The Best City in the World is a musical tribute to the massive effort of raising Warsaw from near-annihilation and also a powerful symbolic reference to the fates of other cities and nations, even happening now.
Commissioned by Sinfonia Varsovia orchestra with support from the City of Warsaw authorities, the composer selected via a competition; with a libretto by Beniamin Bukowski based on the acclaimed book "The Best City in the World: Rebuilding Warsaw 1945-1949" by Grzegorz Piątek.
The production is directed by Barbara Wiśniewska, conducted by Bassem Akiki and the two principal parts are sung by Agata Zubel and Joanna Freszel.
Grzegorz Piątek, the opera's dramaturgist Marcin Cecko, and the new General Director of the National Opera Boris Kudlička, spoke to Elżbieta Krajewska.