The Connecticut Virtuosi is set to end its 2023 summer festival with a presentation of Stanislaw Moniuszko’s “Latin Mass in E-flat Major” on Sunday, August 27, 2023. The showcase, which will take place at Cyril and Methodius Church in Hartford, Connecticut, kicks off at 12:30 p.m. and will star soprano Kelly Whitesell, alto Rebeca Almeida, tenor Josaphat Contreras, and bass {…}
(Credit: Johannes Ifkovits) Polish tenor Piotr Beczała has announced on his official Facebook account that his concert at the Narodowe Forum Muzyki in Wrocław has been postponed due to the worsening epidemiological situation. Beczała was supposed to perform with the Polska Filharmonia Kameralna Sopot and the program for the concert included works by Verdi, Puccini, Massenet, Moniuszko, Giordano, and Mascagni. {…}
(Credit: Monika Rittershaus) Corinne Winters has canceled the Dec. 22, 2019 performance of Moniuszko’s “Halka” at the Theater an der Wien. The soprano stated via social media, “Vienna friends: I’ve been hit badly with the norovirus stomach bug and must cancel my performance of ‘Halka’ tonight. Thank you for understanding and see you on the 29th for our next show!” {…}
(Credit: Curtis Brown) “Halka” is as one of the masterpieces in the Polish operatic repertory and is frequently performed in its country of origin. In recent times the opera has garnered greater international attention with showcases at Carnegie Hall, Bard Music Festival, and the Bel Canto Opera. This week, “Halka” will get a new production at the Theater an der {…}
(Credit: Katarzyna Zalewska / Poznán) OperaVision will present the Poznań Opera’s production of “Halka” on Sept. 20, 2019 at 7 p.m. local time. The production will star Monika Mych-Nowicka, Piotr Friebe, Łukasz Goliński, Rafał Korpik, Magdalena Wilczyńska-Goś, Damian Konieczek, and Bartłomiej Szczeszek, with Gabriel Chmura conducting the work. The stream kicks off at 7 p.m. local time. That’s around 1 {…}
“Halka” is considered one of the first great Polish operas in the canon. While it is rarely performed outside of Poland, Stanisław Moniuszko’s work has had a couple of outings in the United States. This season, the Bard Music Festival presented it in collaboration with the Polish National Opera in a semi-staged version that while not completely satisfying in its {…}
Piotr Beczala has announced that the Theater an der Wien will present Stanislaw Moniuszko’s “Halka” in 2019. He announced that the performance will be conducted by Łukasz Borowicz and will be directed by Mariusz Treliński with the stage designed by Boris Kudlicka. Written in 1847, the opera is rarely performed in the U.S., but it is part of the canon of Polish national {…}