Tiriel (Russian: Тириэль, 1985) is an opera by a Russian composer Dmitri N. Smirnov in three acts (9 scenes) with a Symphonic Prologue to his own libretto after a poem of the same title by William Blake.
Language: English (also translated to Russian and German).
The opera was composed during 1983-1985 in Moscow, Russia. The libretto combines the text from Blake's early symbolic work "Tiriel" (c1789) with the addition of five of his poems: the Int...
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Tiriel (Russian: Тириэль, 1985) is an opera by a Russian composer Dmitri N. Smirnov in three acts (9 scenes) with a Symphonic Prologue to his own libretto after a poem of the same title by William Blake.
Language: English (also translated to Russian and German).
The opera was composed during 1983-1985 in Moscow, Russia. The libretto combines the text from Blake's early symbolic work "Tiriel" (c1789) with the addition of five of his poems: the Introduction and The Divine Image from the Songs of Innocence (1789), The Tyger and A Divine Image from the Songs of Experience (1789-1794), and A Cradle Song from his Note-book (Manuscript Rossetti, 1793).
The premiere took place on January 28, 1989, at the Stattheater, Freiburg (Germany) with subsequent performances on January 31, February 2, 11, 19, March 15, 30, and April 13.
Time and Place: at the dawn of time
Duration 113 minutes.
The blind and aged king, Tiriel, calls down curses on his sons whom he has summoned to observe their mother’s...
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