2019 Events in Krakow

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Misteria Paschalia Krakow Easter festival of classical music takes place throughout Holy Week i.e. April 15th thru April 22nd 2019

April 2nd, Tuesday: Canada’s singer-songwriter Shawn Mendes performs – Shawn Mendes: The Tour – in Tauron Arena Krakow, 7 Lema street, at 8 pm.
April 4th, Thursday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra plus Joanna Trafas perform George Gershwin’s music, namely Promenade (Walking the dog), songs Lady be good, I've got rhytm, The man I love, Summertime, Somebody loves me, An American in Paris, Strike Up the Band march, Funny Face suite, and 3 Preludes in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 pm (admission 30 PLN).
April 5th, Friday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra plus Joanna Trafas perform George Gershwin’s music, namely Promenade (Walking the dog), songs Lady be good, I've got rhytm, The man I love, Summertime, Somebody loves me, An American in Paris, Strike Up the Band march, Funny Face suite, and 3 Preludes in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 pm (admission 30 PLN).
Krakow Opera Company produces Richard Wagner’s “Tannhauser” in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 pm (admission 120 PLN).
April 7th, Sunday: Krakow Opera Company produces Richard Wagner’s “Tannhauser” in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 pm (admission 120 PLN).  
April 11th, Thursday: Show WALKING WITH DINOSAURS – THE ARENA SPECTACULAR takes place in Tauron Arena Krakow at 7 Lema street.
April 12th, Friday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Charles Olivieri-Munroe plus soprano render Bedrich Smetana’s string quartet no.1 in E minor From My Life, Richard Strauss’s Four Last Songs, and Antonin Dvorak’s A Hero’s Songs symphonic poem op. 111  in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7.30 pm (admission 55 PLN).
Show WALKING WITH DINOSAURS – THE ARENA SPECTACULAR takes place in Tauron Arena Krakow at 7 Lema street.
April 13th, Saturday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Charles Olivieri-Munroe plus soprano render Bedrich Smetana’s string quartet no.1 in E minor From My Life, Richard Strauss’s Four Last Songs, and Antonin Dvorak’s A Hero’s Songs symphonic poem op. 111  in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 pm (admission 55 PLN).
Show WALKING WITH DINOSAURS – THE ARENA SPECTACULAR takes place in Tauron Arena Krakow at 7 Lema street.
April 14th, Sunday: Krakow Opera Company produces Verdi’s “Requiem” in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 pm (admission 100 PLN).
April 15th, Monday: Hungary’s alto Dalma Krajnyak, Italy’s tenor Luca Cervoni and bass Marco Bussi plus Poland’s Chor Polskiego Radia choir and Italy’s Cappella Neapolitana ensemble with conductor Antonio Florio render Gaetano Veneziano’s Passio Domini Nostri Jesu Christi Secundum Johannem in Kosciol sw. Katarzyny church, 7 Augustianska street and Skaleczna street, at 7 pm.
