Space opera

for solo voices, mixed choir and orchestra (2013-2014)

  • Fragment 1
  • Fragment 2
Performers: Magdalena Wachowska, Bartłomiej Misiuda, Martyna Cymerman, Tomasz Raczkiewicz, Andrzej Orógkiewicz, Choir and Orchestra of the Grand Theater in Poznań, music direction: Marek Moś

The foreground theme of the two-act libretto is the first manned journey to the planet Mars and back to Earth. The characters in the story include two astronauts: a middle-aged married couple, a stowaway: an apparently ordinary fly, a flight manager who also hosts a reality TV show, and a chorus commenting on events from two perspectives: the human community remaining on Earth, and the souls of animals sent to space at different stages of the exploration of extraterrestrial, with special appearance of Laika, the first dog sent into orbit in history, and a Bedouin leading a caravan of animal souls through the Martian desert.
Spouses locked in a tiny capsule for many months must make a new life for themselves in a new, cosmic reality. Ordinary, earthly matters quickly come to the fore. But there are also otherworldly ...

The piece is sung in English. The composition was created in 2014 on commission by the Stanisław Moniuszko Grand Theatre in Poznań

Performance history:

PREMIERE: March 14, 15, April 22, 2015; director: Ewelina Pietrowiak, music director: Marek Moś, scenery: Ewelina Pietrowiak, costumes: Katarzyna Nesteruk, lighting director: Marek Rydian, video projections: Wizja sp. z oo Piotr Szabliński, choir director: Mariusz Otto, musical collaboration: Katarzyna Tomala, director's assistant: Krzysztof Szaniecki, Cast: Ewa - Magdalena Wachowska, Adam - Bartłomiej Misiuda, Mucha / Łajka - Martyna Cymerman, Tomasz Raczkiewicz, Producer / Bedouin - Damian Konieczek, Andrzej Ogórkiewicz, Choir and Orchestra of the Grand Theater in Poznań

April 23, 2016; director: Ewelina Pietrowiak, music director: Marek Moś, scenery: Ewelina Pietrowiak, costumes: Katarzyna Nesteruk, lighting director: Marek Rydian, video projections: Wizja sp. z oo Piotr Szabliński, choir director: Mariusz Otto, musical collaboration: Katarzyna Tomala, director's assistant: Krzysztof Szaniecki, Cast: Ewa - Magdalena Wachowska, Adam - Bartłomiej Misiuda, Mucha / Łajka - Martyna Cymerman, Tomasz Raczkiewicz, Producer / Bedouin - Damian Konieczek, Andrzej Ogórkiewicz, Choir and Orchestra of the Grand Theater in Poznań

September 22, 2016; cinema presentation at NInA, Warsaw

February 3 - August 3, 2017; presentation in OperaVision

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