Detailed information
Composer
Stanislav Moniuszko
Duration
2 h 50 min (including two intervals)
Libretto
Włodzimierz Wolski
Premiere at Baltic Opera Gdansk
Creatives
Michał Krężlewski
Magdalena Szlawska
Zuzanna Kubicz
Michał Stenzel
Michał Lewandowski
Marcin Dąbrowski
Choir preparation
Agnieszka Długołęcka-Kuraś
Description
A humorous and ironic commentary on the behavior of society at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries. The young widow, the title Countess, wants to get a handsome officer Kazimierz. In turn, his feelings were awakened by Bronia, a girl from a noble family. The action, filled with the adventures of the heroes, strives for a happy finale in which Bronia marries Kazimierz, and the mannered Countess goes away defeated.
In the Gdańsk implementation, the patriotic theme is pushed to the background, and the problems of the present day come to the fore – the Countess's palace becomes a shopping center, which in today's consumerism world becomes the most important public space.
In the Gdańsk implementation, the patriotic theme is pushed to the background, and the problems of the present day come to the fore – the Countess's palace becomes a shopping center, which in today's consumerism world becomes the most important public space.