Teatr Wielki – Opera Narodowa

Warsaw's Teatr Wielki was designed by Antonio Corazzi with Chrystian Piotr Aigner, a neoclassical building raised on Theatre Square between 1825 and 1833 and inaugurated on February 24, 1833 with Rossini's The Barber of Seville. German bombs destroyed it almost completely in the 1939 siege, sparing little more than the classicist facade, and civilians were shot in the burnt-out ruins during the 1944 uprising. Rebuilt and greatly expanded to Bohdan Pniewski's designs, it reopened on November 19, 1965 as one of the largest theatre buildings in the world, home of the Polish National Opera and Ballet.

Die Zauberflöte has deep roots in the city: it reached Warsaw's National Theatre in 1793, only two years after the Vienna premiere, and the company continues that tradition. Since December 11, 2016 the Teatr Wielki has performed Czarodziejski flet in Barrie Kosky's staging, created in Berlin in 2012, which has become a repertoire favourite.

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CZARODZIEJSKI FLET / THE MAGIC FLUTE - trailer

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