Polski Britten
The Polish Britten
Author(s): Marcin BoguckiSubject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts
Published by: Instytut im. Jerzego Grotowskiego
Keywords: Teatr Wielki – Opera Narodowa w Warszawie; Andrzej Czajkowski; Kupiec wenecki; The Merchant of Venice; Keith Warner; John O’Brien
Summary/Abstract: Marcin Bogucki begins his review of the opera The Merchant of Venice, directed by Keith Warner (Wielki Theater – National Opera in Warsaw, premiere: 24.10.2014) by recalling the circumstances behind the composition of Tchaikowsky's music. The author lists the adjustments that the composer and the librettist (John O’Brien) made to Shakespeare's drama. He stresses the gravity of exclusion as a theme in working on the opera. Although in Warner's staging he sees an attempt to create a universal tale of exclusion, he admits that the reception of the performance was dominated by the composer's biography and the process of restoring memory of his work.
Journal: Didaskalia. Gazeta Teatralna
- Issue Year: 2014
- Issue No: 124
- Page Range: 127-129
- Page Count: 3
- Language: Polish