Król Roger

from Karol Szymanowski


King Roger
Opera in three acts

Libretto

Jaroslaw Iwaszkiewicz

Premiere

19 June 1926, Warsaw (Wielki Theatre)

Cast

KING ROGER II (baritone)
ROXANA (soprano)
SHEPHERD (tenor, contralto, tenor, bass)
CHILDREN'S CHOIR OF ACOLYTES

CHORUS
priests, monks, nuns, king's guards, Norman knights

Place

Sicily

Time

12th century

Composer

Szymanowski, Karol