Yvonne, The Princess of Burgundy

subtitle:

opera in four acts

year:

2004

lenght:

80'

instrumentation:

1S, 2MS, 2A, 2CT, 1T, 1Bar, 1B, -2.2.2.2. 2 sass. - 2.2.1.0. - batt. (2 essec.), chit. el., fsm, ar, pf, archi

publisher:

PWM Edition

premiere:

29.04.2006, National Theatre in Warsaw, Warsaw Autumn Festival

1.02.2007, Premiere at the Grand Theatre National Opera, Warsaw, Poland

20, 21.11.2004, Theâtre Sylvia Monfort, Paris, France (world premiere of concert version)

Libretto

Grzegorz Jarzyna & Zygmunt Krauze after Witold Gombrowicz’s theater play

Producer and Director

Marek Weiss-Grzesiński

Set Designer

Wieslaw Olko

Costume Designers

Gosia Baczyńska, Wojciech Dziedzic

Lights

Miroslaw Poznański

Cast

Yvonne Kinga Preis
King Ignace Dariusz Machej
Queen Margareth Magdalena Barylak
Prince Philip Adam Zdunikowski
Chamberlain Artur Ruciński
Isabelle Monika Ledzion
Cyril Piotr Łykowski
Cyprian Krzysztof Kur
The first Aunt Joanna Cortes
The second Aunt Agnieszka Dąbrowska

Orchestra of the Grand Theatre National Opera in Warsaw
Andrzej Straszyński conductor

Commission:

The City of Warsaw

details:

Under the auspices of Bertrand Delanoë – Mayor of Paris, and Lech Kaczyński – Mayor of Warsaw

In celebration of the centenary of Witold Gombrowicz’s birthday.

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