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After nearly three decades of absence from its native stages in Brno, Dalibor has returned thanks to the latest production created by the Leoš Janáček Opera – National Theatre in collaboration with the Welsh National Opera. Hearing and seeing the third opera by Bedřich Smetana in Poland is an opportunity available only during the XXXI Bydgoszcz Opera Festival!
Today, a verdict will be announced, and the guilty will be condemned by the law… People in the courtroom, where Dalibor’s trial is taking place, are furious. Is he guilty of murder, or was he simply defending his rights? The victim’s sister, Milada, relentlessly demands a harsh penalty for her brother’s death, yet a face-to-face encounter with Dalibor challenges her conviction. How will the king decide at a moment when everyone present seems to be playing their own political game?
Smetana’s Dalibor is more than just a romantic tragedy with beautiful music, based on a medieval story about the knight Dalibor of Kozojed, who learned to play the violin in prison. This drama of vengeance, passionate love, and political intrigue is an extraordinary work... one that is not easily deciphered – as promised by the Leoš Janáček Opera – National Theatre in Brno.
The direction of the latest production of Dalibor has been entrusted to the great admirer and promoter of Czech opera, David Pountney. The audience in Brno has already seen that the British director is capable of revealing the deepest layers of human drama, as demonstrated in his 2004 production of Janáček’s Jenůfa. Meanwhile, our festival audience witnessed with admiration the imagination and courage with which Pountney brought Janáček’s The Excursion of Mr. Brouček to the stage during the XXX BOF.
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The new season at Opera Nova is taking shape - and you can be a part of it right now. Tickets for performances scheduled for September, October, and November 2026 are already available online and at the Opera Nova box office. A new price list applies to tickets for the 70th artistic season. There is, however, one small exception: our gift cards can still be purchased at the current price until the end of August.
In the new season, we invite you to the production of An American in Paris - four performances on 17, 18, 19 and 20 September 2026. Set against the backdrop of the vibrant, jazz-filled Paris of the 1920s, Krzysztof Pastor's original ballet, featuring George Gershwin's music in new arrangements by Przemysław Zych, tells a captivating story of love, difficult choices and the lingering memories of the post-war years.
"Because for me it is always a celebration, during which you can meet the spirit of the operatic past, its present and you get a chance to run into its future" - writes Ilona Słojewska in the pages of Dziennik Teatralny Kujawy on the occasion of World Opera Day 2024. Because every opera performance is a uniquely constructed work, in which the voice and music give so many emotions that whenever you pass by its building, you feel the vibrations, for which you could visit it every day. And if,...
W Butiku Operowym pojawiły się nowe gadżety, które są już w sprzedaży. Dostępne są także plakaty sygnowane przez znakomitych twórców, które mogą stanowić oryginalny wystrój wnętrz w niezwykle atrakcyjnej cenie.