Piotr Beczała

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 Chorus and Orchestra of the Polish National Opera is one of few occasions to listen to the master.

PROGRAMME:

Part 1

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

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
Kalaf’s aria Nessun dorma

Łukasz Borowicz (conductor)

Piotr Beczała (tenor)

Chorus and Orchestra of the Polish National Opera