Paria (opera)

Paria (The pariah) is an 1869 opera in three acts by Stanisław Moniuszko to a libretto by Jan Chęciński - the librettist of Straszny dwór - after the play Le paria (1821) by Casimir Delavigne.[1]

Scene from Act II.
Etching by Julian Schübeler

Cast
  • Idamor, head of the warrior caste - tenor
  • Ratef, his trustee - tenor
  • Akebar, high priest - bass
  • Neala, his daughter - soprano
  • Mirra, priestess - mezzo-soprano
  • Dżares, the pariah, Idamor's father - baritone
  • Brahmins, priestesses, warriors, people

Recordings
  • Paria with Katarzyna Hołysz – Neala, Leszek Skrla – Dżares, Janusz Lewandowski – Akebar, Tomasz Kuk – Idamor, Andrzej Lampert – Ratef. Chór i Orkiestra Opery na Zamku w Szczecinie, cond. Warcisław Kunc 2CD, 2008, Dux 0686/7.
  • Paria (in Italian version), Katarzyna Hołysz (Neala), Robert Jezierski (Akebar), Yuri Gorodetski (Idamor), Szymon Komasa (Djares), Tomasz Warmijak (Ratef) Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra, Łukasz Borowicz 2CD 2019 Dux

References
  1. Franklin Mesa Opera: An Encyclopedia of World Premieres 2015 "Moniuszko's other operas include The Lottery (1846), The Rafsman (1858), The Haunted Manor (1865), Paria (1869),"


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