abstract:King Roger (Król Roger, op. 46) is a Polish opera in 3 acts, with music by Karol Szymanowski and the libretto by the composer himself and Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz, the composer's cousin.
The firsttape contains a lot of good-naturedbantering around ourpooltable, ending withRoger playing the saxophoneformewhileourGerman shepherd, King, howled.
Mr Pountney, who joined WNO in 2011, has worked on operas by Polish artists including Karol Szymanowski's KingRoger, Mieczyslaw Weinberg's The Passenger and the forthcoming premiere of Andre Tchaikowsky's The Merchant of Venice.
Kingly sum WHEN WE LAST LEFT Michael and RogerKing, the bombastic brothers declared that their King World Productions could stand on its own (Nov. 3, 1997).
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