Conducted by Łukasz Borowicz, on 27 March, Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra plays at the National Philharmonic in Warsaw as part of the 30th Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival. For years a regular performer at the event, this time, in collaboration with illustrious soloists, the ensemble presents La cambiale di matrimonio (The Bill of Marriage) by Gioacchino Rossini within the “Nieznane opery” (Unknown Operas) cycle.

And on the music market, the newest album by Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra, “Giovanni Simone Mayr, Verter” recorded at the concert during last year’s edition of the Beethoven Festival, has just hit the shelves.

“We discovered Giovanni Simone Mayr’s opera Verter at the Milan Conservatory, where it had been mistaken for over a century for a different work by the composer, Lubino e Carlotta. The manuscript, bearing Mayr’s autograph, reveals clear links to his Venetian period. Composed around 1796, Verter stands as the first true musical adaptation of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s Werther”, Luca Bianchini and Anna Trombetta, Italian musicologists who prepared and edited the score of the forgotten opera, write in the booklet of “Giovanni Simone Mayr, Verter“. And by performing (and recording) the piece at the 29th edition of Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival in Warsaw, the Poznań ensemble led by Łukasz Borowicz reintroduce the work to music lovers.

Besides Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra and Łukasz Borowicz, the concert performance of Mayr’s Verter featured soloists: Zuzanna Nalewajek (mezzo-soprano), Katarzyna Drelich (soprano), Krystian Adam Krzeszowiak (tenor), Krzysztof Lachman (tenor), Tomasz Kumięga (bass), and Nazar Mykulyak (bass).