2019 / 2020 Events in Krakow

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January 1st, Wednesday New Year Day: New Year’s concert features Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Antoni Wit playing music by Stanislaw Moniuszko, Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Aram Chachaturian, Leonard Bernstein, Jacques Offenbach, Camille Saint-Saens, and Josef Strauss, Johannes Strauss in Nowohuckie Centrum Kultury culture centre, 232 al. Jana Pawla II, at 6 pm.
Concert "On a Certain Lovely Evening" features operatic music in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 pm (admission 220 PLN).
January 4th, Saturday: Concert of carols features Krakow Philharmonic Choir plus organist Henryk Jan Botor in the Bazylika oo. Karmelitow Na Piasku church, 19 Karmelicka street and Garbarska street, at 5 pm.
New Year's subterranean concert features the singers and orchestra of Krakow Opera Company in the Wieliczka Salt Mine at 6 pm.
January 5th, Sunday: New Year's subterranean concert features the singers and orchestra of Krakow Opera Company in the Wieliczka Salt Mine at 6 pm.
January 10th, Friday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Ender Sakpinar plus trumpeter Wojciech Kaszuba render Antonin Dvorak’s Slavonic Dances op. 46 nos. 6-8 op.72 no. 2, Alexander Borodin’s Polovtsian Dances, Jacques Loussier’s trumpet concerto, and Joseph Packales’s Tour/Retour: Tango in Nowohuckie Centrum Kultury culture centre, 232 al. Jana Pawla II, at 7:30 pm.
Krakow Opera Company produces Leonard Bernstein's 'Candide' operetta in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 pm (admission 120 PLN).
January 11th, Saturday: Krakow Opera Company produces Leonard Bernstein's 'Candide' operetta in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 pm (admission 120 PLN).
January 12th, Sunday: Krakow Opera Company produces Leonard Bernstein's 'Candide' operetta in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 pm (admission 120 PLN).
January 17th, Friday: Krakow Opera Company produces Johann Strauss’s “The Bat” operetta in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 pm (admission 120 PLN)
January 18th, Saturday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra and Female Choir with China’s conductor Muhai Tang and violinist Susan Tang render He Zhanhao’s and Chen Gang’s The Butterfly Lovers violin concerto plus Frantz Liszt’s Dante Symphony in ZPSM Mieczyslawa Karlowicza, Centrum E, at 6 pm.
Krakow Opera Company produces Johann Strauss’s “The Bat” operetta in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 pm (admission 120 PLN)
January 19th, Sunday: Krakow Opera Company produces Johann Strauss’s “The Bat” operetta in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 pm (admission 120 PLN)
January 22nd, Wednesday: Poland’s Messages Quartet play Stanislaw Moniuszko’s string quartet, Alexandre Tansman’s Tryptyk for string quartet, and Krzysztof Penderecki’s string quartet no. 3 in the Jagiellonian University's Collegium Novum, 24 Golebia street at Planty gardens, at 7 pm.
January 23rd, Thursday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra plus Poland’s pianist Krzysztof Ksiazek render Carl Maria von Weber’s overture to Der Freischutz opera, Hector Berlioz’s Roman Carnival op. 9, Frederic Chopin’s Rondo a la krakowiak in F major op. 14, and Franz Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony in B minor D 759 in Muzeum Lotnictwa Polskiego (Polish Aviation Museum), 39 Jana Pawla II avenue, at 6 pm.
Canada’s Cirque du Soleil performs its ice skating show Crystal in Tauron Arena Krakow, Lema street at 7 pm (tickets from 120 PLN).
January 24th, Friday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra plus Poland’s pianist Krzysztof Ksiazek render Carl Maria von Weber’s overture to Der Freischutz opera, Hector Berlioz’s Roman Carnival op. 9, Frederic Chopin’s Rondo a la krakowiak in F major op. 14, and Franz Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony in B minor D 759 in Muzeum Lotnictwa Polskiego (Polish Aviation Museum), 39 Jana Pawla II avenue, at 6 pm.
Krakow Opera Company produces Tchaikovsky's 'The Nutcracker' ballet in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 11 am (admission 40 PLN).
Canada’s Cirque du Soleil performs its ice skating show Crystal in Tauron Arena Krakow, Lema street at 7 pm (tickets from 120 PLN).
January 25th, Saturday: Krakow Opera Company produces Tchaikovsky's 'The Nutcracker' ballet in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 5:30 pm (admission 120 PLN).
Canada’s Cirque du Soleil performs its ice skating show Crystal in Tauron Arena Krakow, Lema street at noon, at 4 pm and again at 8 pm (tickets from 120 PLN).
January 26th, Sunday: Krakow Opera Company produces Tchaikovsky's 'The Nutcracker' ballet in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 5:30 pm (admission 120 PLN).
Canada’s Cirque du Soleil performs its ice skating show Crystal in Tauron Arena Krakow, Lema street at 1 pm and again at 5 pm (tickets from 120 PLN).
January 31st, Friday: Krakow Philharmonic Choir plus Poland’s pianists Monika Plachta and Agnieszka Ignaszewska-Magiera perform Gioachino Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle in Nowohuckie Centrum Kultury culture centre, 232 al. Jana Pawla II, at 7:30 pm.
Krakow Opera Company produces Johann Strauss’s “The Gypsy Baron” operetta in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 pm (admission 120 PLN)

Entertainment events in Krakow planned for February 2020.

