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Polish opera singer
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- Poland, United States of America
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2024-04-25
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2023-04-09 10:44:38
The international baritone Mariusz Kwiecień has resigned abruptly... The post Polish uproar as famed baritone is forced out appeared first on Slippedisc.
2022-10-08 01:59:00
Three Strikes and You're Out, Gene.
Gordon Bitner as Eugene OneginPhoto by Corey Weaver, courtesy of San Francisco OperaI've now seen three different productions, with three different casts and conductors, of Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin, and three times I have walked out scratching my head. The opera is popular, beloved, widely performed inside and outside Russia, and yet it continues to leave me cold. I certainly understand it much better now than I did when I was younger: the typical infatuation of a teenager with a sophisticated older man, his turning her down (wisely, but badly), his years-later love for her, her maturity and desire to stay in her stable marriage though she still loves Onegin. There just won't be a "happy ending" here, not any more than in Tosca. And the music, really, is masterly, beautiful, well-put-together, autumnal. Tchaikovsky knew what he was doing.Friends clued me in to why I haven't been wowed by the opera: a series […]
2021-07-21 21:57:12
Les Pêcheurs de Perles
Starring Diana Damrau, Matthew Polenzani, Mariusz Kwiecien, and Nicolas Testé, conducted by Gianandrea Noseda. Production by Penny Woolcock. From January 16, 2016.
2021-04-18 17:25:39
Don Carlo
Michael Fabiano appears in the title role of the Spanish crown prince and Ana María Martínez as his beloved, Elisabetta. René Pape sings King Philip II with Mariusz Kwiecien as Carlo’s friend Rodrigo and Nadia Krasteva as Princess Eboli. Former San Francisco Opera Music Director Nicola Luisotti leads the SFO Orchestra.
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