INTIMATE PORTRAITS – Polish National Opera

Intimate Portraits is a stage fantasy based on the repertoire of German Romantic Lieder by Johannes Brahms, Franz Schubert and Robert Schumann. Through music, evocative descriptions of landscapes, and the paintings by Caspar David Friedrich which serve a backdrop to the performance, worlds - better known through the poetry of Goethe and Schiller - come alive on the stage in Warsaw. Staged and sung by Opera Academy artists of Teatr Wielki - Polish National Opera, Intimate Portraits sees lyrical characters emerge from song and their stories take form on stage. The characters traverse Romantic landscapes, seek personal answers to questions about the nature of love, the ways to rebel, and the truth about themselves on the ‘stage of the world’. This multi-sensory exploration of Romantic poetry is complemented by a rich piano repertoire for four hands. Full performance streamed on OperaVision from 1 April 2024 at 19:00 CET to 1 October 2024 at 12:00 CET: CAST Sopranos Jiayu Jin Justyna Khil Iryna Melnyk Mariana Poltorak Sylwia Salamońska Sylwia Ziółkowska Tenors Adam Walasek Liang Wei Baritones Nazar Mykulyak Szymon Raczkowski Pianists Helmut Deutsch Maciej Pikulski Tetiana Boilo Rozalia Kierc Gabriela Lasota-Cierniak Marta Misztal Daria Siemianowska Matteo Zoli Piotr Zuchowski Stage directors Ilona Molka Ewa Rucińska Dramaturgy Ewa Rucińska Movements Ilona Molka Video Piotr Majewski Lighting Maciej Igielski Vocal coaches and repetiteurs Izabela Kłosińska Olga Pasichnyk Sophia Muñoz Michał Biel Helmut Deutsch Maciej Pikulski OperaVision is a freeview opera streaming platform, supported by the European Union’s Creative Europe programme. Watch live streams as the performances themselves unfold in the opera house. Enjoy a variety of shows - including opera, operetta, musical theatre, dance, ballet and concerts. Opera connaisseur or curious newcomer, there is something for everyone on OperaVision. @operavision