Tatiana Borodina (Halka), Oleh Lykhach (Jontek), Aleksandra Buczek (Zofia) & Mariusz Godlewski (Janusz)
Chorus, Orchestra & Ballet of the Wroclaw Opera, Ewa Michnik
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Karol Szymanowski described the musical talents of Stanislaw Moniuszko as a “singular phenomenon” and considered him,after Chopin, as the most significant composer in 19th century Polish music. Halka, possibly Moniuszko’s best opera was premiered in 1848 and tells the story of a peasant girl, seduced, and subsequently abandoned by a young squire in favour of a women of equal social rank……….let the story continue!
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