Król Roger – Roxana’s Song (The Royal Opera)

Georgia Jarman sings Roxana’s Song from Karol Szymanowski’s Król Roger, with Mariusz Kwiecień as King Roger, Kim Begley as Edrisi and the ladies of the Royal Opera Chorus, in Kasper Holten’s production for The Royal Opera, May 2015. Antonio Pappano conducts the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. Find out more at Polish composer Karol Szymanowski began to gather ideas for Król Roger (King Roger), his second and final opera, in 1918. He was in part inspired by Euripides’ The Baccha