February 2nd, Sunday: Krakow Opera Company produces Johann Strauss’s “The Gypsy Baron” operetta in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 pm (admission 120 PLN).
February 7th, Friday: Krakow Opera Company produces Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy’s “A Midsummer Night's Dream” in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 pm (admission 120 PLN).
February 8th, Saturday: Krakow Opera Company produces Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy’s “A Midsummer Night's Dream” in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 pm (admission 120 PLN).
February 9th, Sunday: Krakow Opera Company produces Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy’s “A Midsummer Night's Dream” in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 pm (admission 120 PLN).
February 14th, Friday: Krakow Opera Company produces Richard Strauss’s “Ariadne auf Naxos" in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 pm (admission 100 PLN).
Ireland’s stellar pop folk band, The Kelly Family, perform in in Tauron Arena Krakow, 7 Lema street, at 8 pm (tickets from 129 PLN).
February 16th, Sunday: Krakow Opera Company produces Richard Strauss’s “Ariadne auf Naxos" in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 pm (admission 100 PLN).
February 21st, Friday: Krakow Opera Company produces Johann Strauss’s “The Bat” operetta in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 pm (admission 120 PLN).
February 22nd, Saturday: Krakow Opera Company produces Johann Strauss’s “The Bat” operetta in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 pm (admission 120 PLN).
February 23rd, Sunday: Krakow Opera Company produces Johann Strauss’s “The Bat” operetta in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 pm (admission 120 PLN)
February 28th, Friday: Krakow Opera Company produces Verdi’s “La traviata” in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 pm (admission 120 PLN).

Krakow events anticipated in March 2020.

March 17th, Tuesday: Stellar rock guitarist Carlos Santana performs in Tauron Arena Krakow, 7 Lema street.
March 21st, Saturday: Concert Sei solo. A violoncello feaures Poland’s cellist Agnieszka Oszanca playing Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber’s Passacaglia for solo violin and Johann Sebastian Bach’s suite no. 3 for solo cello in C major BWV 1009, suite no. 3 for solo cello in D minor BWV 1008, and Chaconne from violin partite no. 2 in D major BWV 1004 in the Kosciol sw. Marcina church, 58 Grodzka street, at 5 pm.
Concert of Wojciech Kilar’s cinematic music takes place in in Tauron Arena Krakow, 7 Lema street, at 8 pm.

Krakow events in April 2020.

