An Evening of Songs

Date & Time

Sun, Mar 23, 2025, 18:00

Venue

Filharmonia Narodowa, Concert Hall (Warszawa)

Piotr Beczała, photo: Jean-Baptiste Millot

Keywords: Chamber Music, Vocal Music

Info & Ticket (filharmonia.pl)

Musicians

Piotr Beczała	Tenor
Sarah Tysman	Piano

Program

Mieczysław Karłowicz	Songs (selection)
Stanisław Moniuszko	Stefan's Aria 'with Carillon' from the opera The Haunted Manor
Antonín Dvořák	Gypsy Songs, Op. 55 (selection)
Antonín Dvořák	Prince's aria from the opera Rusalka
Piotr Tchaikovsky	Songs (selection)
Piotr Tchaikovsky	Kuda, kuda, kuda vi udalilis - Lensky's aria from the opera Eugene Onegin
Sergei Rachmaninov	Songs (selection)

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