| Published: | September 18, 2020 10:00 |
———— The outstanding German composer Richard Wagner never even tried to hide his great passion for splendour and luxury. When he received his new flat in Penzing (a suburb of Vienna) in 1863, he immediately began to design and furnish it without any consideration for finances, despite his rather modest financial situation. He went so
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| Published: | September 11, 2020 10:00 |
———— Master Gioacchino Rossini wrote a lot of operas, but he tried very hard to make his works serve the public, and provide a moment of relaxation and fun. This does not change the fact that each of them served the mastery of composition and gave the singers an opportunity to show off, because there
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| Published: | September 9, 2020 09:25 |
———— 5 września 2020 w ogrodach Pałacu Herbsta w Łodzi, odbyło się Narodowe czytanie “Balladyny” Juliusza Słowackiego. W wydarzeniu wzięli udział zarówno artyści Teatru Wielkiego w Łodzi, aktorzy Teatru im. Stefana Jaracza oraz pracownicy Wojewódzkiej Biblioteki Publicznej im. Marszałka J. Piłsudskiego w Łodzi. Oprawę muzyczną i scenograficzną wydarzenia przygotował Teatr Wielki w Łodzi. Scenografię Iza
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| Published: | September 4, 2020 10:00 |
———— In the history of music (and not only!) each period has its own names, which in a way create its character. There are three composers associated with the Viennese Classics (and what composers!), none of whom were born in Vienna, but who developed their artistic skills there: Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
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| Published: | August 28, 2020 10:00 |
———— It seemed impossible and yet… Thirty years have just passed (hard to believe!) since the historic gathering of three opera giants at the same time on one stage. On 7 July 1990, shortly after the football match between Italy and England for third place in the world championship, the three most famous tenors of
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| Published: | August 24, 2020 17:27 |
———— Nie była typem operowej gwiazdy… Była Osobą niezwykle skromną, widzącą w innych dobroć i bezinteresowność, bezpośrednią w kontaktach, dowcipną i pełną życzliwości. Swoją karierę artystyczną realizowała w Teatrze Wielkim w Łodzi, choć nie brakowało w niej sukcesów na innych krajowych i zagranicznych scenach operowych, estradach koncertowych i filharmonicznych. Gościnnie śpiewała m.in. w Stanach Zjednoczonych, Grecji, Jugosławii, Niemczech,
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| Published: | August 14, 2020 10:54 |
———— There is no need to hide the fact that opera is such a specific genre that it seems impossible to pass by it. The premiere of the opera Le devin du village by Jean-Jacques Rousseau was held on 18 October 1752 at the Royal Opera in Versailles. In addition, this writer and great philosopher
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| Published: | August 7, 2020 11:15 |
———— The famous French composer, Maurice Ravel, known for his even more famous Boléro, had to wait four years before his opera work The Spanish Hour appeared on stage – mainly because of the difficulties the score caused to the orchestra and singers. It was not staged until 19 May 1911 at the Comic Opera
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| Published: | August 4, 2020 17:57 |
———— Świętej pamięci Bernard Ładysz odszedł 25 lipca 2020 roku, dzień po swoich 98. urodzinach. Wybitnego artystę pożegnamy 5 sierpnia 2020 w Warszawie, spocznie w Alei Zasłużonych na Powązkach Wojskowych. Wielkiej klasy śpiewak, najwybitniejszy polski bas i jeden z największych basów na świecie. Znakomity aktor, wielki polski patriota, żołnierz Armii Krajowej i po prostu dobry
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| Published: | July 31, 2020 11:00 |
———— An initial, rather cold (hard to believe!) reception of Georges Bizet’s Carmen by the audience aroused interest in developing cinematography as early as in the first years of the 20th century. One of the first people fascinated by the tragedy of the beautiful Gypsy woman was Cecil De Mille. Given the fact that at
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