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Raj Utracony - Krzysztof Penderecki Teatr Wielki
English Title: Paradise Lost
Poster ID: CL20372
Category: Music/Opera
Designer: Roman Cieslewicz
Year: 1980s
Country: Polish
Approximate Size 39 x 25 inches
Condition: Very Good

"Sometimes he (Penderecki) was famous for the wrong reasons, like missing due dates, as with his commission from the Lyric Opera of Chicago to write a new work for the American Bicentennial in 1976. While American composers fumed over the choice of a foreigner to do the job, the fearless Mr. Penderecki envisioned something grand: a kind of oratorio-opera drawn from Milton’s epic “Paradise Lost,” with an English libretto by Christopher Fry using much of the original text. Alas, it could not be done in time for the Bicentennial: the premiere was delayed until November 1978. In the end, the critics didn’t much like it." New York times

Keywords: Drama,devil,tongues,goblins,John Milton,Roman Cieslewicz
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