Opera Bałtycka w Gdańsku
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Baltic Opera · Gdańsk
5 Nov 2026
PLN 43 – PLN 136.50
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Production
Opera
– Baltic Opera, Gdańsk
- Date
- Thursday, 5 November 2026
- Time
- 19:00
- Duration
- 02:45
- Venue
- Baltic Opera
- Address
- Aleja Zwycięstwa 15, 80-219 Gdańsk, Poland
- City
- Gdańsk
- Organisation
- Opera Bałtycka w Gdańsku
- Language
- Italian
- Price range
- PLN 43 – PLN 136.50
About this event
The Baltic Opera’s staging of Rigoletto relocates the action to an unspecified time and place to examine how small social communities inevitably form hierarchies and dependencies. The focus is on the morality and value systems each individual brings to the group, often at odds with traditional social norms. At the centre stands Rigoletto—the prince’s jester—one of Verdi’s most complex figures who defies one‑dimensional judgment. Verdi’s intensely suggestive, emotionally charged score amplifies the libretto’s bitter reflection on the world and human nature. The production underscores the timelessness of the themes and the raw power of the drama. The famous tenor aria La donna è mobile, which became an instant hit after the premiere, emerges as a cynical counterpoint to the tragedy.
Cast & creative
Conductor
Yaroslav Shemet- R
Stage director
Romuald Wicza-Pokojski 
Assistant Stage Director
Tomasz Podsiadły- H
Set designer
Hanna Wójcikowska-Szymczak - H
Costume designer
Hanna Wójcikowska-Szymczak - K
Assistant Set Designer
Karolina Kociołkowska - K
Assistant Costume Designer
Karolina Kociołkowska - S
Choreographer
Sayaka Haruna-Kondracka - B
Choreographer
Bartosz Kondracki - M
Multimedia designer
Michal Lewandowski - P
Lighting designer
Paulina Góral-Stykowska - M
Assistant Lighting Designer
Maciej Kaczerski 
Répétiteur
Michał Krężlewski- A
Chorus Master
Agnieszka Długołęcka - M
Giovanna
Magdalena Nanowska - R
The Count of Ceprano
Rafał Sambor