OPERA, THEATRE, FILM, GAME

STANISŁAW MONIUSZKO Lottery (concert performance)

  • Found Sounds Festiwal in Wrocław (first performance), 24.09.2020
  • Moniuszko Festival in Kudowa Zdrój, 30.09.2020

Music: Stanislaw Moniuszko
Libretto: Oskar Korwin-Milewski
Music editing Swietlana Niemahaj
Scientific consultation: dr Grzegorz Zieziula
Musical Direction, conductor: Stanisław Rybarczyk
Direction: Roberto Skolmowski
Soloists: Tomasz Radziszewski, Paweł Horodyski, Jakub Luboiński, Sebastian Mach, Julia Jewtuchowska
Moniuszko Festival Vocal Ensemble: Alicja Turowska, Karolina Nosowska, Agnieszka Raczkowiak, Aleksandra Kaim, Katarzyna Fiedukiewicz, Julia Chętka, Weronika Kałążna, Dominik Kozłowski, Mateusz Słonina, Dariusz Kudełko, Ilya Kavalchuk
Festival Orchestra

 

(Photos: Roberto Skolmowski)

 

Phonographic recordings

  • The Secret Garden directed by Anna Wolszczak

Hans Christian Andersen Theatre in Lublin

  • Gold directed by Anna Wolszczak

Jan Dorman Zagłębie Children's Theatre in Będzin

  • First meeting with Rose
  • Dream
  • To the garden
  • Final song
  • Gold


    Rose/Gold –     Alicja Turowska
    Colin/ Marek – Michał Janicki
    Mary/Joanna – Natalia Piątkowska
    Susan – Karolina Pacek
    Craven – Michał Czok
    Dick – Paulina Derska

    Music: Paulina Derska
    Recording/mixing and mastering: Kamil Biedrzycki

    The project was implemented thanks to a grant award from the Soroptimist International First Club in Wrocław awarded to Paulina Derska in 2023.

W.A. MOZART The Marriage of Figaro

A project on the occasion of the Closing Ceremony of the 75th Anniversary of the Karol Lipiński Academy of Music in Wrocław under the honorary patronage of the Rector of His Magnificence, Prof. Dr. Hab. Krystian Kiełb.

The event was also held under the patronage of the President of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej Duda. The premiere took place on May 26, 2024, at the Wrocław Opera.

Musical Direction: Bassem Akiki
Director: Tomasz Janczak
Assistant directors: Jacek Jaskuła, Agnieszka Wilczewska
Stage movement: Elżbieta Lejman-Krzysztyniak
Tutors: Michał Michalski, Katarzyna Neugebauer, Justyna Skoczek

Soloists:

  • Zuzanna – Magdalena Józefów
  • Figaro – Radosław Palczak
  • The Countess – Alicja Turowska
  • Count – Damian Szczepański
  • Marcelina – Katarzyna Mandla
  • Cherubino – Paweł Szlachta
  • Basilio – Dominik Kozłowski
  • Bartolo – Mikołaj Klyta
  • Barbarina – Monika Brzezińska
  • Gardener – Michał Zborowski
  • Don Curzio – Daniel Babuśka

    Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Karol Lipiński Academy of Music
    in Wrocław


(Photos: Wojciech Palacz)

Zygmunt Krauze The Star, Monodrama IV

This master's thesis performance is a personal initiative and the subject of the student's written work. It is the fourth version of Zygmunt Krauze's chamber opera entitled The Star consulted and signed by the composer himself. The premiere took place on June 29, 2024 at the Karol Lipiński Academy of Music in Wrocław.

Composition: Zygmunt Krauze
Libretto: Zygmunt Krauze/Helmut Kajzar
Music production/video set design: Berenika Wojnar
Direction: Agnieszka Raczkowiak
Text preparation: Agnieszka Raczkowiak/Alicja Turowska
Video materials: Karolina Płanik
Nagranie audio: Horacy Rodzeń-Jarosz
Artistic supervision:
dr hab. Robert Kurdybacha,
dr hab. Olga Ksenicz

Star: Alicja Turowska

(Photos: Przemysław Jarosz)

 Safe Space, directed by Adriana Bendžalová

Safe Space is a short 2D animated film, that explores themes of female friendship, identity and loss.

