The Haunted Manor by Stanisław Moniuszko performed at the Grand Theatre in Warsaw on September 22, 1966
Polish opera may be broadly understood to include operas staged in Poland and works written for foreign stages by Polish composers, as well as opera in the Polish language.
The tradition reaches back to Italian language entertainments of the baroque. Romantic opera in Polish flourished alongside nationalism after the partition and is exemplified by the work of Stanisław Moniuszko. In the 20th century Polish opera was exported and composers such as Krzysztof Penderecki wrote operas in other languages (Ubu Rex, Die Teufel von Loudun) that were translated into Polish later.
Polishopera may be broadly understood to include operas staged in Poland and works written for foreign stages by Polish composers, as well as opera in...
represents a nineteenth-century peak of Polish national opera. In the 20th century, other operas created by Polish composers included King Roger by Karol...
traditional Polish elements in his pieces. The same period saw Stanisław Moniuszko, the leading individual in the successful development of Polishopera, still...
Ganna Walska (born Hanna Puacz on June 26, 1887 – March 2, 1984) was a Polishopera singer and garden enthusiast who created the Lotusland botanical gardens...
Крушельницької) or Lviv Opera (Ukrainian: Львівська оперa, Polish: Opera Lwowska) is an opera house located in Lviv, Ukraine's largest western city and...
Island (Polish: Wyspa Młyńska): from the surrounding terrace it overlooks Bydgoszcz Cathedral, and Mill Island's granaries and mills. Opera Nova is a...
Kraków, although the tradition of opera in the city dates back to 1628 when the first ever full libretto in Polish was released by the local publishing...
origins of opera in late 16th century Italy, a central repertoire has developed, shepherded by major opera composers. The earliest major opera composer...
Opera (formerly Baltic State Opera) is an opera company located in Gdańsk, Poland. It began in February 1949 as the Music and Drama Studio (in Polish:...
The Forest Opera (Polish: Opera Leśna, German: Waldoper) is an open-air amphitheatre located in Sopot, Poland, with a capacity of 5047 seats, the orchestra...
Italian opera is both the art of opera in Italy and opera in the Italian language. Opera was in Italy around the year 1600 and Italian opera has continued...
entirely plastic. London Opera Glass Company Monocular Spotting scope OperaOpera hat Opera cloak Opera gloves "How to Choose Opera Glasses". Archived from...
detecting submarines. In 1938, Matthews married Ganna Walska, a Polish-American opera singer, perfumer, and feminist, whose four previous husbands had...
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Karol Maciej Szymanowski (Polish pronunciation: [ˈkarɔl ˈmat͡ɕɛj ʂɨmaˈnɔfskʲi]; 3 October 1882 – 29 March 1937) was a Polish composer and pianist. He was...
Silesian Opera in Bytom (Polish: Opera Śląska w Bytomiu) is an opera company in Bytom, Silesia, Poland, that was founded in 1945. Its home is the former...
The Warsaw Chamber Opera (Polish: Warszawska Opera Kameralna, WOK) is a Polishopera company founded in 1961 by Stefan Sutkowski, its managing and artistic...
This is a glossary list of opera genres, giving alternative names. "Opera" is an Italian word (short for "opera in musica"); it was not at first commonly...
January 1850 – 8 December 1924) was a German pianist, composer and teacher of Polish descent. He was the brother of Ludwig Philipp Scharwenka (1847–1917), who...
King Roger (Polish: Król Roger, Op. 46) is an opera in three acts by Karol Szymanowski to a Polish libretto by the composer himself and Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz...
composition considered opera, as understood today, although with only five instrumental parts it was much more like a chamber opera than either the preceding...
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