Baltic State Opera

Such ambitious operas as Britten's Rape of Lucretia or Richard Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos directed by Weiss appeared in its repertoire.

Each season includes such classics as the major operas by Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Verdi, and Bizet as well as more unusual repertoire.

In the 2011/2012 season, it organized the first edition of the Baltic Dance Theatres’ Encounters (in September 2011) and prepared the world premiere of Elżbieta Sikora’s opera Madame Curie.

This work was commissioned by the Baltic Opera, although its first performance took place in Paris in November 2011, within the framework of the Cultural Programme of the Polish Presidency of the EU Council.

[citation needed] Outside of the major operatic repertoire, Polish premieres which took place in the Baltic Opera include: