Joanna Freszel soprano (Journalist)
Agata Zubel soprano (Architect)
Filip Kosior actor (Guide)
SINFONIA VARSOVIA
TEATR WIELKI - POLISH NATIONAL OPERA CHOIR 
Łukasz Hermanowicz choirmaster
WŁADYSŁAW SKORACZEWSKI “ARTOS” CHILDREN’S CHOIR
Danuta Chmurska choirmaster 
VOCAL OCTET:
Monika Łopuszyńska, Monika Sasinowska sopranos
Roksana Maria Maciejczuk, Elwira Janasik altos
Paweł Kowalewski, Emil Ławecki tenors
Michał Dembiński, Przemysław Szkodziński basses
Justyna Białowąs, Maria Bijak, Katarzyna Hołtra-Kleiber, Zuzanna Kasprzyk, Katarzyna Koziorz, Agata Pankowska, Oliwia Przybyłowicz, Marek Bula, Stanisław Bulder, Daniel Leżoń, Dawid Sozański, Daniel Stanko dancers
Cezary Duchnowski, Marcin Rupociński electronic layer, media programming
Bassem Akiki conductor
Beniamin M. Bukowski libretto  
Barbara Wiśniewska direction
Natalia Kitamikado stage design
Emil Wysocki costumes
Maćko Prusak choreography
Marcin Cecko dramaturgy 
Aleksandr Prowaliński lights direction 
Bartek Macias video projection
Mateusz Stępniak make-up
 
Cezary Duchnowski The Best City in the World. An Opera About Warsaw (2023–2024)**
opera in 16 scenes to a libretto by Beniamin M. Bukowski based on Grzegorz Piątek’s book Najlepsze miasto świata. Warszawa w odbudowie 1944–1949 [The Best City in the World. Warsaw Reconstructed 1944–49]
(Sinfonia Varsovia commission thanks to the financial support of the City of Warsaw)

An Opera about Warsaw: not only a story about the tragic and glorious pages of the city’s history, but also a very contemporary work about the life of a metropolis suspended between the architects and urban planners’ projects, politicians’ ideologies, and the needs and dreams of its residents. About the fate of communities and individuals. A story about the past and the present.



Co-producers: Teatr Wielki - Polish National Opera, Sinfonia Varsovia 
Financed by the Capital City of Warsaw, the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage
Patron of the world premiere of the Teatr Wielki - Polish National Opera: ORLEN
Supported by Musuem of Warsaw
Media patrons: VOGUE, polmic.pl

In the original Polish with Polish and English surtitles.
** world premiere