Italy’s Ensemble Micrologus performs O dolce amor Yesu medieval laude, Madonna Santa Maria, Chi vol lo mondo disprezzare, Dami conforto & Salterello, O Vergineta bella, O dolce amor Yesu, Memento mei o Sacra Virgo Pia, Plangiamo quel crudel basciare, De la crudel morte de Cristo, Onne omo ad alta voce, Sepulto Domino, Madre de peccatori Vergine pura,, Pecorelle pien d’errore - lauda di M. Castellani, Horamai sono in eta - lauda di Feo Belcari, Gloria (Frammento di Foligno), and Jesu Cristo glorioso in Kosciol sw. Krzyza church, sw. Krzyza street and Plac sw. Ducha square, at 10 pm.
April 16th, Tuesday: Italy’s countertenor Filippo Mineccia with Poland’s {oh!} Orkiestra Historyczna early music ensemble perform arias and overtures from Pietro Metastasio’s Passione di Cristo in Kosciol sw. Katarzyny church, 7 Augustianska street and Skaleczna street, at 7 pm.
Italy’s I Bassifondi ensemble with Simone Vallerotonda theorbo and baroque guitar player render Giovanni Paolo Foscarini’s Gagliarda francese, Passacaglio sopra la O, and Aria di Firenze per la A e C, Hieronimus Kapsberger’s Toccata II, Sfessania, Passacaglia, and Colascione, Antonio Carbonchi’s Scaramanzie and Mariona, Angelo Michele Bartolotti’s Passacaglia per la D, Francesco Corbetta’s Passacaglia per la X, Alessandro Piccinini’s Partite sopra l’aria francese detta l’alemana, Gaspar Sanz’s Jacaras, Santiago de Murcia’s Folias gallegas, Zarambeques o Muecas, and Tarantelas in Kosciol sw. Krzyza church, sw. Krzyza street and Plac sw. Ducha square, at 10 pm.
April 17th, Wednesday: Krakow’s Capella Cracoviensis ensemble and choir with conductor Jan Tomasz Adamus render Mikolaj Zielenski’s In monte Oliveti, Asprilio Pacelli’s Media nocte, Mikolaj Zielenski’s Vox in Rama - 4 in festo Sanctorum Innocentorum, Terra tremuit et quievit, Per signum Crucis (in festo Inventionis Sanctae Crucis), Bartlomiej Pekiel’s Dulcis amor Jesu, Asprilio Pacelli’s Christus resurgens, and finally Mikolaj Zielenski’s Magnificat in Kosciol sw. Katarzyny church, 7 Augustianska street and Skaleczna street, at 7 pm.
Switzerland’s Voces Suaves ensemble and choir plus Concerto Scirocco ensemble perform Amante Franzoni’s Due sinfonie a otto ,Giaches de Wert’s Amen, amen dico vobis: Prima pars, Luca Marenzio’s Iniquos odio habui, Giaches de Wert’s Non turbetur cor vestrum (Paraclitus autem Spiritus Sanctus: Secunda pars), Luca Marenzio’s Antequam comedam: Prima pars, Giaches de Wert’s Peccavi super numerum: Prima pars and Tamquam ovis: Prima pars, Salamone Rossi’s Sinfonia Undecima e Sinfonia grave, Luca Marenzio’s Deus venerunt gente, Giaches de Wert’s O Crux ave, spes unica, Quiescat vox tua: Prima pars, and O altitudo divitiarum in Kosciol sw. Krzyza church, sw. Krzyza street and Plac sw. Ducha square, at 10 pm.
April 18th, Thursday: Italy’s soprano Sonia Tedla, alto Enrico Torre, tenor Luca Cervoni, and bass Salvo Vitale plus Concerto Italiano ensemble and Poland’s Cracow Singers choir with conductor Rinaldo Alessandrini render Antonio Vivaldi’s Credo in E minor RV 591 for choir and strings, Antonio Maria Bononcini’s Stabat Mater in C minor for soloists, choir and strings, and Leonardo Leo’s Miserere for double choir, 8 voices and continuo in the ICE Krakow Congress Center, 17 Konopnickiej street and Monte Casino street, at 8 pm.
