From the stage version of the one-act play L'inganno felice, which the 19-year-old Gioacchino Rossini wrote for the Teatro San Moisè in Venice, to the Little Solemn Mass, the last great masterpiece and musical testament of the composer, who was already more than 70 years old at the time – this year’s edition of the Royal Opera Festival centred around the music of the Italian genius of the bel canto style will be stretched between these works. The repertoire also included a Roman version of Othello (instead of a murder, it ends in a reconciliation between the jealous protagonist and Desdemona) and Cinderella, in which the shoe was replaced with a bracelet (to avoid the scathing reaction of 19th-century audiences to the lifting of the dress during the fitting of the shoe). A local accent will be a concert version of the opera Pierre de Médicis by Józef Michał Poniatowski – a diplomat, singer and composer related to the last Polish king who wrote in Rossini’s style. We will applaud the June events of the Royal Opera Festival will be applauded at the European Music Centre in Lusławice and the Music School Complex in Tarnów, and in July we will move to Kraków – to the stages of the Opera and Philharmonic, whose artistic teams prepare all festival performances.

7 June 2025, 6pm
8 June 2025, 6pm
Krzysztof Penderecki European Centre for Music
Gioachino Rossini L'inganno felice (stage version)

Kraków Philharmonic Orchestra
Claudia Patanè – conductor
Jochen Schönleber – direction, set design
Moussé Dior Thiam – set design
Claudia Möbius – costumes
Szymon Naściszewski – assistant conductor
Eleonora Calabrò – assistant director
Agnieszka Ignaszewska-Magiera – music assistant, pianoforte
Andres Galluci – music assistant

Isabella: Xiangjie Liu
Tarabotto: Francesco Bossi
Batone: Eugenio Maria Degiacomi
Duca Bertrando: Paolo Mascari
Ormondo: Edoardo di Cecco/Carlos Reynoso

29 June 2025, 6pm
Ignacy Jan Paderewski Music School Complex in Tarnów, ul. Lippóczyego 4
Gioachino Rossini Petite messe solennelle (concert version)

Ellada Koller – soprano
Verena Kronblichler – alto
César Cortés – tenor
Dogukan Özkan – bass
Kraków Philharmonic Choir
Monika Płachta – piano
Ireneusz Boczek – piano
Jadwiga Kowalska – organ
Janusz Wierzgacz – choirmaster
Alexander Humala – conductor

Tickets: PLN 40/30

4 July 2025, 7:30pm
Kraków Philharmonic
Józef Michał Poniatowski Pierre de Médicis (concert version)

Kraków Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir
José Miguel Pérez-Sierra – conductor
Szymon Naściszewski – assistant conductor
Janusz Wierzgacz – choirmaster
Laïla Barnat – tutor

Pierre de Médicis: Patrick Kabongo -
Julien de Médicis: César San Martín
Fra Antonio: Nathanael Tavernier
Paolo Monti: Anle Gou
Laura Salviati: TBA

Tickets: PLN 50–90

6 July 2025, 6pm
Kraków Philharmonic
Gioachino Rossini Otello (Rome version, 1820)

Kraków Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir
TBA – conductor
Szymon Naściszewski – assistant conductor
Janusz Wierzgacz – choirmaster
Agnieszka Ignaszewska-Magiera – tutor
Monika Płachta – tutor

Otello: TBA
Desdemona: Diana Haller
Elmiro: Nathanael Tavernier
Rodrigo: Cortes Cesar
Jago: Anle Gou
Emilia: Verena Kronbichler

Tickets: PLN 50–90

10 July 2025, 7:30pm
12 July 2025, 6pm
Kraków Opera
Gioachino Rossini Cinderella (stage version)

Kraków Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir
José Miguel Pérez-Sierra – conductor
Jochen Schönleber – direction, set design
Eleonora Calabrò – assistant director
Moussé Dior Thiam – set design
Claudia Möbius – costumes
Agnieszka Ignaszewska-Magiera – music assistant, pianoforte
Szymon Naściszewski – assistant conductor
Janusz Wierzgacz – choirmaster

Angelina: Polina Anikina
Don Ramiro: Patrick Kabongo
Dandini: Emmanuel Franco
Don Magnificio: TBA
Clorinda: Ellada Koller
Tisbe: Verena Kronbichler
Alidoro: Dogukan Özkan

Tickets: PLN 70–180