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It’s The Debrief Christmas Special 2020!

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It’s that time of year again for The Debrief Christmas Special! Hosted by John Beauchamp with guest Ed Wight, Managing Editor of The First News.

Polish opera director awarded Women in Cinema Award at Venice festival

Director of the Warsaw Chamber Opera (WOK), Alicja Węgorzewska, on Tuesday received the Women in Cinema Award (WiCA) at the 77th Venice International Film Festival.

Built as a temporary replacement, Warsaw’s ‘Summer Theatre’ became one of the capital’s best loved attractions

With July 14th marking the 150th anniversary of the capital’s Teatr Letni w Ogrodzie Saskim, TFN takes a look back at his brief 70-year history, before Hitler’s bombs completely destroyed it.

Tenor moves frontline medical workers to tears with powerful Nessun Dorma serenade

One of Giacomo Puccini’s best-known pieces, the aria from the opera Turandot climaxes with the soaring proclamation: “I will win! I will win! I will win!”, considered by many to be a fitting rallying cry in the battle against coronavirus.

The music of love: the life and times of the operatic beauty who stole Chopin’s heart

Konstancja Gładkowska may have been the love of a young Chopin but she herself and the extent of their relationship remain shrouded in the mists of history.

Breakdancing opera singer to perform as lead LADY at Glyndebourne

The Warsaw-born counter-tenor, who completed a Master’s degree in vocal performance at Warsaw’s Fryderyk Chopin School of Music, will take to the stage in Handel’s Rinaldo next month.

Moniuszko's 200th birth anniversary commemorated in Poland

Concerts, song recitals and opera performances are planned all over Poland on Sunday to commemorate the 200th birth anniversary of composer, conductor and musician Stanisław Moniuszko.

Poles among winners of prestigious International Opera Awards

The director of the Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera Waldemar Dąbrowski and a renowned Polish stage director Krzysztof Warlikowski have won the International Opera Awards, known as "Opera Oscars".

Treliński back at the New York Met with ‘double-bill’ premiere

In the new production, Treliński says he has sought to heighten feelings of tension and the psychological aspects contained within the stories.

‘Vocal countertenor sensation’ Philippe Jaroussky is to perform in Poland in 2019.

On July 3 the ICE Congress Centre in Kraków will host a concert by French countertenor Philippe Jaroussky, known for his excellent performances of early music.

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Warsaw Science Centre beams live concert to planets 12 LIGHT YEARS away to promote new George Clooney film

VIDEO: Made in collaboration with Netflix to help celebrate the release of George Clooney’s latest movie ‘The Midnight Sky’, the concert which will reach planets circling the Tau Ceti star in 12 light years has now attracted over half a million earthly views.

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