April 19th, Friday: Sopranos Italy’s Leslie Visco and Poland’s Anna Zawisza, Italy’s  alto Marta Fumagalli, tenor Alessio Tosi, bass Giuseppe Naviglio, and Cappella Neapolitana ensemble with conductor Antonio Florio perform Domenico Antonio Nola’s Tristes erant Apostoli and Pietro Marchitelli’s Concerto grosso no. 11 in A minor, Homo et Angelus, Ecce Nunc Benedicite, Stabat Mater, Sacramento Laudes, and Ecce nunc Benedicite in the ICE Krakow Congress Center, 17 Konopnickiej street and Monte Casino street, at 8 pm.
April 20th, Saturday: Concert of early music Lu Cuntu de la Passiuni features Italy’s tenor Pino de Vittorio plus Laboratorio ‘600 ensemble with theorbo player Franco Pavan performing Lu Cuntu de la Passiuni, Chi devote, Tarantella della Passione, Passacaglio de li muorti, Si parte la Madonna, Ascanio Mayone’s Toccata terza, Passioni Nostro Signuri (anon.), Canzona a morto / Sonata dopo la canzone (anon.), La morte di Gesu (anon.), Aria grica (anon.), Lamento della Santa Maria Maddalena al sepolcro di Gesu risorto (anon.), and Tarantella (anon.) in one of the Wieliczka Salt Mine’s subterranean chambers at 8 pm.
April 22nd, Monday: Concert Festa Napolitana features Italy’s soprano Roberta Invernizzi and tenor Pino de Vittorio plus Cappella Neapolitana ensemble with conductor Antonio Florio performing Pietro Antoni Giramo’s Pazzia venuta da Napoli: La Pazza a voce sola, Francesco Provenzale’s Aria di Scaccia: Me sento ‘na cosa, Domenico Sarro’s Sinfonia, Francesco Manzini’s Aria: Canta e du caro usignolo, Michel Angiolo Faggioli’s Cantata in napoletano: ’Sto Paglietta presuntuso, Giovanni Paisiello’s Duetto di Pulcinella e Carmosina: Gioia de ‘st’arma mia, Leonardo Vinci’s Concerto per flauto dolce e archi (Amoroso – Adagio – Allegro) and Aria: Scendi da questo soglio(Il Trionfo di Camilla), Michele Mascitti’s Passacaglia per archi, and Giuseppe Petrini’s Graziello e Nella (intermezzo buffo a 2 voci) in the ICE Krakow Congress Center, 17 Konopnickiej street and Monte Casino street, at 6 pm.
April 24th, Wednesday: Canada’s Turgeon Piano Duo play Valery Gavrilyn’s Sketches (selection), Anne Louise-Turgeon’s Winter at Gros Cap, Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini op. 43, Derek Charke’s Drift, Maurice Ravel’s Spanish Rhapsody, and Johannes Brahms’s Variations on a Theme of  Haydn op. 56b in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 pm.
April 25th, Thursday: Krakow Opera Company produces Fred Apke's “Teresica - una passion” show based on the Spanish Baroque music in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 pm (admission 35 PLN).
April 26th, Friday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir perform Anton Bruckner’s symphony no. 9 in D minor and Te Deum in C major in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7.30 pm.
Krakow Opera Company produces Fred Apke's “Teresica - una passion” show based on the Spanish Baroque music in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 pm (admission 35 PLN).
April 27th, Saturday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir perform Anton Bruckner’s symphony no. 9 in D minor and Te Deum in C major in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 pm.
April 28th, Sunday: Poland’s harpsichordist Paulina Tkaczyk, oboist Mariusz Pedzialek, guitarist Malgorzata Wlodarczyk and bassist Wlodzimierz Gazdeczka perform chamber music in the Kosciol sw. Marcina church, 58 Grodzka street, at 6 pm (free admission).

