The Haunted Manor

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The Haunted Manor
Opera by Stanisław Moniuszko
A production at the Grand Theatre, Warsaw, on 22 September 1966
Native title
Straszny dwór
LibrettistJan Chęciński [pl]
LanguagePolish
Premiere
28 September 1865 (1865-09-28)
Teatr Wielki, Warsaw

The Haunted Manor (Polish: Straszny dwór) is an opera in four acts composed by Polish composer Stanisław Moniuszko in 1861–1864. The libretto was written by Jan Chęciński [pl]. Despite being a romance and a comedy, it has strong Polish patriotic undertones, which made it both popular with the Polish public and unpopular – to the point of being banned – by the Russian authorities of Congress Poland.[1]

It is considered Moniuszko's best opera and the greatest 19th-century Polish opera score.[2][3] However, it is mostly unknown outside Poland.[1][4]

  1. ^ a b "Article at Fortune City website". Victorian.fortunecity.com. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
  2. ^ "Polish Culture website". Polishculture.co.uk. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
  3. ^ Teatrwielki website
  4. ^ Holland, Bernard (23 April 1986). "OPERA: MONIUSZKO'S 'HAUNTED CASTLE". New York Times. Retrieved 14 September 2010.