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King Roger opera returns to Warsaw 92 years after its premiere

The new production by Poland’s National Opera brings composer Karol Szymanowski’s “Sicilian drama” back to life for a new generation of operagoers to discover. Magda Hueckel, Krzysztof Bieliński

The opera was first shown in 1926 at the Grand Theatre in Warsaw. The new production, directed by Mariusz Treliński, shows the Sicilian ruler in all his human fragility as he faces an inner struggle between reason and instinct.

Polish archaeologists discover medieval graves in Sicily

The over 800-year-old burial sites were discovered by Polish archaeologists during excavations next to the medieval church of San Michele del Golfo near Palermo in Sicily.

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Silent witness: The incredible tale of a 60s supermodel, a German aristocrat, a plot to kill Hitler and a crumbling 300-year-old palace

Behind the walls of this dilapidated old palace in a remote corner of Poland, lies one of the lesser-known intrigues of the 20th century. Left to ruin after WWII, the race is now on to save Sztynort palace. TFN’s Kirsty Hardial and Dagmara Leszkowicz go on the trail of the place that time forgot.

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