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''The Countess'' (''Hrabina'') is an opera in 3 acts by the Polish composer Stanisław Moniuszko. The libretto was written by Włodzimierz Wolski (who also authored the libretto of Moniuszko's Halka). The opera was first performed at the Great Theatre, Warsaw on 7 February 1860. Though the opera is acknowledged as Moniuszko's first fully mature musical composition, the libretto was criticized at first for its use of clichés.〔Józef Kański ''Przewodnik operowy'', Kraków: Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne 1985, p. 236.〕 Yet the opera became extremely popular thanks to the splendid music (Moniuszko shows great prowess in many sections, e.g. the polyphonic sextet at the end of Act I) as well as the national subject matter (this was only 3 years before the January Uprising), and perhaps also to the incorporation of some popular melodies (like ''Pojedziemy na łów!'' in Act III) . ==Roles== * Hrabina (The Countess) - soprano * the Chorąży - bass * Bronia, his granddaughter - soprano * Kazimierz - tenor * the Podczaszyc - baritone * Dzidzi, his nephew - tenor * Panna Ewa (Miss Ewa), Hrabina's friend - soprano 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Countess」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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