Girls from Naples… is a performance of operatic music in the form of pasticcio. The repertoire consists of arias from Italian operas by 19th and 20th-century composers. The show tells the story of workers in a small-town Italian tavern, who transform the prose of life into a stage for musical theater. Their heads are full of dreams, they give new artistic meaning to everyday objects, and they prepare dishes in unconventional ways… The performance, though filled with various emotions, carries the message that it’s worth having high aspirations while enjoying every moment here and now.

The show premiered in 2014 during the Festival of Italian Culture in Polkowice. It was later performed at the Gdynia Culture Center (Meloman’s Sunday), at the Baltic Opera (“Opera? Si!” by Jerzy Snakowski), during the 10th International Youth Forum (Bydgoszcz Opera Festival 2017, where Natalia Krajewska – Kitowska won 1st place in the competition for the Most Interesting Personality of the festival); at the Krokowa Castle (New Year’s Concert), and at the Koszalin Philharmonic.

Repertoire:

1. Berio – “La donna ideale” – song from the cycle 4 Canzoni Popolari
2. Verdi – “Caro nome che il mio cor” – Gilda’s aria from the opera Rigoletto A.Vivaldi – “Io son quel gelsomino” – Arsilda’s aria from the opera Arsilda Regina di Ponto
3. Rossini – “Nacqui all’affanno” – Angelina’s aria from the opera La Cenerentola
4. Bellini – “Ah, non credea mirarti” – Amina’s aria from the opera La Sonnambula
5. Mascagni – “Voi lo sapete, o mamma” – Santuzza’s aria from the opera Cavalleria rusticana
6. Rossini – “Bel raggio lusinghier” – Semiramide’s aria from the opera Semiramide
7. Puccini – “Si, Mi chiamano Mimì” – Mimi’s aria from the opera La Bohème
8. Bellini – “Malinconia, Ninfa gentile”
9. Ponchielli – “Stella del marinar” – Laura’s aria from the opera La Gioconda
10. Bellini – “Son vergin vezzosa” – Elvira’s aria from the opera I Puritani
11. Rossini – “La Danza”
12. Donizetti – “Ah! tardai troppo” – Linda’s aria from the opera Linda di Chamounix

CAST:

Les Femmes

Joanna Sobowiec – Jamioł – soprano
Natalia Krajewska – Kitowska – soprano
Emilia Osowska – mezzo-soprano

and

Piano quintet under the direction of Piotr Jamioł

Director: Les Femmes
Set design: Les Femmes
Costumes: Les Femmes

Duration: 60 min.