Xymena Zaniewska-Chwedczuk
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Xymena Zaniewska-Chwedczuk (born July 4, 1924 in Poznań
) is a Polish
scenographer and architect, also a fashion designer, interior designer. During the years of 1958–1981 she was a main scenographer of Telewizja Polska
(Polish Television).
Xymena often contributed with her husband, also a scenographer, M. Chwedczuk. She is also an author of urbanistic projects and interior designs.
Poznan
Poznań is a city on the Warta river in west-central Poland, with a population of 556,022 in June 2009. It is among the oldest cities in Poland, and was one of the most important centres in the early Polish state, whose first rulers were buried at Poznań's cathedral. It is sometimes claimed to be...
) is a Polish
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
scenographer and architect, also a fashion designer, interior designer. During the years of 1958–1981 she was a main scenographer of Telewizja Polska
Telewizja Polska
Telewizja Polska Spółka Akcyjna is Poland's public broadcasting corporation...
(Polish Television).
Xymena often contributed with her husband, also a scenographer, M. Chwedczuk. She is also an author of urbanistic projects and interior designs.
Selected works
Her most notable scenographies includes:- Peter ShafferPeter ShafferSir Peter Levin Shaffer is an English dramatist and playwright, screenwriter and author of numerous award-winning plays, several of which have been filmed.-Early life:...
's Black Comedy (Warszawski Teatr Dramatyczny; 1969) - Stanisław MoniuszkoStanisław MoniuszkoStanisław Moniuszko was a Polish composer, conductor and teacher. His output includes many songs and operas, and his musical style is filled with patriotic folk themes of the peoples of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth...
's Śpiewnik domowy [Songbook for Home Use] (Teatr NarodowyTeatr NarodowyThe National Theatre in Warsaw, Poland, was founded in 1765, during the Polish Enlightenment, by that country's last monarch, Stanisław August Poniatowski.-History:...
; 1982) - Giuseppe VerdiGiuseppe VerdiGiuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi was an Italian Romantic composer, mainly of opera. He was one of the most influential composers of the 19th century...
's La traviataLa traviataLa traviata is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi set to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. It is based on La dame aux Camélias , a play adapted from the novel by Alexandre Dumas, fils. The title La traviata means literally The Fallen Woman, or perhaps more figuratively, The Woman...
(Teatr Wielki, Poznań; 1983)