Karol Urbański / Mieczysław Karłowicz
The Story of Sin
The premiere
Can a woman's love make her hit rock bottom? Can she save her dignity in the world dominated by men?
The show is inspired by the film of Walerian Borowczyk named the greatest scandal of the Polish cinematography and equally well-known book of Stefan Żeromski of the same title.
A story of a woman lonely in the world of men. A woman who led by her passions hits rock bottom. A woman who on that day bounces back and saves a part of herself. It is also a story of the world. The world in which our emotions, feelings and weaknesses are being observed as in a shop window.
The ballet The Wages of Sin is an encounter with literature and even with... a film. Karol Urbański, the creator of the show, has illustrated the story with music from that time – late romantic symphonic poems of Mieczysław Karłowicz. The show has gained cinematographic expression becoming a story-telling ballet, a dance adaptation of the story being told.
Urbański knows how to tell a good story and has a very talented group of dancers.
~Dance Europe
Beautifully danced, it enchants you with the sophisticated scenography and interesting costumes.
~Kurier Szczeciński
Culturally brave, though without drastic scenes.
~Głos Szczeciński

Proj. plakatu: Agata Pełechaty
Mieczysław Karłowicz (1876-1909)
The Wages of Sin
A ballet based on the motifs of the novel of Stefan Żeromski to the music of Mieczysław Karłowicz and choreography of Karol Urbański
The premiere: Oct 25, 2014, the Opera at the Castle in Szczecin
Music director | Jerzy Wołosiuk |
Choreography | Karol Urbański |
Costume design | Tijana Jovanović |
Scenography | Wacław T. Ostrowski |
Multimedia | Krystian Drywa |
Light direction | Dawid Karolak |
Movie | Łukasz Nyks |
Ewa Pobratyńska | Boglárka Novák |
Łukasz Niepołomski | Paweł Wdówka |
Hrabia Szczerbic | Giulio Refosco |
Antoni Pochroń | Ervin Szelepcsényi |
Hrabia Płaza-Spławski | Kazutora Komura |
Hrabia Cyprian Bodzanta | Alessandro Imperiali |
Adolf Horst | Taiga Ueno |
Matka Ewy | Aleksandra Głogowska |
Ojciec Ewy | Damiano Maffeis |
Leośka, służąca | Rena Miyamoto |
Ksiądz spowiednik | Piotr Nowak |
Żyd | So Hadano |
Student | Álef Gabriel Carvalho |
Dwóch opryszków | So Hadano, Taiga Ueno |
Urzędniczki, siostry szpitalne, prostytutki | Leena Coulie, Aleksandra Januszak-Kacperska, Suimu Kanai, Nadine De Lumé, Emma McBeth, Rena Miyamoto, Julia Safin, Martina Vanzetto |
Solo vocal parts | Lucyna Boguszewska (8.03), Joanna Tylkowska-Drożdż (9.03) |
Paweł Wolski (8.03), Ruslan Bilchak (9.03) |
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Orchestra the Opera at the Castle in Szczecin | |
Conductor | Agnieszka Nagórka |
Stage management | Katarzyna Berowska |