The Polish National Opera has unveiled its 2023-24 season. First up is a concert featuring the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra in protest of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The event will feature conductor Keri-Lynn Wilson leading a performance of Beethoven’s Ninth symphony with such soloists as Olga Kulchynska, Nicole Chirka, Dmytro Polov, and Vladyslav Buialsk. Performance Date: August 20, 2023 There will be {…}
The Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (NOSPR) has named Marin Alsop as its new Artistic Director and Chief Conductor. She will will assume the directorship during the 2023-24 season and will work closely with NOSPR’s General and Programme Director, Ewa Bogusz-Moore, to shape the Orchestra’s program and enhance its national and international reputation. During the first season of her tenure, {…}
Credit: Poland.pl The government of Poland has announced that it will move a step closer to a full lockdown after a furious surge in new COVID-19 cases in the country. Health Minister Adam Niedzielski said that theatres, concert venues, opera houses, shopping malls, hotels, and cinemas would be closed starting Saturday, March 20, 2021. “We can not implement only regional {…}
Polish tenor Piotr Beczala was born on this day, December 28, exactly 50 years ago. In celebration of the tenor’s big day, Operawire shares 50 facts about the operatic superstar. Piotr Beczala was born on Dec. 28, 1966. He is from Czechowice-Dziedzice in southern Poland. He studied under Sena Jurinac in Switzerland. He is married to Katarzyna Beczała. Beczala is known for choosing his roles wisely {…}