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Royal Opera House production of King Roger

29 December 2016

3:00 PM

29 December 2016

3:00 PM

Soon after the Norman Conquest of England (1066 and all that) Count Roger Hauteville of Normandy took control of Sicily. His son, Roger II extended his territories to include southern Italy. A reluctant Pope proclaimed him King Roger in 1130. This King Roger is the unlikely subject of an opera by the Polish composer Karol Szymanowski, first performed in Warsaw in 1926.

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