Orpheus and Eurydice | Orfeo ed Euridice – dir. Mariusz Treliński, dir. Tv Kasia Adamik, 2011 | The National Audovisual Institute NAI, The Grand Theatre – National Opera

date: 03/08/2012 time: 22:00 place: Allianz Cinema film program: special screenings artistic program: theatre

PL | 2011 | 80 min
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The footage of a Christoph Willibald Gluck opera (the 1762 Vienna version), directed by Mariusz Treliński in the Grand Theatre – National Opera in Warsaw, recorded in November 2009. The show was co-produced by the Grand Theatre and the National Theatre in Bratislava. Following Treliński’s interpretation, the ancient story of Orpheus and Eurydice is translated into the environment of a contemporary housing estate. The director is not interested in the myth’s ambiguity but its personal thread which apply to anyone. The narrative is closer to Ingmar Bergman’s “Scenes from a Marriage” rather than the story’s classic version. Orpheus – a man inexperienced in life and love, unready for the loss of someone dear – journeys after his beloved Eurydice. The journey becomes a path into the self; it is an attempt at coping with the helplessness against death.

Mariusz Treliński (1962) Polish film, opera, and theatre director. Graduated from the Directing Faculty at the PWSFTViT Film School in Łódź. From May 2005 until August 2006 he was artistic director of the Grand Theatre in Warsaw (he was nominated for this post once more in October 2008). Winner of numerous awards, including the Chairman of the Cinematography Award for his directing debut “Farewell to Autumn” (1991), the Andrzej Munk Award (1991), the Karol Szymanowski Award for directing “King Roger” (2000), the Paszport Polityki award (2001), and the Norwid Award for directing “Don Giovanni.”