Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir

The Choir was created on the initiative of prof. V. Bielecka and M. Nałęcz-Niesiołowski in March 2006. The core are artists who have been singing for many years in the Białystok Chamber Choir "Cantica Cantamus", led by the current conductor and artistic director of the choir – prof. V. Bielecka. Currently, the choir has the honor of collaborating with the Fryderyk Chopin National Institute in Warsaw, participating in subsequent editions of the International Music Festival "Chopin and His Europe", during which, together with Europa Galante, an Italian ensemble of instrumentalists specializing in early music performances, under the baton of Maestro F. Biondi, they presented concert versions of V. Bellini's operas "I Capuleti e i Montecchi" and "Norma" and G. Verdi's "Macbeth". The last work in the original Florentine version from 1847 was recorded by the ensembles and released by the Glossa label (2018). In 2018, as part of the celebration of the Moniuszko Year, both ensembles recorded two operas by S. Moniuszko: "Halka" and "The Haunted Manor", and in January 2019, on the stage of the Teatr Wielki Opera Narodowa in Warsaw, they inaugurated the Moniuszko Year with another joint performance, performing a concert a version of S. Moniuszko's "Halka" in Italian (in a 19th-century translation).

The excellent result of collaboration with the Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra includes numerous concerts and a recording of the oratorio "Quo vadis" op. 13 for soprano, baritone, bass, mixed choir, symphony orchestra and organ by F. Nowowiejski, as well as "Mythological Cantatas" by S. Moniuszko, "Nijoł" and "Mildo" conducted by Ł. Borowicz. In the years 2009-2012, the choir performed under the baton of the contemporary Polish composer Maestro K. Penderecki, with whom they performed his own works, including: Symphony No. 7 "The Seven Gates of Jerusalem", Symphony No. 8 "Songs of Transience", "Polish Requiem". The cooperation with the Association. L. van Beethoven resulted in CD recordings and presentations of concert versions of the following operas: "Euryanthe" by C.M. von Weber, "Maria Padilla" by G. Donizetti with the Polish Radio Orchestra conducted by Maestro Ł. Borowicz.

In addition to numerous artistic presentations related to the performance of a cappella and vocal-instrumental music, it performs as a choral group with skills in stage movement, acting and choreography. On the stage of the theater, the group performs in the operas "The Haunted Manor" by S. Moniuszko, "La Traviata" by G. Verdi, and "The Magic Flute" by W.A. Mozart, "Carmen" by G. Bizet, "La bohème" and "Turandot" by G. Puccini, in the musicals "Korczak" by Ch. Williams, "The Phantom of the Opera" by A. Lloyd Webber, "Fiddler on the Roof" by J. Bock and "Doctor Zhivago" by L. Simon, as well as in the operetta "Die Fledermaus", "The Gypsy Baron" by J. Strauss and "The Merry Widow" Franz Lehár. A wide range of his stage activities is enriched by the stage performance of P. Łukaszewski's mystery play "Via Crucis" (2023).
choir master
Violetta Bielecka
June 2025
01JUN '25sn, 12:00
Festiwal Słyszę Dobre Dźwięki 2025Handpan meditationsRelaxing music concert
01JUN '25sn, 13:00
Level 4. GalleryHELMUT NEWTON. MUSIC & PORTRAITSExhibition
01JUN '25sn, 13:00
Festiwal Słyszę Dobre Dźwięki 2025Sounds of the futureExhibition
01JUN '25sn, 17:00
Festiwal Słyszę Dobre Dźwięki 2025Efekt motylaFamily concertfor children with caregivers
TOMORROW06 JUNfr, 14:00
TOMORROW06 JUNfr, 15:00
TOMORROW06 JUNfr, 19:00
SYMPHONIC CONCERTS | Grandioso 2024/2025Classicism from Different SidesSymphonic concert
07JUN '25sa, 12:00
Level 4. GalleryHELMUT NEWTON. MUSIC & PORTRAITSExhibition
07JUN '25sa, 12:00
Festiwal Słyszę Dobre Dźwięki 2025Sounds of the futureExhibition
07JUN '25sa, 17:00
12JUN '25th, 19:00
CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERTS | Misterioso 2024/2025Baltic Guitar Days | Duo MelisChamber concert
13JUN '25fr, 14:00
13JUN '25fr, 15:00
13JUN '25fr, 19:00
SYMPHONIC CONCERTS | Grandioso 2024/2025Closing Concert of the 77th Artistic SeasonSymphonic concert
14JUN '25sa, 12:00
Level 4. GalleryHELMUT NEWTON. MUSIC & PORTRAITSExhibition
14JUN '25sa, 12:00
Festiwal Słyszę Dobre Dźwięki 2025Sounds of the futureExhibition
14JUN '25sa, 19:00
SYMPHONIC CONCERTS | Grandioso 2024/2025Closing Concert of the 77th Artistic SeasonSymphonic concert
15JUN '25sn, 12:00
Level 4. GalleryHELMUT NEWTON. MUSIC & PORTRAITSExhibition
15JUN '25sn, 12:00
Festiwal Słyszę Dobre Dźwięki 2025Sounds of the futureExhibition
16 JUN, mn, 19:00 - LUDVICO EINAUDI MUSICkoncert zewnętrzny
17JUN '25tu, 09:00
Donuta discovers copyChamber concertfor preschool and early school-age children
17JUN '25tu, 11:00
Donuta discovers copyChamber concertfor preschool and early school-age children
20JUN '25fr, 14:00
20JUN '25fr, 15:00
20JUN '25fr, 16:00
21JUN '25sa, 12:00
Level 4. GalleryHELMUT NEWTON. MUSIC & PORTRAITSExhibition
21JUN '25sa, 21:00
PHILHARMONIC LIGHT | Brillante 2024/2025 | Muzyka na wodzieMuzyka na wodzie Jana WaraczewskiegoConcert
22JUN '25sn, 12:00
Level 4. GalleryHELMUT NEWTON. MUSIC & PORTRAITSExhibition
27JUN '25fr, 14:00
27JUN '25fr, 15:00
27JUN '25fr, 21:00
PHILHARMONIC LIGHT | Brillante 2024/2025Film Music at the Amfitheater |80th birthday of SzczecinSymphonic concert
28JUN '25sa, 12:00
Level 4. GalleryHELMUT NEWTON. MUSIC & PORTRAITSExhibition
29JUN '25sn, 12:00
Level 4. GalleryHELMUT NEWTON. MUSIC & PORTRAITSExhibition
July 2025
2025
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