An English language version of "The Haunted Manor" was created in 1970 by translator Dr. George Conrad working with opera singer and singing teacher Mollie Petrie. The world premiere of this English version was given by the University of Bristol Operatic Society in 1970, which caused some excitement in the Polish expatriate community in England because of the opera's theme of Polish nationalism, at a time when Cold War tensions were high (Poland was then part of the Warsaw Pact), as it had been when the opera first appeared. Thus, unusually, many Polish people travelled to Bristol to attend – and warmly applaud – what was in fact a fine amateur production by university students. That English version has been performed a number of times in England since 1970, including in an acclaimed production by Opera South (formerly Opera Omnibus) in February 2001.