Opera as a place of memory. “The Passenger” by Mieczysław Weinberg. 2017 in Gelsenkirchen
Musiktheater im Revier Gelsenkirchen
The Passager
An opera in two acts by Mieczysław Weinberg
Libretto by Alexander Medwedew based on the novel of the same name by Zofia Posmysz (1962)
In German, Polish, Russian, French, Czech, Yiddish and English with German surtitles.
First concert performance
25th December 2006, in the “Stanislavski and Nemirowitsch-Dantschenko Music Theatre” in Moscow
First full production
21st July 2010, Bregenzer Festspiele
In repertoire in Gelsenkirchen
28th January to 23rd April 2017
The performances in Gelsenkirchen were accompanied by a comprehensive programme of side events, including two exhibitions on Zofia Posmysz, conceived by the Museum of Contemporary Art in Kraków (Muzeum Sztuki Współczesnej in Krakau, MOCAK). One of the exhibitions on Zofia Posmysz was shown in the foyer of the Gelsenkirchen Musiktheater im Revier: the other took place in the Centre for Persecuted Art in the Solingen Museum of Art.
Trailer by Gelsenkirchen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxBRolIg_7o
For further information on Zofia Posmysz (in Polish), see: http://culture.pl/pl/tworca/zofia-posmysz