“How wonderful the opera would be if there were no singers in it...” Gioacchino Rossini once reportedly sighed with distinctive irony. Let us sigh, too: dear maestro, it may be a gaffe, but we dare to disagree with you. Especially after looking at the programme of the autumn part of the Opera Rara Kraków festival, which started with a recital by Philippe Jaroussky already in August. In September, Rossini’s (ironically!) Aureliano in Palmira, featuring another outstanding countertenor, Franco Fagioli, will be masterfully performed on historical instruments – which is still quite rare for operas by the bel canto master – by the Capella Cracoviensis, which organises the festival. Opera Rara Kraków will also bring a presentation of The Theater of Music ensemble exploring mainly the 17th-century English repertoire and performances by CC in Czechia and Germany. The event will culminate in the celebration of World Opera Day in the Opera Party / Open Stage formula, which will allow the audience to become performers for a while.

27 August 2024, 7pm
Juliusz Słowacki Theatre
Arias for Farinelli
Philippe Jaroussky countertenor
Ensemble Artaserse
Johann Adolf Hasse Sinfonia, Op. 5 No. 6
Johann Adolf Hasse Mi lusinga il dolce affetto (Catone in Utica)
Johann Adolf Hasse Per questo dolce amplesso (Artaserse)
Johann Adolf Hasse Concerto per archi No. 6
Pier Giuseppe Sandoni Care luci Egidio Duni (Issipile)
Pier Giuseppe Sandoni Sperai vicino il lido (Demofoonte)
Nicola Porpora Sinfonia (Agrippina)
Nicola Porpora Oh! volesser gli dei! — Dolci fresche aurette (Polifemo)
Nicola Porpora Dall’amor più sventurato (Orfeo)
Francesco Durante Concerto per archi No. 4
Geminiano Giacomelli Mancare oh dio mi sento (Adriano in Siria)
Geminiano Giacomelli Amor, dover, rispetto (Adriano in Siria)

6 September 2024, 6pm
8 September 2024, 3pm
Łaźnia Nowa Theatre
Gioacchino Rossini Aureliano in Palmira (concert version)
Aureliano – Krzysztof Lachman tenor
Zenobia – Mercedes Arcuri soprano
Arsace – Franco Fagioli countertenor
Publia – Joanna Sojka soprano
Oraspe – Zbigniew Malak tenor
Licinio/Gran Sacerdote – Jakub Borgiel bass
Capella Cracoviensis
Jan Tomasz Adamus conductor

17 September 2024, 7pm
Church of the Immaculate Conception of Virgin Mary
An Evening at the Theatre
Music for theatre and dance, London 1680
The Theater of Music
OVERTURE
William Lawes Eerste Carileen
Nicola Matteis Aria ad imitatione de la trombetta, La Constanza, Arietta
LOVE IS VAIN
Anonim When Daphne from fair Phoebus did flie
Jacob van Eyck Doen Daphne
Anonim Wilson’s Love
John Playford & Anonim Set of dances: Paddy’s Green Shamrock Shore, Coxe Dance, A Dance, The Fox Hunter, The Merry Blacksmith, O’Neil’s March, A Frolic
Tobias Hume Loves Farewell
Anonim John come kiss me now
ANTEMASQUE: THE SURPRISE
Nicola Matteis Giga al Genio Turchesco, Corrente da orecchie – Corrente da piedi, Il Russignolo
Anonim The Furies
Nicola Matteis Jigg prestissimo
Anonim The Apes at the Temple
William Lawes Tweede Carileen
FOR THE DANCE
Matthew Locke Suite in E minor
Nicola Matteis Passaggio rotto, Sarabanda amorosa, Gavotta con divisione, Scaramuccia
John Playford & Anonim Set of dances: Newcastle, Hockley in the Hole, The Blackthorn Stick, The Country Coll, Newcastle (fast), Goddesses, Kemps Jegg, The Fine Companion, Goddesses (fast)
ENCORE
Anonim The Cuckold come out of the Amrey/Robertson’s Rant

25 October 2024
World Opera Day
opera party / open stage
Details coming soon