Entertainment events in Krakow planned for May 2019.

May 4th, Saturday: Krakow Opera Company produces Stanislaw Moniuszko’s “The Haunted Manor” in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 pm (admission 120 PLN).
UK’s pop rock star Elton John performs – “Farewell Yellow Brick Road” tour - in Tauron Arena Krakow at 7 Lema street.
May 5th, Sunday: Krakow Opera Company produces Stanislaw Moniuszko’s “The Haunted Manor” in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 pm (admission 120 PLN).
May 7th, Tuesday: Krakow Opera Company produces Stanislaw Moniuszko’s “Beata” operetta in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 pm (admission 60 PLN).
Spain’s pop star Enrique Iglesias performs – All the Hits Live tour – in Tauron Arena Krakow, 7 Lema street, at 8 pm (admission 299 PLN).
May 8th, Wednesday: Poland’s soprano Anna Ciula-Pehlken and pianist Stefan Irmer perform songs by Karol Szymanowsk, Joseph Marx, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, and Sergei Rachmaninoff in the Jagiellonian University's Collegium Novum, 24 Golebia street at Planty gardens, at 7 pm (admission 30 PLN).
May 10th, Friday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Charles Olivieri-Munroe plus violinist Irmina Trynkos render Richard Wagner’s Tannhauser overture, Johannes Brahms’s violin concerto in D major op. 77, and Carl Reinecke’s symphony no. 2 in C minor op. 134 Hakon Jarl in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7.30 pm (admission 55 PLN).
Krakow Opera Company produces Georges Bizet's 'Carmen' in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 pm (admission 120 PLN).
May 11th, Saturday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Charles Olivieri-Munroe plus violinist Irmina Trynkos render Richard Wagner’s Tannhauser overture, Johannes Brahms’s violin concerto in D major op. 77, and Carl Reinecke’s symphony no. 2 in C minor op. 134 Hakon Jarl in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 pm (admission 55 PLN).
May 12th, Sunday: Krakow Opera Company produces Georges Bizet's 'Carmen' in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 pm (admission 120 PLN).
May 17th, Friday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Rafal Janiak plus Korea’s soprano Yeree Suh and Poland’s organist Lukasz Mateja and harpsichordist Malgorzata Isphording perform Boguslaw Schaeffer’s Maj from sonata no. 1 for organ, Wojciech Widlak’s Wziemiewziecie for orchestra organ, Zygmunt Krauze’s Suite de danses et de chansons for harpsichord and orchestra, Zbigniew Bujarski’s Lumen for symphonic orchestra, and Toshio Hosokawa’s Klage for soprano and orchestra in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7.30 pm (admission 55 PLN).
Krakow Opera Company produces Ignacy Jan Paderewski's 'Manru' in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 pm (admission 120 PLN).
May 18th, Saturday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Rafal Janiak plus Korea’s soprano Yeree Suh and Poland’s organist Lukasz Mateja and harpsichordist Malgorzata Isphording perform Boguslaw Schaeffer’s Maj from sonata no. 1 for organ, Wojciech Widlak’s Wziemiewziecie for orchestra organ, Zygmunt Krauze’s Suite de danses et de chansons for harpsichord and orchestra, Zbigniew Bujarski’s Lumen for symphonic orchestra, and Toshio Hosokawa’s Klage for soprano and orchestra in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 pm (admission 55 PLN).
May 19th, Sunday: Krakow Opera Company produces Ignacy Jan Paderewski's 'Manru' in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 pm (admission 120 PLN).
May 23rd, Thursday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra plays classical music in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 pm (admission 30 PLN).
London’s jazz-funk band, Jamiroquai, performs in Tauron Arena Krakow, 7 Lema street, at 8 pm (admission 289 PLN).
May 24th, Friday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra plays classical music in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 pm (admission 30 PLN).
Krakow Opera Company produces Giorgio Madia's “Cinderella” ballet show based on Gioacchino Rossini operatic music in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 11 am (admission 40 PLN).
May 25th, Saturday: Krakow Opera Company produces Giorgio Madia's “Cinderella” ballet show based on Gioacchino Rossini operatic music in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 pm (admission 100 PLN).
May 26th, Sunday: Poland’s harpsichordist Marek Toporowski plus flutists Lukasz Dlugosz and Agata Dlugosz perform chamber music in the Kosciol sw. Marcina church, 58 Grodzka street, at 6 pm (free admission).
Krakow Opera Company produces Giorgio Madia's “Cinderella” ballet show based on Gioacchino Rossini operatic music in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 pm (admission 100 PLN).
May 29th, Wednesday: Korea’s violinist Bomsori Kim and Poland’s pianist Rafal Blechacz play Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Sonata in F major KV 376, Gabriel Faure’s Sonata in A major op. 13 No. 1, Claud Debussy’s Sonata in G minor, and Karol Szymanowski’s Sonata in D minor op. 9 in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 pm.
May 30th, Thursday: The Netherlands’ violinist, conductor, and comedian André Rieu performs his show in Tauron Arena Krakow, 7 Lema street, at 8 pm (tickets from 190 PLN).
May 31st, Friday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir with conductor Stefanos Tsialis plus soprano Jolanta Kowalska-Pawlikowska render Stanislaw Moniuszko’s Paria opera overture, Francis Poulenc’s Gloria, and Arthur Honegger’s symphony no. 3 „Symphonie Liturgique” in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7.30 pm.

Krakow events anticipated in June 2019.

