Upcoming performances
François Mauduit
The Nutcracker
The Nutcracker
François Mauduit
The fairy tale taking place during Christmas is a beautiful story for the whole family. The extraordinary story of friendship, dedication and great courage teaches young viewers the most important things.
Duration
2 h 30 min (1 przerwa)
Upcoming performances
A series of meetings by Jerzy Snakowski
Opera? Si!
Duration
ok. 90 minut
Premieres
Olga
premiere
11 październik 2019
Duration
Olga sounds poignant and impressive both thanks to the numerous Latino rhythms (including elements of samba or tango), as well as the composer's experiments with electronics that interact with the orchestra.
więcejLatino Night
premiere
22 czerwiec 2019
Duration
2h
With his choreographies, Wainrot reminds that lively music not only encourages dance, but also moves the deepest human emotions.
Countess
premiere
05 maj 2019
Duration
3h (2h pause)
A humorous and ironic commentary on the society of the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries.
Thaïs
premiere
01 marzec 2019
Duration
3 h (2 pauses)
Thaïs is the story of a beautiful courtesan who, by grace and beauty, almost mesmerizes his admirers. Her lecherous life, however, is the salt in the eye of the young monk, Atanael.
Candid
premiere
30 grudzień 2018
Duration
3 h (one pause)
Leonard Bernstein's operetta is not a moralizing treatise, but an ironic and funny story appealing to everyone.
The Barber of Seville
premiere
16 listopad 2018
Duration
3 h ( 1 pause)
Probably no opera protagonist arouses such laughter and such sympathy as the Seville barber. Thanks to the phenomenal comedy of Beaumarchais Figaro invents harmless intrigues, opposes iniquity and at the same time entertains to tears.
Giselle
premiere
13 październik 2018
Duration
2 h (one pause)
The work with Adolphe Adam’s music is a classical ballet, which meets with constant admiration of the audience. Tchaikovsky himself, a creator of great symphony and ballet music, described Giselle as a “poetic, musical and choreographic gem”.
Orpheus in hell
premiere
12 kwiecień 2018
Duration
2 h 30 (1 pause)
“Orpheus in hell” is an immortal, timeless operetta in which the subject of hypocrisy and double morality, has lost nothing of its relevance.
The Pearl Fishers
premiere
24 luty 2018
Duration
2 h 30 (1 pause)
For the first time at the Baltic Opera in Gdansk. A story of lifelong friendship and tragic love, and a reflection on the strength of faith and the power of religion.
Nutcracker
premiere
30 listopad 2017
Duration
2 h (one pause)
The fairy tale taking place during Christmas is dedicated to the whole family. The extraordinary story of friendship, sacrifice and great courage teaches young viewers the most important values.
L'Univers de la danse
premiere
28 kwiecień 2018
Duration
On April 28 and 29, on International Dance Day, we invite you to a specially prepared Ballet Gala, during which we will admire and celebrate the art of ballet.
The Last Judgement
premiere
08 listopad 2017
Duration
2,5 h (one pause)
The Last Judgment is the third opera in the series of contemporary composer's orders – Opera Gedanensis – created for the Baltic Opera in Gdansk, under the patronage of the Mayor of the City of Gdańsk. The work of Krzysztof Knittel (music) and Mirosław Bujko (libretto) tells about the creation and turbulent fate of the work by Hans Memling, one of the 100 most important paintings in ancient art, which is in Gdansk museum collections.
History
from the history of Baltic Opera in Gdansk
From the history of opera and Baltic Opera in Gdansk
Learn the history of the largest cultural institution in the Pomeranian Voivodeship. The beginnings of the Gdańsk Opera date back to the 17th century.
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