Adam Didur. Droga artystyczna przez Metropolitan Opera do Bytomia. Materiały z Interdyscyplinarnej Konferencji Naukowej zorganizowanej w dniach 11–12 maja 2017 roku na Uniwersytecie Śląskim w Katowicach
Adam Didur. The artistic path through The Metropolitan Opera to Bytom. Materials from the Interdisciplinary Scientific Conference organized on 11-12 May 2017 at the University of Silesia in Katowice

Contributor(s): Grażyna Golik-Szarawarska (Editor)
Subject(s): History, Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Cultural history, Music, History of Art
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Adam Didur; opera; theater history; cultural history; Metropolitan Opera; Katowice Opera
Summary/Abstract: The book is a new monographic study of Adam Didur’s (24.12.1873 – 7.01.1946) artistic, educational and organizational legacy – an opera singer who made a name for himself in the Polish musical culture at the end of the 19th and the first half of the 20th century and who succesfully performed on all major opera stages in Poland and all over the world, including The Metropolitan Opera and Teatro alla Scala. The monograph presents the current state of research concerning Didur and his disciples on the basic of studies, theatre criticism and archival documents made available, often for the first time, by Polish and foreign archives and institutions. A lot of space has been given to the texts that bring the latests results of research on the creation by Didur and the artists expatriated from Lviv of an opera theatre in Upper Silesia after World War II.

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