Iconic Polish opera on two European stages
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Victoria Bieniek
24.08.2018 15:32
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Iconic Polish opera on two European stages
Poland's iconic opera, Halka by Stanisław Moniuszko, can be heard in two extraordinary productions in August.
First print of music from the Halka aria entitled "If at the Morning Sun" with illustration of soprano Janina Korolewicz (circa 1895). Photo: Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain)
The tragic story of the ill-fated love of a Highland girl is being put on in Italian in Warsaw this Friday as part of the Chopin and His Europe festival and by Opera Festival in Helsinki.
Elzbieta Krajewska spoke to Laura Åkerlund who directed the Finish production of Halka.