The mystery play of the Kraków Chamber Opera merges music of Antonio Vivaldi and Giovanni Battista Pergolesi with elements of actor play, scenic movement, costumes and set design. The play enchant the audience with beautiful and expressive sacral music, full of emotions and lyricism, characteristic of the Neapolitan School of the 18th century.
Stabat Mater is a 13th-century Christian hymn to Mary, which portrays her suffering as Jesus Christ's mother during his crucifixion. It is often ascribed to the Franciscan friar Jacopone da Todi. The title comes from its first line, "Stabat Mater dolorosa", which means "the sorrowful mother was standing". As a liturgical sequence, the Stabat Mater was suppressed, along with hundreds of other sequences, by the Council of Trent, but restored to the missal by Pope Benedict XIII in 1727 for the Feast of the Seven Dolours of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It has been set to music by many composers throughout the ages.
Antonio Vivaldi / Giovanni Battista Pergolesi – Stabat Mater, mystery play
Musical direction – Paweł Szczepański
Direction – Wacław Jankowski
Scenic movement – Jadwiga Leśniak-Jankowska
Costumes – Joanna Jaśko-Sroka
Łukasz Dulewicz (countertenor)
Sylwia Olszyńska (soprano)
Urszula Sadowińska-Pardyak, Ewelina Grzebinoga (Testes Passionis)
