RSB Artists - Discover "Halka" in Krakow

If we were to mention a major Polish work, it would probably be Stanisław Moniuszko's Halka. It was the first Polish "grand opera" and the composer's first success which earned him his nomination as director of the Warsaw Opera.

However, the work remains unknown in the rest of the world, especially in Western Europe. Appointment is made in Poland, in Krakow, as part of the Polish Music Festival (Festiwal Muzyki Polskiej), to discover this opera (in italian) with bass Renaud Delaigue (who will be Stolnik) and soprano Sheva Tehoval as Zofia, her daughter.

To learn more about Halka, we invite you to read this article from Forumopera.com (in french) :
https://www.forumopera.com/actu/connaissez-vous-halka

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Renaud Delaigue © Perla Maarek

In addition to this Polish tour, bass Renaud Delaigue will be in concert with the ensemble Les Traversées baroques on July 12 at the Festival des Abbayes en Lorraine and July 13 at the Festival International de Musique de Sarrebourg. Then, he will sing with the ensemble Chiome d'Oro at the Festival Baroque du Pays du Mont Blanc.

In recent seasons, he has also appeared in the roles of Arkel (Pelléas et Mélisande) in Bremen with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie and at the Atelier lyrique de Tourcoing, The Old Hebrew (Samson et Dalila) at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Bartolo (Le Nozze di Figaro) at the Opéra de Nice, Haly (L'italiana in Algeri) at Tourcoing and at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées, Frère Laurent (Berlioz's Roméo et Juliette) in Saint-Louis (USA) under the baton of Leonard Slatkin, Commendatore and Masetto (Don Giovanni), Landgrave (Tannhaüser) and the old Gypsy (Aleko) at the Centre Lyrique de Clermont-Auvergne, Caronte (L'Orfeo) at the Opéra de Dijon, Straton (Alceste), Curio (Julius Caesar) and the second man of arms (The Magic Flute) at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Basilio (Il Barbiere di Siviglia) at the Opéra de Rennes, Angelotti (Tosca) at the Opéra de Reims or Zuniga (Carmen) at the Opéra de Lille, the Théâtre de Caen and the Opéra de Limoges.

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Sheva Tehoval ©dyod.be

On her side and before leaving for Poland, soprano Sheva Tehoval will be performing G. Benjamin's Lessons in Love and Violence at the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg, Russia, with the London Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Oliver Zeffman.

Next season, she will make her debuts as Rosina (Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Rossini) on the stage of the Freiburg Opera (Switzerland).

She has already performed on many of Europe’s stages, including the Théâtre royal de la Monnaie, the Beethovenhaus in Bonn, the Kölner Philharmonie, Concertgebouw Brugge, the Theater an der Wien in Vienna, La Seine Musicale in Paris and the Herkulessaal in Munich. Sheva Tehoval sang as a soloist, amongst others, with ensembles La petite bande, SWR Rundfunk Orchestra, the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, and the French Insula Orchestra, whilst working with renowned musicians and directors such as Laurent Pelly, Séverine Chavrier, Thomas Jolly, Philippe Graffin, Matthias Pintscher, and Laurence Equilbey.