Opera Nova Bydgoszcz and on July 2, Offenbach's operetta "Orpheus in the Underworld". "Opera Studio" was renamed on March 3, 1959, "Musical Theatre of Opera and Operetta" (), so as to meet cultural expectations of the inhabitants of the entire Bydgoszcz Voivodeship. A year later, on March 1, 1960, the institution was nationalized. In 1963, the "Musical Theatre of Opera and Operetta" had then its own orchestra established, putting an end to the use of musicians from the Pomeranian Philharmonic. Bydgoszcz musical scene, once nationalised, changed its name several times: "Opera and Operetta" (1964), "National Opera" (1980), "Opera Nova" (1990), and from 1996,
The Corridor (opera) The Corridor (opera) The Corridor is a chamber opera composed by Harrison Birtwistle to an English language libretto by David Harsent. It premiered at the Aldeburgh Festival on 12 June 2009. The title refers to the corridor through which Orpheus and Eurydice passed as he was leading her from the underworld. Various aspects of the myth of Orpheus have been a recurring theme in Birtwistle's work, first explored in his three-act opera "The Mask of Orpheus" (1986) and later incorporated into his two-act opera "The Second Mrs Kong" (1994). Between 2003 and 2004, he also composed "The Orpheus Elegies", a