Hagith, Op. 25, is an opera in one act by the Polish composer and pianist Karol Szymanowski. The opera premiered at the Grand Theatre, Warsaw in 1922, nine years after its creation. The libretto in German was written by the Viennese secessionist poet and Szymanowski's friend Felix Dörmann.
The composer
David and Abishag (Hagith), 1879 oil painting of the biblical story which is the basis of the libretto, by Pedro Américo
Karol Maciej Szymanowski was a Polish composer and pianist. He was a member of the modernist Young Poland movement that flourished in the late 19th and early 20th century.
Szymanowski in 1922
Nowy Świat 47 street, Warsaw, where Szymanowski lived and composed in 1924–29
Villa Atma, Szymanowski's house in Zakopane, now the Karol Szymanowski Museum
Autograph of the Stabat Mater score commissioned by Bronisław Krystall, 1926