The Polish
Club is a proud sponsor of: |
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Pocket Opera 2010: Halka (Review: San
Jose Mercury News) By Stanisław Moniuszko (1819 Minsk -1872 Warsaw) |
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The
other masterpiece by the composer of last season's buoyant The Haunted Manor
(Pocket Opera), similar in its
luscious melody rich with the flavor of |
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Mayor’s Reception, San
Francisco – Kraków
Sister Cities Celebration at City Hall, 10/21/2009 |
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Pocket Opera 2009: The Haunted Manor The Haunted Manor (Straszny Dwór)
By Stanisław Moniuszko (1819 |
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Rehearsal
space for the cast of The Haunted Manor
was partially subsidized by The Polish
Club. The Haunted Manor was presented by Pocket Opera, The National Endowment for the Arts, and the Polish Arts and Culture Foundation. Polish community participants included: Patrycja Poluchowicz, Dalyte
Kodzis and Łowiczanie Polish Folk
Ensemble. Costumes and props were loaned by the Polish Arts and Culture
Foundation and Łowiczanie Polish Folk Ensemble. * * * * *
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“It is hard to think
of a more prodigiously tuneful opera after Mozart than The Haunted Manor” wrote one critic. Greatly beloved in Donald
Pippin, Founder of Pocket Opera, and Philip Lowery, Stage Director of The
Haunted Manor, were interviewed by Zbigniew Stanczyk, “Studio Poland,”
Sunday, April 19th on San Francisco’s KUSF (90.3 FM). BREAKING NEWS:
Halka to be produced
by Pocket Opera (libretto by Donald Pippin); Check Pocket
Opera’s website |
Haunted Manor Rehearsal At The Polish Club |
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Łowiczanie Polish Folk Ensemble |
Łowiczanie Polish Folk Ensemble:
The Polish Club has donated weekly rehearsal space to Łowiczanie for
over 30 years and houses the ensemble’s invaluable costume collection. |