PARADISE LOST (Penderecki) Lodz 2023 Andrzej Pieczyński, Mariusz Godlewski, Joanna Freszel

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: Paradise Lost  
• Composer: Penderecki Krzysztof  
• Libretto: English libretto by Christopher Fry based on the 1667 epic poem of the same name by Milton    Libretto Text, Libretto Index
• Venue & Opera Company: Teatr Wielki, Lodz, Poland  
• Recorded: November 2023
• Type: Staged Opera Live
• Singers: Andrzej Pieczyński, Mariusz Godlewski, Joanna Freszel, Bartłomiej Misiuda, Agnieszka Makówka, Jan Jakub Monowid, Emil Ławecki, Rafał Pikała, Zbigniew Malak, Łukasz Motkowicz, Bernadetta Grabias
• Conductor: Rafal Janiak  
• Orchestra: ORCHESTRA OF THE GRAND THEATRE IN ŁÓDŹ  
• Chorus: CHILDREN'S AND YOUTH CHOIR OF THE GRAND THEATRE IN ŁÓDŹ  
• Chorus Master: Rafal Wiecha  
• Ballet: BALLET OF THE GRAND THEATRE IN ŁÓDŹ  
• Choreographer: Grzegorz Pańtak  
• Stage Director: Michal Znaniecki  
• Stage Designer: Luigi Scoglio  
• Costume Designer: Malgorzata Słoniowska  
• Lighting Designer: David Karolak   

Information about the Recording

• Published by: DUX  
• Date Published: 2024  
• Format: DVD
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: nosubs  
• Video Recording from: DUX     FULL VIDEO
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

Paradise Lost is an opera in two acts with music by Krzysztof Penderecki and an English libretto by Christopher Fry. The opera is based on the 1667 epic poem of the same name by Milton. Penderecki himself characterized the work as a Sacra Rappresentazione (sacred representation) rather than an opera. He wrote the opera on commission for the 1976 US Bicentennial celebrations. The first performance was given on 29 November 1978, at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. The same production was given at La Scala, Milan on 31 January 1979.

The opera is set in heaven, hell, and on earth at the dawn of creation, and is divided into 42 scenes.