Italian tribute to Polish composer
PR dla Zagranicy
Paweł Kononczuk
23.10.2017 15:22
A commemorative plaque to the Polish composer Karol Szymanowski has been unveiled in Palermo, Sicily.
Leoluca Orlando, Angelino Alfano and Witold Waszczykowski at the plaque unveiling ceremony. Photo: EPA/FRANCESCO PAOLO LANNINO
The plaque, in front of the Massimo theatre, has an inscription in Italian and Polish which reads: “In tribute to Karol Szymanowski, the Polish composer, who was inspired by Sicily and wrote King Roger.”
The unveiling ceremony was attended by the Polish and Italian foreign ministers, Witold Waszczykowski and Angelino Alfano. They both stressed Szymanowski’s links with Sicily and the strong bonds between Poland and Italy.
Szymanowski (1882-1937) visited Sicily several times. The opera King Roger, premiered in 1926, is set in the 12th century Norman Kingdom of Sicily during the reign of King Roger II.
The unveiling ceremony was also attended by the mayor of Palermo, Leoluca Orlando, who noted that a local park is dedicated to the Polish Solidarity movement and that the town also has plaques commemorating two other famous Poles – the WWII hero Jan Karski and theatre director and painter Tadeusz Kantor.
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