Honorary patrons of the competition:

President of Poland Lech Kaczyński and First Lady Maria Kaczyńska
Primate Senior of Poland Cardinal Józef Glemp
Mayor of Warsaw Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz
Minister of Culture and National Heritage Bogdan Zdrojewski
Minister of Culture of the Republic of Belarus Pavel Latushka

The Organizers of the Competition:

Teatr Wielki - Polish National Opera in Warsaw
The Moniuszko Music Lovers Society

Waldemar Dąbrowski
General Director of the Teatr Wielki - Polish National Opera

Mariusz Treliński
Artistic Director

Maria Fołtyn
Founder and Artistic Director 

Competition Jury

Wiesław Ochman - Chairman of the Jury
Gwendolyn Bradley
Larisa Gergieva
Ioan Holender
Izabella Kłosińska
Raina Kabaivanska
Ewa Michnik
Tom Krause
Stanisław Moryto
Elena Obraztsova
Andrzej Rottermund
Sergio Segalini
Guo Shuzhen

Programme:

Katarzyna Oleś-Blacha
Gaetano Donizetti – Il dolce suono  - Lucia’s mad scene from act 3 of the opera Lucia di Lammermoor

Andriy Bondarenko
Stanisław Moniuszko – Skąd tu przybyła mimo mej woli - Janusz’s recitative and song from act 1 of the opera Halka

Gelena Gaskarova
Stanisław Moniuszko – Zbudzić się z ułudnych snów... - the Countess’s song from act 3 of the opera The Countess

Adam Palka
Giuseppe Verdi – Come dal ciel - Banco’s aria from act 2 of the opera Macbeth

Aleksandra Kubas
Gioachino Rossini – Una voce poco fa - Rosina’s cavatina from act 2 of the opera Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Jury Haradzetski
Stanisław Moniuszko – Szumią jodły - Jontek’s dumka from act 4 of the opera Halka

Eliza Kruszczyńska
Giuseppe Verdi - Tacea la notte placida - Leonora’s aria from act 1 of the opera Il Trovatore

Orchestra of the Polish National Opera conducted by Tadeusz Kozłowski

Concert host: Iwona Schymalla and Grzegorz Miśtal

The 7th Stanisław Moniuszko International Vocal Competition is an opportunity on the one hand to seek out the greatest Polish and foreign vocal talents in a contest, and on the other – to promote the work of Moniuszko and other Polish composers among the vocal youth of the world. It is the ambition of Maria Fołtyn, the competition’s founder and artistic director, to make sure that Stanisław Moniuszko, so thoroughly immersed in Polishness, composer of national operas and Home Songbooks, becomes a true citizen of the world through this event. Starting from the composer of Halka, we then come upon Paderewski and Penderecki, Szymanowski, Lutosławski, Bacewicz, and many other Polish contemporary composers. The competition boasts a list of outstanding prize-winners who today are the pride of not just Polish but also international opera houses, to mention Aleksandra Kurzak, Marcin Bronikowski, or Rafał Siwek.

THE 7th INTERNATIONAL STANISŁAW MONIUSZKO VOCAL COMPETITION

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