The 200th anniversary of the birth of Stanisław Moniuszko, falling in 2019, prompts many musicians and concert and festival organisers to promote, in particular, the forgotten works of the Polish Romantic. Performed for the first time on 12 December 1869, the opera Paria met with severe criticism during the composer’s lifetime. Almost 50 years later, during Warsaw’s reopening, Paria also did not get much sympathy from the audience and reviewers. This album, including a concert recording made during this year’s Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival, is a great opportunity to get acquainted with this little-known work. © DUX Records