guest actor), Ireneusz Dydliński (guest actor), Ewa Szawłowska (guest actor), Mikołaj Klimek (guest actor), Anna Szczerbińska (guest actor), Marcin Kocela (guest actor), Alicja Szymańska (guest actor), Sławomir Śmiałek (guest actor), Magdalena Czartoryjska (from November 17, 1998; guest actor), Joanna Kwiatkowska-Zduń (from January 18, 2000)
Halka Spinoza Katarzyna Kowalska (guest actor)
and guests
Model Sylwia Stępniak / Beata Ciecierska-Zajdel (from November 17, 1998; understudy)
Musicians Maciej Muczke, Michał Woźniak, Zbigniew Górski (understudy), Adam Kotula (understudy)

Production team:

  • director's assistants: Wiesława Niemyska, Marcin Grota (TA)
  • set designer's assistants: Jadwiga Michalska, Anita Świderek
  • lighting technician: Krzysztof Trzaskowski
  • sound technician: Mariusz Maszewski

Gallery:

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  • OTHER DELIGHTS

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  • FAUST

    Faust is a story based on an ancient legend of a scholar who yearns so much for just a moment of happiness that he makes a pact with the devil. 

  • FEBLIK

    Małgorzata Maciejewska's surprising drama received the Tadeusz Różewicz Drama Award in 2022, the competition's first year. The show is directed by Lena Frankiewicz. 

  • A DREAM PLAY

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  • KING LEAR

    The King of Britain divides his kingdom between his three daughters to free himself from worries and hardships. However, before the decision he poses a question: which of you loves me the most?

  • WAITING FOR GODOT

    "What do we do now? Wait. [...] We're waiting for Godot". Piotr Cieplak directs Waiting for Godot by Beckett. Is this a classic yet? Does it still have its avant-garde power? And, are we still waiting?

  • FREDRO: THE JUBILEE YEAR

    Do you know Fredro? Not necessarily... To celebrate 230 years since Aleksander Fredro's birth, the National Theatre invites you to an evening dedicated to the life and works of Poland’s greatest comedy writer. 

  • TALES FROM THE VIENNA WOODS

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  • Solidarity with Ukraine | Солідарні з Україною

    The ensemble of the National Theatre stands in solidarity with the Ukrainians who are fighting for the independence of their homeland.

  • The National Theatre at Google Cultural Institute

    The virtual exhibition 250 Years of Teatr Narodowy (the National Theatre of Poland) is available online at Google Cultural Institute.

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