Stanisław Moniuszko Halka opera to libretto by Włódzimierz Wolski. Directed 2019 by Natalia Babińska at the Opera Nova in Bydogszcz, Poland. Stars Jacek Greszta (Stolnik), Jolanta Wagner (Halka), Dorota Sobczak (Zofia), Tadeusz Szlenkier (Jontek), Łukasz Goliński (Janusz), Łukasz Jakubczak (Dziemba), Szymon Rona (Piper), Paweł Krasulak, Maciej Musiał, Łukasz Seremet, and Krysztof Zimny (Guests), and Angelika Wojciechowska (Ghost of Halka). Also features the Ballet of the Opera Nova and children from the Ballet Studio of the Opera Nova. Piotr Wajrak conducts Orchestra and Choir of the Opera Nova (Choir Master Henryk Wierzchoń). Set design by Diana Marszałek and Julia Skrzynecka; costume design by Paulina Czernek; choreography by Iwona Pasińka; multimedia projections by Ewa Krasucka; lighting design by Maciej Igielski. Sung in Polish. Released 2020, disc has 5.1 Dolby Digital sound. Grade: NA
Another tragic story about a village girl who believed what the young nobleman said. Full of folklore and national dances, this has been performed regularly all over Poland for more than 150 years and is beloved as a cautionary tale and as a landmark of Polish culture. This will be our first Blu-ray disc sung in Polish.
Here’s a trailer from the Opera Nova:
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