14’ instrumental theatre for 2 keyboard instruments, prerecorded tape, mimes and lighting
commissioned by the Theatre European de Musique Vivante, Brussels, Belgium
World premiere: 19.9.1979, Brussels, Belgium, Theatre European de Musique Vivante,
Annette Sachs, Piotr Lachert, keyboards
60’ opera in 6 scenes
libretto by Zbigniew Kopałko
based on Lord Gordon Byron’s poem, "Oscar of Alva"
Polish text
3333-4331-Perc.(6)-Ar-Pf-Cht-Strings, SATB, 5 soli: S MS T Bar Bass
PWM/CBN material for rent
AWARD: Polish Radio and TV Broadcasting Contest, Warsaw, 1972
A TV production: 1988, Cracow, Poland, Stanisław Zajączkowski, director, Cracow Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, soloists: H. Januszewska, P. Lipińska, J. Knetig, J. Mechliński, M.Witkiewicz, Szymon Kawalla, conductor.
Video recording by the Polish Television with English subtitles.
World premiere: 21.8.1989, Salzburg, Austria, IMZ Congress and International Festival of Television Operas
80’ opera for a young audience in two acts
commissioned by the National Opera in Warsaw
libretto by Agnieszka Osiecka
Polish text, available in English translation
Chamber version: 2 pf- Perc.(4)
orchestral version: 2222-2221- Perc.(4) – Ar.- Chtr – Strings
Soli: MS T Bar, children: 11 soli and choir
PWM/CBN score & parts for rent
World premiere: 27.11.1998, Warsaw, Poland, National Opera, children's choir Alla Polacca, children from the Warsaw Ballet School, soloists and musicians of the National Opera: Hanna Chojnacka, director and choreographer, Sabina Włodarska, choir director, Katarzyna Proniewska-Mazurek, set designer, Sławek Wróblewski, conductor
Cracow premiere: 20.9.2008, Opera Krakowska, children, soloists and musicians of the Cracow Opera; Włodzimierz Nurkowski, director, Kinga Batko-Kużdżał and Ewa Mączyńska, choreography; Katarzyna Paciorek, costumes and set designer, Sławek Wróblewski, music director and conductor
80’ opera for a young audience in two acts
commissioned by the National Opera in Warsaw
libretto by Marta Ptaszyńska based on the story
of Gianni Rodari, "Gelsomino nel paese dei bugiardi"
Polish text available also in German translation
Chamber ensemble: 1011- 1100-Perc.(2)-celeste-vno,vla,vc,cb
Soli: (8) Doremik, counter tenor or boy’s voice; Red Fur Cat, mezzosoprano; King Paleton, baritone; Painter Acryl, tenor; Maestro Bemol, bas; Aunt Philippe, contralto; Menuetta, girl’s voice; Seller, man voice; ballet and statists
World premiere: 18.1.2008, Warszawa, National Opera; soloists and musicians of the National Opera, children from the Warsaw Ballet School; Hanna Chojnacka, director and choreographer; Barbara Kędzierska, set designer; Zofia de Ines, costumes; Iwona Sowińska, conductor.
90’ opera in two acts
commissioned by the Grand Opera Theatre in Łódź, Poland to mark the 200th Anniversary of Chopin’s birth and 2010 as the International Chopin Year
libretto by Marta Ptaszyńska based on original play by Janusz Krasiński, George Sand’s book with the same title, and original letters of Frederic Chopin to Julian Fontana
Polish text will also be available in French
Soli: Chopin- tenor, George Sand- mezzosoprano, Solange- soprano, Maurice- tenor, Senor Gomez (also Medicus II)- baritone, Brother Gate-Keeper (also Medicus III)- basso profondo, Brother Adalbert (also Medicus I)- baritone, Maria Antonia (also Millena)- contralto, Amelia – soprano, ballet & statists
Orchestra: 2222-2210- Perc.(3)- Cht-Ar-Ar-Pf-strings
World premiere: 18.12.2010 at the Grand Opera Theatre, Łódź, Poland