First Publication | 1929 |
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Genre Categories | Operas; Theatrical Works; For voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; |
Work Title | Zygmunt August |
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Composer | Joteyko, Tadeusz |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | ITJ 17 |
First Publication. | 1929 |
Librettist | Lucjan Rydel (1870—1918) |
Language | Polish |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
Piece Style | Romantic |
Instrumentation | soloists, mixed chorus, orchestra |
First produced on 29 August 1925 at the Teatr Wielki in Warsaw. MD Emil Mlynarski, Director Adolf Poplawski, Title role Stanislaw Gruszczynski
Sigismund II Augustus (1520-72) was King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. He was the last of the Jagiellonian dynasty