KRZYSZTOF KOLBERGER

Krzysztof Kolberger is a theatre and film actor closely connected with the National Theatre in Warsaw. After graduation from the Warsaw Theatre Academy in 1972 he was engaged by Adam Hanuszkiewicz for the National Theatre in Warsaw. In the 1980s he worked also with the Powszechny and Wspóczesny Theatres in Warsaw and performed in numerous television productions. Krzysztof Kolberger is also one of the leading film actors in Poland, and has appeared in films directed by Andrzej Wajda, Krzysztof Zanussi and Jan Lomnicki. He is well know for his interpretation of poetry for the Polish Radio, especially that of Mickiewicz, Mîosz, and Bryll. In 1990 he made his début as director in the Wročaw Opera, where he directed the Bogušawski and Stefani Supposed Miracle or Krakovians and Highlanders, a work also presented in the Opera House in Warsaw and in Poznán. He has made numerous appearances as the speaker in oratorio performances such as Honegger’s Jeanne d’Arc and Penderecki’s St Luke Passion.

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