Opening Night: 28 February 1998
Author: Tadeusz Bradecki
Title: Saragossa. Stage romance based on Jan Potocki's life and novel
Original Title: Saragossa. Romans sceniczny na motywach życia i powieści Jana Potockiego
Director: Tadeusz Bradecki

Auditorium: Boguslawski Hall

Saragossa

director: Tadeusz Bradecki
set design: Barbara Hanicka
music: Stanisław Radwan

Cast:

Jan Jerzy Łapiński
Dzieciuszynski Krzysztof Gosztyła
Justine Aleksandra Justa
Don Belial de Gehenna Teresa Budzisz-Krzyżanowska / Krzysztof Wakuliński (understudy)
Old van Worden Michał Pawlicki
Don Inigo, Montalto, Don Felipe Juliusz Wyrzykowski (guest actor)
Garcias Hierro, Grillo Monaldi, Archbishop, Duke of Medina Sidonia Marek Barbasiewicz
Emina, Elwira Anna Szczerbińska (guest actor)
Zibelda, Old Zoto's wife, Stranger's wife Karina Kunkiewicz (guest actor)
Ibn Fafullach, Zoto, Sangro Moreno Andrzej Blumenfeld
Moma, Rovellas, Veyras Jacek Poniedziałek
Cicia, Napoleon, Indian, Student, Servant Paweł Tołwiński (guest actor)
Old Zoto, Pupil, Student, Servant Arkadiusz Janiczek
Margrave Feltri, Indian, Pupil, Student, Servant Rafał Sawicki (guest actor)
Padre Paolo, Clergyman, Pupil, Student, Servant Tomasz Zięcik (guest actor)
Stranger, Uzeda, Pupil Mirosław Konarowski
Serra, Penna Velez Mariusz Benoit / Tadeusz Huk (from March 17, 1998; guest actor)
Mamun, Sanudo Olgierd Łukaszewicz
Rebeca, Elwira de Torres Sylwia Nowiczewska
Genius, Pupil, Student, Don Diego Marcin Kocela (guest actor)
Karusia Ewa Gorzelak (guest actor)
Dalanosa Wiesława Niemyska
Avarito ***
Maria de Torres, Duchess of Medina Sidonia Anna Chodakowska
Lonzeto, Pupil, Student, Hermosito Leszek Zduń
Avadoro Łukasz Lewandowski
Giralda Sławomira Łozińska
The body of Margrave Valornez Krzysztof Kuszczyk

Don Giovanni:
Donna Elvira Joanna Woś / Maria Mitrosz (understudy) / Magdalena Andreew (from March 7, 1998)
Don Giovanni Krzysztof Szumański (Music Academy) / Wojciech Gierlach (MA; understudy)
Leporello Krzysztof Matuszak (MA) / Jakub Porczyński (MA; understudy)
Commendatore, Masetto Krzysztof Kowalewski (MA) / Rafał Siwek (MA; understudy)
Zerlina Justyna Stępień (MA) / Katarzyna Trylnik (MA; understudy)
Don Ottavio Piotr Rafałko
Donna Anna Katarzyna Trylnik (MA) / Sylwia Burnicka (understudy)

Confectioners The Flamenco School team: Małgorzata Matuszewska, Marek Krajewski, Artur Muszyński
Napoleonic battalion The Warsaw Pantomime Theatre at the State Jewish Theatre: Marek Derlaciński, Tomasz Dusiewicz, Grzegorz Grzywacz, Ryszard Kleczyński, Ryszard Kluge, Marek Kowalski, Grzegorz Kulikowski, Tomasz Nerkowski, Tomasz Musiałowicz, Andrzej Pankowski, Janusz Porębski, Krzysztof Skarżyński, Tomasz Tworkowski (from March 3, 1998)

Orchestra
violin: Stanisław Tomanek / Adam Kublik
guitar: Tadeusz Machalski
lute: Tomasz Kania
drums: Andrzej Abramowski / Edward Krzyżaniak

 

Production team:

  • conductor: Mirosław Jastrzębski
  • lighting technician: Stanisław Zięba
    director's assistants: Mariusz Bieliński (TA), Marcin Grota
  • set designer's assistants: Irena Gaj, Ewa Mikułowska
  • sound technician: Marian Tarczyński
  • vocal preparation: Mirosława Brzezińska
    Latin language consultant: Maciej Staniszewski

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