Warsaw Modlin Airport Warsaw Modlin Airport Warsaw Modlin Airport is an international airport, formerly a disused military airfield, which opened in July 2012. It is located 40 km (25 miles) north of Warsaw's city centre in Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki and has a maximum capacity of approx. 2-2.3 million passengers a year. The airport is intended to be used by low-cost carriers serving Warsaw, the capital of Poland. As of 2017, the airport is the fifth busiest airport in Poland, with 2,932,639 passengers currently exclusively served by Ryanair. The main international airport of the city however is Warsaw Chopin Airport. Originally designed for military
Chopin (opera) Chopin (opera) Chopin is a four-act opera by Giacomo Orefice (1865–1922) to a libretto by Angiolo Orvieto, premiered in Milan in 1901. The opera, which is "a wildly inaccurate account" of the life of Frédéric Chopin, is based entirely on his music, orchestrated by Orefice. The vocal score indicates the sources of the music, which include Chopin's sonatas, polonaises, mazurkas and nocturnes. The overture is based on Chopin's "Fantasy on Polish Airs", Op. 13. Act I is set in a village in Poland at Christmas time. Chopin declares his love to Stella (who is, like all the opera's characters except