Wąsik / Widlarz / Szmyt / Gdowiok / Załęska / Haxhidauti / Biłas / Reiss / Pawella / Mulawa / Kierkosz / Grzywacz / Sławecki / Kranik / Palmer / Szawiel / HASHTAG ENSEMBLE / Standera
binaural opera
Bartek Wąsik music director
Agnieszka Widlarz composer of arias, songs and other vocal forms
Julia Szmyt director
Ewa Gdowiok stage design
Joanna Załęska author of the binaural head design
Kreshnik Haxhidauti, Ewa Gdowiok, Julia Szmyt multimedia
Agata Biłas, Marek Reiss libretto
Damian Pawella lighting director
Maciej Mulawa recording and sound producer
Anna Kierkosz artistic concept, based on stories by Marek Reiss, texts of arias and other vocal forms
Marta Grzywacz vocals
Michał Sławecki vocals
Milena Kranik, Sean Palmer, Marek Reiss, Anna Szawiel actors
HASHTAG ENSEMBLE:
Marta Piórkowska violin
Krzysztof Kozłowski piano
Oliwier Andruszczenko clarinets
Magdalena Kordylasińska-Pękala percussion
Agata Zakrzewska vocals and vocal consultant
and children: Helena Bogusławska, Benjamin Evans
Andrzej Życzyński, Zuzanna Gardocka, Julianna Chrzanowska accessibility consultants
Justyna Józefowicz psychological consultant
Kosma Standera sound projection
Talking of Colours (2024)** (binaural opera for children about colours and shapes)
Binaural opera premiere and post-premiere show partners: Hashtag Lab – Contemporary Music Space, Guliwer Puppet Theatre
Post-premiere show organiser: Muzyka jest dla wszystkich / Music is for All Foundation
The post-premiere shows for organised groups have been co-financed by PFRON State Fund for Rehabilitation of Disabled People as part of the National Programme “Sensitive Culture” and by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage’s Culture Promotion Fund - a state special purpose fund as part of the Programme “Accessible Culture.”
** first performance