The Albanian opera includes the art of opera in Albania and opera in the Albanian language.

History

The opera began being performed as a musical genre in Albania in the second half of the 20th century. The first Albanian opera was Mrika by Prenkë Jakova, which was put on stage in 1958 at the

Migjeni Theatre Millosh Gjergj Nikolla (; 13 October 191126 August 1938), commonly known by the acronym pen name Migjeni, was an Albanian poet and writer, considered one of the most important of the 20th century. After his death, he was recognized as one of t ...

in Shkoder, Albania, and, a year later, at the venue of the

Academy of Arts of Tirana An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, ...

. Other operas that followed were ''The Spring'' by Tish Daija, ''The Flower of Memory'' by Kristo Kono, and ''The Heroines'' by Vangjo Nova. Later operas include ''Skënderbeu'' () by Prenkë Jakova, ''Bijtë e Skënderbeut'' () by , ''Komisari'' () by

Nikolla Zoraqi Nikolla Zoraqi (19281991; rup, Nicolla Zorachi) was a composer from Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is loca ...

, ''Zgjimi'' () by Tonin Harapi, and ''Toka e jonë'' (), by

Pjetër Gaci Pjetër Gaci (; 27 March 193127 March 1995) was an Albanian musician, composer and music teacher. He participated numerous times in Festivali i Këngës as composer and lyricist, winning 2 first prizes in 1966 and 1972. