Solists, choir and orchestra
Libretto: Krystyna i Blaise de Obaldia
World Premiere: 20th November 2015, Baltic Opera, Gdansk
Staging and direction: Jerzy Lach
Music direction: Maja Metelska
Scenography: Hanna Szymczak
Costums: Marlena Skoneczko
Lights: Piotr Miszkiewicz
Choir preparation: Anna Michalak
Cast:
Robespierre: Jan Jakub Monowid
Stanisława: Anna Mikołajczyk
Olimpia: Monika Ledzion
Stanisław: Stanisław Kierner
Saint Just: Przemysław Baiński
Prince Filip: Mateusz Teliński
Markiz: Dariusz Górski
Simone: Marzena Ostryńska
Abel: Marcin Miloch
Officer: Witalij Wydra
Amedine: Joanna Wesołowska
Zelina: Magdalena Nanowska
Baltic Dance Theatre, Choir and Orchestra of Baltic Opera House
conductor: Maja Metelska
“I am looking for a human being in the opera, his character, demeanor and emotions. Singing is here to multiplex experiences and emotional conflicts of particular characters. This is such a kind of the opera, where role of the theatre element is equally important to the music layer. Music is subordinated to the words. Olympia of Gdansk, similarily to 5 previous operas of mine (The Star, Balthasar, Yvonne, the Princess of Burgundy, Polieukt and The Trap) continues the stream of a drama-theatre opera in my creation”
Zygmunt Krauze