Nabucco (Kraków Opera)
Friday, March 13, 2026, 6:30 PM
Kraków Opera
ul. Lubicz 48
During the artistic season, the Kraków Opera presents around 200 performances: world...
Giuseppe Verdi’s masterpiece comes to the stage of the Kraków Opera as a long-awaited premiere. Power-hungry Abigaille, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon and the most beautiful operatic choir in which Israelites long for their homeland on the banks of the River Euphrates – how can you resist Nabucco? Va, pensiero!
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
Musical direction: José Maria Florêncio
Direction: Maria Sartova
Set design and animations: Damian Styrna
Costumes: Anna Chadaj
Stage movement: Jakub Lewandowski
Light: Bogumił Palewicz
Choir preparation: Janusz Wierzgacz
In Italian with Polish surtitles
Premiere at the Kraków Opera: 9 and 10 March 2024
Kraków Opera
ul. Lubicz 48
During the artistic season, the Kraków Opera presents around 200 performances: world classics, operettas, and ballet and musical productions for children.
During the artistic season, the Kraków Opera presents around 200 performances enjoyed by an audience of nearly 70,000. Its repertoire includes world classics (Carmen, Tosca, la Boheme), operettas (The Gypsy Baron, Die Fledermaus), and ballet and musical productions for children. Polish artists of world renown, notably Małgorzata Walewska, Mariusz Kwiecień, Andrzej Dobber, Wojtek Śmiłek, and Łukasz Borowicz, enjoy working with the Kraków Opera. The popularity of opera productions in Kraków makes it necessary to book tickets long in advance. The artistic season of the Kraków opera ends on a powerful forte: a summer festival presenting musical productions amid the extraordinary scenery of Wawel Castle courtyard.
Guest performances by theatres and concerts can also be seen on the hospitable stage of the Kraków Opera.
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