April 6th, Monday: Concert Michael Praetorius – Imagined Vespers features France’s Pygmalion ensemble and choir with conductor Raphael Pichon performing Michael Praetorius’s In dulci jubilo and Psalms in the ICE Krakow Congress Center, 17 Konopnickiej street and Monte Casino street, at 7 pm.
Concert Sei solo. A violino features Australia’s violinist Sophie Gent playing Johann Sebastian Bach’s sonatas and partitas for solo violin in Kosciol sw. Krzyza church, sw. Krzyza street and Plac sw. Ducha square, at 10 pm.
April 7th, Tuesday: Concert Schutz and Schein - The Tears of Resurrection features mezzo-soprano Fiona McGown, countertenor Vincent Lievre-Picard, tenors Sebastien Obrecht and Lisandro Nesis, bass-baritone Renaud Bres, and singer Georges Abdallah plus France’s Compagnie La Tempete orchestra with conductor Simon-Pierre Bestion performing Heinrich Schutz’s Historia der Auferstehung Jesu Christi and fragments of Johann Hermann Schein’s Israelis Brunnlein in Kosciol sw. Katarzyny church, 7 Augustianska street and Skaleczna street, at 7 pm.
Concert The World Before Bach features Ensemble Masques early music sextet with conductor Olivier Fortin rendering Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber’s Sonata no. 3 in D minor (Fidicinium sacro-profanum, 1683), Johann Heinrich Schmelzer’s Sonata no. 9 in D minor (Sacroprofanus concentus musicus, 1662) and Balletto quatro Die Fechtschule, Johann Rosenmuller’s Sonata X cinque in F major (Sonatae stromenti da arco et altri, 1682), Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber’s Pars III in A minor (Mensa sonora, 1680) and Sonata IX in B major (Sonatae tam aris quam aulis servientes, 1676), Romanus Weichlein’s Sonata II cinque in G minor (Enacenia musices, 1695), and Georg Muffat’s Sonata no. 5 in G major (Armonico tributo, 1682) in Kosciol sw. Krzyza church, sw. Krzyza street and Plac sw. Ducha square, at 10 pm.
April 8th, Holy Wednesday: Concert Membra Jesu nostri features France’s Ensemble Correspondances orchestra and choir with conductor Sebastien Dauce rendering Dietrich Buxtehude’s Membra Jesu Nostri patientis sanctissima, Klag-Lied, and Herzlich lieb hab ich dich, o Herr  in Kosciol sw. Katarzyny church, 7 Augustianska street and Skaleczna street, at 7 pm.
Concert Bach: Tradition and Transcription features the USA’s harpsichordist Skip Sempe playing music by Johann Sebastian Bach, Johann Jakob Froberger, Juan Cabanilles, Sylvius Leopold Weiss, Johann Kaspar Ferdinand Fischer, and Johann Kuhnau in Kosciol sw. Krzyza church, sw. Krzyza street and Plac sw. Ducha square, at 10 pm.
April 9th, Maundy Thursday: Concert Motets features Krakow’s Capella Cracoviensis orchestra and choir performing Johann Sebastian Bach’s Furchte dich nicht BWV 228, Jesu, meine Freude BWV 227, Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied BWV 225, and Komm, Jesu, komm BWV 229 in the ICE Krakow Congress Center, 17 Konopnickiej street and Monte Casino street, at 8 pm.
April 10th, Good Friday: Concert Johann Sebastian Bach – St John Passion features tenor Robin Tritschler, bass Tomaą Kral, soprano Mailys de Villoutreys, mezzo-soprano Lucile Richardot, tenor Laurence Kilsby, and bass Christian Immler plus France’s Pygmalion ensemble and choir with conductor Raphael Pichon performing anonymous O Traurigkeit, o Herzeleid!, Johann Sebastian Bach’s Passio Secundum Joannem BWV 245, Sehet! Wir gehn hinauf gen Jerusalem cantata BWV 159, Passio Secundum Joannem BWV 245, and Christe, du Lamm Gottes plus Jacobus Gallus’s Ecce quomodo moritur iustus in the ICE Krakow Congress Center, 17 Konopnickiej street and Monte Casino street, at 8 pm.
April 11th, Holy Saturday: Concert Stabat Mater features France’s soprano Mailys de Villoutreys and mezzo-soprano Lucile Richardot plus Capriccio Stravagante ensemble with conductor Olivier Fortin performing Francesco Bartolomeo Conti’s and Johann Sebastian Bach’s Languet anima mea cantata, Johann Sebastian Bach’s Overture no. 3 in D major BWV 1068 and Psalm 51 Tilge, Hochster, meine Sunden (based on Stabat Mater by G.B. Pergolesi) in one of the Wieliczka Salt Mine’s subterranean chambers at 8 pm.
April 12th, Easter Sunday: Concert The Easter Vespers features Poland’s Jerycho ensemble and choir in the Bazylika oo. Jezuitow church, 26 Kopernika street, at 8 pm.
April 13th, Easter Monday: Concert Hymns of Glory features Australia’s soprano Siobhan Stagg, France’s soprano Mailys de Villoutreys, and Ireland’s tenor Robin Tritschler plus France’s choir and Poland’s Wroclaw Baroque Orchestra with conductor Raphael Pichon performing Johann Sebastian Bach’s Nun ist das Heil und die Kraft cantata BWV 50, Carl Philip Emmanuel Bach’s Heilig cantata, and Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy’s symphony no. 2 Lobgesang in the ICE Krakow Congress Center, 17 Konopnickiej street and Monte Casino street, at 8 pm.
April 17th, Friday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Antoni Wit plus Poland’s oboist Mariusz Pedzialek, flutist Natalia Jarzabek, cellist Tomasz Strahl, and France’s pianist Roger Muraro play Krzysztof Meyer’s Metamorfozy, Olivier Messiaen’s Concert a quatre, and Witold Lutoslawski’s Concerto for Orchestra in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 pm.
April 18th, Saturday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Antoni Wit plus Poland’s oboist Mariusz Pedzialek, flutist Natalia Jarzabek, cellist Tomasz Strahl, and France’s pianist Roger Muraro play Krzysztof Meyer’s Metamorfozy, Olivier Messiaen’s Concert a quatre, and Witold Lutoslawski’s Concerto for Orchestra in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 pm.

Krakow events scheduled for May 2020.

May 25th, Monday: Canada’s pop diva Celine Dion performs - COURAGE WORLD TOUR - in Tauron Arena Krakow, 7 Lema street.

Entertainment events in Krakow expected in June 2020.