200 years since the laying of the Teatr Wielki cornerstone, 60 years since the building's reconstruction

Hosted by Grażyna Torbicka and Jakub Józef Orliński, the Gala will be broadcast live on TVP1 and OperaVision. 

The Jubilee Gala will be an extraordinary journey through the 200 years of the Teatr Wielki's history The programme is a carefully curated selection of pieces that reflects the richness and broad variety of the music that graced the Wielki’s stage over the years, including works by Chopin, Moniuszko, Verdi, Rossini, Bizet, Mozart, Penderecki, and Kilar.

Taking to the stage will be some of the singers whose careers started at the Polish National Opera and who now score triumphs all around the globe: Aleksandra Kurzak, Andrzej Filończyk, Piotr Buszewski, and Rafał Siwek. The soloists will be accompanied by the Wielki’s Chorus and Orchestra as well as the Polish National Ballet. The unforgetable gala will be conducted by Patrick Fournillier. 

Do not miss this poignant meeting of the past and the present that will honour the Polish musical heritage and celebrate opera in its full glory. 

Chorus and Orchestra of the Polish National Opera
Polish National Ballet
Władysław Skoraczewski Artos Chilcren's Choir

PROGRAMME

FRYDERYK CHOPIN
Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53 (Polonaise héroïque)
^{Kuba Matuszczyk – piano}

GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Figaro's cavatina Largo al factotum from The Barber of Seville
^{Andrzej Filończyk – baritone
Polish National Opera Orchestra} 

GIUSEPPE VERDI
The chorus Va pensiero… from Nabucco
^{Polish National Opera Chorus and Orchestra} 

STANISŁAW MONIUSZKO
Highland dances from Halka
^{Polish National Opera Chorus and Orchestra, dancers} 

STANISŁAW MONIUSZKO
Jontek's aria Szumią jodły… from Halka
^{Piotr Buszewski – tenor
Polish National Opera Orchestra} 

STANISŁAW MONIUSZKO
Skołuba's aria Ten zegar… from The Haunted Manor
^{Rafał Siwek – bass
Polish National Opera Orchestra} 

GEORGES BIZET
Fragment of George Balanchine's ballet Symphony in C
^{Polish National Ballet
Polish National Opera Orchestra} 

GIACOMO PUCCINI
Cio-Cio-San's aria Un bel di, vedremo from Madama Butterfly
^{Aleksandra Kurzak – soprano
Polish National Opera Orchestra} 

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Fragment of Toer van Schayk's ballet Symphony No. 7
^{Polish National Ballet
Polish National Opera Orchestra} 

GEORGES BIZET
The chorus Avec la garde montante from Carmen
^{Artos Children's Choir
Polish National Opera Orchestra} 

KAROL SZYMANOWSKI
The male chorus Piesn siuhajow from Harnasie
^{Polish National Opera Chorus and Orchestra}

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
The duet La ci darem la mano from Don Giovanni
^{Aleksandra Kurzak – soprano
Andrzej Filończyk – baritone
Polish National Opera Orchestra} 

WOJCIECH KILAR
Krzysztof Pastor's ballet Kilar Concerto
^{Polish National Ballet
Polish National Opera Orchestra} 

GIACOMO PUCCINI
Tosca's aria Vissi d’arte from Tosca
^{Aleksandra Kurzak – soprano
Polish National Opera Orchestra}

KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI
Adagietto from Paradise Lost
^{Polish National Opera Orchestra}

STANISŁAW MONIUSZKO
The mazurka from The Haunted Manor
^{Polish National Ballet
Polish National Opera Chorus and Orchestra}

Wykorzystano elementy scenografii z następujących spektakli:

Giselle (Andrzej Kreutz-Majewski, adp. Małgorzata Szabłowska), Halka, Madame Butterfly (Boris Kudlička), Straszny dwór (Leslie Travers), Siódma symfonia (Toer van Schayk), Pinokio (Małgorzata Szabłowska), Najlepsze miasto świata. Opera o Warszawie (Natalia Kitamikado), Tosca (Barbara Hanicka).

Wykorzystano elementy kostiumów z następujących spektakli:

Nasz Chopin (Tatyana van Walsum), Symphony in C (Marc Happel wg Barbary Karinskiej), Halka (Dorota Roqueplo), Straszny dwór (Marie-Jeanne Lecca), Madame Butterfly (Paweł Grabarczyk, Magdalena Tesławska), Siódma symfonia (Toer van Schayk), Najlepsze miasto świata. Opera o Warszawie (Emil Wysocki), Don Giovanni (Arkadius), Nabucco (Jacek Majewski), Tosca (Julia Kornacka), Exodus (Anna Hop), Carmen (Magdalena Maciejewska).