Irina can't bear it any longer; it bursts out of her: "My God! Where has it all gone? I've forgotten everything." Then, as if suddenly: "We'll never move to Moscow." Neither the past with its memories nor the future with its hopes offer any support. Time erodes and shrinks to the present—and here emptiness, dissatisfaction, pain, loneliness reign. A condition that haunts almost all the characters in Peter Eötvös' opera Three Sisters (1998)—they are those from Anton Chekhov's drama of the same name. The reactions are varied: repression or relativization, resignation or escape, and, of course, new dreams, hopes, or even plans. Yet a seemingly unbridgeable gap remains between today and the longed-for tomorrow. Why don't these people make it to Moscow, a symbol of a different, better, more meaningful life? What obstacles—internal, external—hold them back? It's a question we continually find ourselves confronting anew, one that brings us so close to Chekhov's and, by extension, Eötvös's characters. It becomes all the more acute in the face of a suddenly spreading fire—a catastrophe that challenges us to take concrete action, that confronts us with destruction and suffering, with death, and the awareness that our own life could end sooner than we imagined.

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Three Sisters

Felsenreitschule

The Kashubian language is a complete rarity when it comes to classical music. It is the language we hear in the cycle of songs Wòlô Bòskô for baritone and piano by contemporary composer Łukasz Godyla drawing on a selection of Kashubian texts and traditional melodies made by singer Damian Wilma, a native of the region fascinated by its culture.

Aleksander Teliga

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Oct 3, 2026 - May 5, 2027

Wòlô bòskô · Polish National Opera

Past events

8 - 24 Aug, 2025

Three Sisters · Salzburger Festspiele

Future and recently performed repertoire

Anfisa in Three Sisters by Chekhov

Salzburger Festspiele

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