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"The Polish Opera 'Halka': A Rare Treat"
Music lovers who think only of Chopin and Paderewski in connection with Polish music should add Stanislaw Moniuszko, the 19th-century composer of numerous operas -- including 1848's "Halka", long considered Poland's greatest national opera.
In a rare American performance Friday evening at the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater, "Halka" proved to be melodious, affecting and appealing. It was sung in Polish by the Polish Theatre Institute in the U.S.A. [more]
Washington Post 5/21/2001
