• Duration: 80'
• Instrumentation: coro misto, 2sax2tr-chit fis-batt(2esec)-pf-2vni cb
• Year: 2006
• Words: Julian Tuwim
• Language of text: pol
• Order: Festiwal Dialogu Czterech Kultur
• Type: parts, score

The Ball in the Opera is a musical continuation of my two operas: Balthasar (2001) and Yvonne the princess of Burgundy (2004). In all three compositions the inspiration was a masterpiece of Polish literature: Wyspiański, Gombrowicz, Tuwim. In all three cases the dynamics of the text and its expression were a point of departure for the musical ideas. The relationship between the word rather its meaning, and the sound - a musical concept, became a most intriguing and complicated phenomenon which provokes one to seek, to discover ones own musical language. [Z. Krauze] The Ball in the Opera (2004-2006) for chamber choir and ensemble of 12 instrumentalists has a dramatic character. The musical interpretation should contain a certain theatrical element. It is suggested that the performance should take place on the stage, with lighting and sets and the involvement of a director.