Wiktor Każyński

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Viktor Każyński (Russian: Виктор Матвеевич Кажинский, born December 6 . Jul / 18th December  1812 greg. In Vilnius ; † February 22 jul. / 6. March  1867 greg. In Saint Petersburg ) was a Polish composer.

Każyński studied with Józef Elsner in Warsaw . From 1843 he was Kapellmeister at the Alexandrinsky Theater in St. Petersburg. He composed four operas, one operetta and one ballet, choral works, marches, dances and songs.

Stage works

  • Szczególniejsze spotkanie (A Strange Encounter), comic opera, 1832
  • Wiejski poranek (Rural Morning), Ballet, 1837
  • Fenella (after La muette de Portici by Auber), comic opera, 1840
  • Antoni i Antosia (libretto by Andrzej Slowaczýnski after Toinon et Toinette by Jean-Auguste-Jullien Desboulmiers ), around 1840
  • Damska protekcja (The Protection of Ladies), Operetta, 1843
  • Maz i zona (man and woman), comic opera, 1848