June 1st, Saturday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir with conductor Stefanos Tsialis plus soprano Jolanta Kowalska-Pawlikowska render Stanislaw Moniuszko’s Paria opera overture, Francis Poulenc’s Gloria, and Arthur Honegger’s symphony no. 3 „Symphonie Liturgique” in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 pm.
June 6th, Thursday: USA’s pop rock band Maroon 5 performs, Red Pill Blues Tour, in Tauron Arena Krakow, Lema street at 7:30 pm (tickets from 199 PLN to 800 PLN).
June 7th, Friday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Charles Olivieri-Munroe plus France’s pianist Cyprien Katsaris play Johann Sebastian Bach’s piano concerto in F minor BWV 1056, Franz Schubert’s Fantasia in C major Wanderer-Fantasie op. 15 D.760, and Richard Strauss’s Also sprach Zarathustra op. 30 in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7.30 pm.
June 8th, Saturday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Charles Olivieri-Munroe plus France’s pianist Cyprien Katsaris play Johann Sebastian Bach’s piano concerto in F minor BWV 1056, Franz Schubert’s Fantasia in C major Wanderer-Fantasie op. 15 D.760, and Richard Strauss’s Also sprach Zarathustra op. 30 in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 pm.
June 11th, Tuesday: Impact Festival 2019 features rock bands TOOL, Alice In Chains, and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club in Tauron Arena Krakow, 7 Lema street.
June 14th, Friday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra, Mixed Choir, and Boys Choir with conductor Charles Olivieri-Munroe plus mezzo-soprano Agnieszka Rehlis perform Gustav Mahler’s symphony no. 3 in D minor in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7.30 pm.
June 15th, Saturday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra, Mixed Choir, and Boys Choir with conductor Charles Olivieri-Munroe plus mezzo-soprano Agnieszka Rehlis perform Gustav Mahler’s symphony no. 3 in D minor in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 pm.
June 18th, Tuesday: USA's rock band KISS performs - End of the Road tour - in Tauron Arena Krakow, Lema street at 7 pm (tickets from 185 PLN).
June 21st, Friday: UK’s rock star Rod Stewart performs - Rod Stewart Live in Concert tour - in Tauron Arena Krakow, Lema street at 6 pm (tickets from 440 PLN).
June 22th, Saturday: England’s rock band, Muse, performs – SIMULATION THEORY WORLD TOUR – in Tauron Arena Krakow, 7 Lema street, at 6 pm (tickets 395 PLN).
June 28th, Friday: Canada’s smooth jazz singer-pianist Diana Krall performs in Tauron Arena Krakow, 7 Lema street, at 8 pm (tickets 419 PLN). 
June 30th, Sunday: Poland’s harpsichordist Jan Baciak plus sopranos Magdalena Barylak and Dorota Mentel perform chamber music in the Kosciol sw. Marcina church, 58 Grodzka street, at 6 pm (free admission).

Events in Krakow scheduled for July 2019.

32nd ULICA International Street Theatre Festival takes place in Krakow July 4th through July 7th with simultaneous alfresco performances in the central square and other public spaces.

July 3rd, Wednesday: France’s countertenor Philippe Jaroussky sings in the ICE Krakow Congress Center, 17 Konopnickiej street and Monte Casino street, at 3:30 pm and again at 7:30 pm (tickets from 56 PLN to 200 PLN).
July 10th, Wednesday: UK’s rocker Mark Knopfler performs, Down The Road Wherever Tour, in Tauron Arena Krakow, Lema street (tickets from 150 PLN).

Krakow events in August 2019.

Music in Old Cracow festival takes place August 15th through August 31st with daily concerts of classical music in Krakow's historic churches and other venues.

Entertainment events in Krakow expected in September 2019.

September 9th, Monday: USA’s singer-songwriter Ariana Grande performs in Tauron Arena Krakow, Lema street at 7:30 pm (tickets from 199 PLN).
September 20th, Friday: Canada’s pop jazz singer Michael Buble performs in Tauron Arena Krakow, Lema street.

Krakow Entertainment events planned for October 2019.