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Carmina Burana

  • When

    08.07.2022 , 21:00

  • Where

    Opera Krakowska w Krakowie
    ul. Lubicz 48 31-512 Kraków

  • Language

    surtitled in Polish

  • Style / Genre

    opera

  • Duration

    1 hour, 10 min

“Carmina Burana”, called by some people a stage cantata and by others – an oratorio, is based on secular mediaeval songs, discovered in 1803 in the Bavarian monastery Benediktbeuern. Carl Orff selected from this vast collection of texts, created by vagrants, students and wandering clerics, 24 songs and composed them in some sort of a libretto. The first part comprises songs celebrating nature and the awakening spring, the second part is a praise of Bacchus and the third one tells of pleasures of love. The motto of the entire piece is apotheosis of life and affirmation of the world. Only approval to order and structure of the macrocosm will allow a human to maintain purity of soul and live according to nature.

Creative

Music Director: Tomasz Tokarczyk
Stage Producer and choreographer: Emil Wesołowski
Set and Costume Designer: Bożena Pędziwiatr
Choir Master: Jacek Mentel
Children’s Choir Masters: Beata Kluza and Marek Kluza
Lighting designer, projections Dariusz Pawelec