OPERA PRO PATRIA
The most beautiful songs, arias, duets and scenes from operas by polish composers
Unique programme on the occasion of Polish national feasts prepared by soloists of opera stages from Vienna, Prague, BiaÅ‚ystok and WrocÅ‚aw. Pathetic patriotic evening with polish vocal music, which in times of slavery invigorated hearts of all Poles, perpetuating the image of lost fatherland and supporting in the fight for better future. The most beautiful melodies were hummed by the generations, while many polish opera performances of that time turned into independence manifestations. The programme Opera pro Patria, apart from the opera, consist of military accents and romantic songs from “Home Songbook” and by other polish national composers, like Fryderyk Chopin, MieczysÅ‚aw KarÅ‚owicz and Ludomir Różycki. Majestic image of polish noble nest will appear in fragments of famous StanisÅ‚aw Moniuszko opera “Haunted Manor”, where characters professed the highest powers like freedom, honour, family and homeland. Sentimental vision of Poland reveals from another Moniuszko national opera - “Halka”, which most famous aria “SzumiÄ… jodÅ‚y” (“Wind in the fir”) is the timeless symbol of nostalgy and yearning of a free land...