King Roger

King Roger

When an enigmatic Shepherd from the East arrives at the Christian court of King Roger, his presence disrupts the court’s established values and view of the world. Do his teachings bring goodness and joy—or destruction and chaos? King Roger himself grapples with questions of self-knowledge, spirituality and his very identity as a monarch and a man.

PERFORMANCES
Saturday, July 4 at 7:30pm
Thursday, July 9 at 7:30pm
Sunday, July 12 at 2pm
Tuesday, July 14 at 7:30pm
Friday, July 17 at 7:30pm

MUSIC BY
Karol Szymanowski

LIBRETTO BY
Karol Szymanowski and Jaroslaw Iwaszkiewicz

PREMIERED
June 19, 1926, at the Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera

SUNG IN
Polish (with English translations)

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