Vintage Polish Posters | Viva La Mamma | Theater Posters

“Viva la Mamma” was originally a one-act farsa that was premiered at the Teatro Nuovo in Naples on 21 November 1827 with the title Le convenienze teatrali. Later on, Gaetano Donizetti expanded it into a full-length opera buffa which was performed for the first time in Milan in 1831. Donizetti pokes fun at operatic life and all its intrigues, collisions and petty jealousies. Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (1797–1848) was an Italian Romantic composer, best known for his almost 70 operas. The poster artist Zbigniew Kaja  was born in 1924 in Poznan, Poland. He was a graphic artist, set designer and one of the creators of the famous Polish School of Posters. He studied at the State Higher School of Fine Arts in Poznań, the Faculty of Painting and Graphics and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw where he obtained his diploma in 1976 from Stanisław Mroszczak and Leszek Holdanowicz. He lectured at the State Higher School of Fine Arts in Poznań. Kaja was the artistic director of WAG and KAW in Poznań until 1977. His works have been exhibited at many collective and individual exhibitions in Poland and abroad.