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Halka is an opera by Polish composer Stanisław Moniuszko to a libretto written by Włodzimierz Wolski, a young Warsaw poet with radical social views. It is part of the canon of Polish national operas.

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Opera.name
Halka
Opera.composer
Stanisław Moniuszko
Opera.image
Stanislaw Moniuszko.jpg
Opera.image_upright
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Opera.caption
The composer
Opera.librettist
Włodzimierz Wolski
Opera.language
Polish
Opera.premiere_location
Vilnius

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Wikidata facts

Duration
2.25
Image
Moniuszko - Halka - Gdyby rannym slonkiem (Spiewnik c 1895).jpg
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date of first performance
1848-01-01
title
Halka
Commons category
Halka
number of parts of this work
4
publication date
1848-00-00
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13 sections
Contents
  • Performance history
  • Composition
  • Roles
  • Synopsis
  • Act 1
  • Act 2
  • Act 3
  • Act 4
  • Recordings
  • Editions
  • Notes
  • Further reading
  • External links

Halka is an opera by Polish composer Stanisław Moniuszko to a libretto written by Włodzimierz Wolski, a young Warsaw poet with radical social views. It is part of the canon of Polish national operas.

==Performance history== The first performance of the two-act version was in a concert performance in Vilnius on 1 January 1848. The staged premiere took place in the same city on 28 February 1854. A four-act version was performed in Warsaw on 1 January 1858. The opera was subsequently produced in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Japan, Turkey, Russia and Cuba.

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