The plot: A fun loving alien Nova and her two (human) best friends are going on a long hike to a secret spot in the woods, where they can witness a portal opening that shows Nova’s Home planet. But after they reach their destination, not everything is as they hoped
it would be.

Safe Space is a short 2D animated film that explores themes of female friendship, identity, and loss.

Plot: Fun-loving alien Nova and her two (human) best friends go on a long trek to a secret location in the forest, where they might witness the opening of a portal that reveals Nova's home planet. However, upon reaching their destination,
not everything is as they expected.

Nova – Alicja Turowska
Zori – Ada Chełmińska
Olya – Monika Bilska

Direction: Adriana Bendžalová
Sound recording: Mariusz Menes (SeeSound Studio Łódź)

Fakulta multimediálních komunikací UTB Zlín

 Bodyships 2025, directed by Blanka Kęstowicz

Bodyships 2025 This is a stage hybrid; a musical-multimedia performance with elements of contemporary opera, directed by Blanka Kęstowicz, portraying a love relationship between people separated by light-years. Their communication occurs through radio signals – communicative snippets of information – maps and symbols. It is also the story of their virtual child.
The form of this stage hybrid is based on a dialogue between film and theatrical staging – two parallel time-spaces. These harmonize with the music composed by Maria Łojko, a student at the Academy of Music in Łódź, and the libretto written by Blanka Kęstowicz. The main issue addressed in this stage hybrid is isolation. The theme of transhumanism also appears, provoking questions about moral boundaries and the future of humanity. In this performance, it functions under the guise of digital video. The world has been transferred to the digital, has passed its vanishing point, and appears on screen.
like its reflection. Or perhaps it's a disorienting series of reflections that brings us closer to the mystery?
 
The project is a collaboration between students from the Magdalena Abakanowicz University of Arts in Poznań and the Academy of Music in Łódź. The performance was created as part of the diploma work of Blanka Kęstowicz, a third-year undergraduate student specializing in Experimental Film.
  • WSK Studio w Poznaniu, 12.06.2025 r. (premiera)
  • 85. Festiwal Musica Moderna w Łodzi, 27.06.2025 r.

    Szczegóły: 


(Photos: Paulina Ratajczyk)
 

SCREENPLAY / DIRECTING / FILM (cinema and editing), PRODUCTION, ROLE OF THE MOTHER:
Blanka Kęstowicz
IN THE LEADING ROLE:
Alicja Turowska – COMET 
Piotr Ramlau  – SCIENTIST
MUSIC:
Maria Łojko 
CONDUCTOR / MUSIC DIRECTION:
Joanna Sykulska
PRODUCTION MANAGER:
Paulina Zimowska, Klaudia Pawlak 
DIRECTOR/PRODUCTION ASSISTANT:
Julia Mendyk 
SOUND RECORDING:
Kacper Stępiński
CHOIR composed of:
sopranos: Anna Ludek, Maja Ciesielska, Monika Dolata
alts: Dasha Cisykowa, Marta Sufryd
tenors: Jędrzej Michalski 
bass: Piotr Balewski, Piotr Sadowski, Mateusz Dura 
INSTRUMENTALISTS:
vibraphone and snare drum: Matylda Nalepa 
timpanis: Alicja Mazurek
GUIDE:
Maja Przybylska 
PROJECTION MASTER:
SOCIAL MEDIA / ON-SET HELP:
Maria Wilhelmi 
ARTISTIC SUPERVISION:
dr Anna Konik 
PROJECT SUPPORTED BY:
Poznań #poznanwspiera
Polish Film Institute
Grażyna and Kiejstut Bacewicz Academy of Music in Łódź
Together for Sport Association – Posnania Swimming Pool
VIA ACTIVA – SOCIAL EDUCATIONAL AND ARTISTIC ASSOCIATION
WSK Studio
Department of Acoustics – Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
PRODUCER: Blanka Kęstowicz

KOPRODUCENT: Katedra Filmu Eksperymentalnego Uniwersytetu Artystycznego w Poznaniu