Magical Mountain – premiere at Nowy Teatr

Paweł Mykietyn's opera directed by Andrzej Chyra returns in a new cast, featuring soloists of the Opera Academy of the Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera. The libretto by Małgorzata Sikorska-Miszczuk, inspired by Tomasz Mann's novel, does not summarize the literary original but draws out its atmosphere – an image of Europe steeped in tension and awaiting impending catastrophe. Hans Castorp arrives at the Berghof sanatorium in Davos, Switzerland, for a cure. Instead of regaining his health, however, he gradually approaches a world suspended between life and death. A dreamlike tale of love, betrayal and transience becomes at the same time a diagnosis of reality that disturbingly resembles the present day. Mykietyn's music combines arias, swing, rock improvisation and pop song with an electronic sound layer. The performance is presented in set design by Mirosław Bałka.