Opera: "The Barber of Seville"

Warsaw's Grand Theatre presents Rossini's "The Barber of Seville," a comic opera in two acts in the original Italian. The joint production features a collaboration with the Teatro del Maggio Musicale in Florence, with an orchestra conducted by American Will Crutchfield. This special showing marks the start of the National Opera's commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the death of Karol Kurpiński, who was the National Opera's first music director and opened the Grand Theatre in 1833 with a production of Rossini's "Il Barbiere di Siviglia" and his own work "Zabawa tancerska" ("Dancing Fun"). The day of the premiere will be the 31st of May, and will also be the opening day of the exhibition "Kurpiński - Rossini" at Theatre Museum (open until the end of September). The opera will again take place on the 21st of June at 7 p.m. in the Moniuszko Auditorium.