Piotr Beczała

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The hottest name among lyrical tenors in the world. In 2018 he was awarded an 'operatic Oscar' – the International Opera Award for the best male singer. For years he has been performing the most important tenor parts at the Metropolitan Opera and the Wiener Staatsoper. Yet another, after Jan Kiepura, 'boy from Silesia' who effortlessly conquers subsequent operatic stages with his singing and acting prowess. His successful career is compared to Luciano Pavarotti’s, while Piotr Beczała is often called his successor. He rarely sings in Poland, which is why the concert accompanied by the Orchestra of the Polish National Opera is one of few occasions to listen to the master.

Piotr Beczała can be likened to a Bugatti Chiron among supercars – the only one, unique, worth every penny. He seems to have performed everywhere that is worth aspiring to, with everyone who is worth working with, and he has sung – naturally – every role worthy of his talent. This time he will perform with the chorus of the Polish National Opera chorus. We can expect works from his latest albums. We do not vouch for Moniuszko, but Wager’s Lohengrin – certainly. And of courseVincerò. The title turned out prophetic, by the way: it brought our tenor the Erwin Piscator Award 2020 (for his work on Moniuszko’s and Karłowicz’s pieces), and that is in spite of the coronavirus pandemic. The award ceremony will take place in the late autumn. Soon after the honour is bestowed upon him in New York, a great concert awaits us in Warsaw. The insiders promise ‘verismo and late Wagner’. To facilitate reception, choreography is to be kept to a minimum.

PROGRAMME:

Part 1

Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński, overture to Monbar

Umberto Giordano, Andrea Chénier
Andrea Chénier's aria Come un bel di di maggio

Władysław Żeleński, Janek
Janek's aria Gdy ślub weźmiesz z twoim Stachem

Pietro Mascagni, Cavalleria rusticana
Turiddu's aria Mamma, quel vino è generoso

Stanisław Moniuszko, Halka
Jontek's Szumią jodły

Part 2

Stanisław Moniuszko, The Haunted Manor
Stefan's aria Aria z kurantem

Stanisław Moniuszko, Citizens' Polonaise

Giacomo Puccini, Manon Lescaut
Chevalier des Grieux's aria Donna non vidi mai

Feliks Nowowiejski, The Legend of the Baltic
Doman's aria Czy ty mnie kochasz...

Giacomo Puccini, Turandot
Calaf's aria Nessun dorma

Giacomo Puccini, Tosca
Cavaradossi's aria E lucevan le stelle

Umberto Giordano, Fedora
Loris's aria Amor ti vieta

Georges Bizet, Carmen
Don José's The Flower Song

Mieczysław Karłowicz
Pamiętam ciche, jasne, złote dnie... Op. 1 No. 5

Łukasz Borowicz (conductor) Piotr Beczała (tenor) Orchestra of the Polish National Opera