Opera in three acts
Music by Szymanowski
Libretto by THE COMPOSER and JAROSLAV IWASKIEWICZ
Sung in Polish on gramophone records
Cast in order of singing:
CHILDREN'S CHORUS or THE POLISH PATHFINDER'S UNION
CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA OF THE WARSAW STATE OPERA HOUSE
Conducted by MIECZYSLAW MIERZEJEWSKI
The action takes place in Sicily in the twelfth century
Acr 1 Inside the great church at
Palermo
5.26* ACT 2
The courtyard of King Roger's palace
6.4* Acr 3
The ruins of an ancient Greek-
Theatre
Chopin: Fantasy in F minor. Op. 49; Three Mazurkas, Op. 63; Szymanowski: Mazurkas, Op. 62 and from Op. 50: August 14

The Archbishop - MAREK DABROWSKI (bass)
The Deaconess - ANNA MALEWICZ-MADEY (contralto)
Roger 11, King of Sicily - ANDRZEJ HIOLSKI (baritone)
Edrisi. an Arabian sage - ZDZISLAW NIKODEM (tenor)
Roxana. the Queen Consort - HANNA RUMOWSKA (soprano)
The Shepherd - KAZIMIERZ PUSTELAK (tenor)