Po­nia­tow­ski wro­te ope­ra Don De­si­de­rio at the of age 24 and its pre­mie­re to­ok pla­ce in 1840 in Pi­sa. It is, out of 12 of his ope­ras, the most suc­cess­ful pie­ce. The mu­sic re­mi­ni­scent of Do­ni­zet­ti's and Ros­si­ni's ope­ras buf­fa, be­ing equ­al­ly me­lo­dio­us, so­phi­sti­ca­ted and full of hu­mo­ur. The Po­lish pre­mie­re to­ok pla­ce at the Mu­ni­ci­pal The­atre in Lviv in 1878, and its con­tem­po­ra­ry per­for­man­ce was pre­sen­ted in Kra­kow du­ring the Fe­sti­val of Po­lish Mu­sic in 2016, whe­re per­for­med: Sta­ni­slav Ku­fly­uk, Jo­an­na Woś, On­drej Ša­ling, Krzysz­tof Szu­mań­ski, Ve­ra Ba­nie­wicz, Se­ba­stian Szum­ski, Woj­ciech Par­chem, Cho­ir of Ka­rol Szy­ma­now­ski Phil­har­mo­nic in Kra­ków and Po­lish Sin­fo­nia Iu­ven­tus Or­che­stra un­der ba­ton of Krzysz­tof Sło­wiń­ski.
Re­cor­ding ma­de du­ring 12th edi­tion of the Fe­sti­val of Po­lish Mu­sic is the se­lec­tion of the most re­pre­sen­ta­ti­ve parts of the ope­ra.

Co­-fun­ded by the Mi­ni­stry of Cul­tu­re and Na­tio­nal He­ri­ta­ge.

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