It was in 1912 that Szymanowski made the first sketches of his one-act opera "Hagith", a work dedicated to Prince Władysław Lubomirski, who supplied him with the libretto by his friend, Vienna-based ...

To be frank, 1 Kings has the more dramatic storyline. In telescoping so many people and events, Hagith sacrifices range of expression for intensity, not least by removing all the characters’ names ...