16th August

Concert will begin at 18:00 hours GMT

Moniuszko's 'Flis' with Teliga, Tracz, Gierlach and Pompeu from Warsaw

Chopin and his Europe Festival. Moniuszko's 'Flis' (The raftsman) is an opera in one act to a libretto by by Stanisaw Bogusawski. The story takes place in a riverside community on the Vistula. After a tempest the local populace gives thanks on its survival. Zosia, however, worries over the fate of her beloved, the raftsman of the title, Franek. Her joy at his safe return is cut short by her father’s announcement of her arranged betrothal to Jakub, a hairdresser from Warsaw. In the denouement, Jakub turns out to be Franek’s long-lost brother and, naturally, stands aside to let the lovers be united.

Performers: Aleksander Teliga, bass, Ewa Tracz, soprano, Wojtek Gierlach, bass, Matheus Pompeu, tenor, Mariusz Godlewski, baritone, Pawel Cichonski, tenor.

Choir of the Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic. Europa Galante. Conductor: Fabio Biondi.

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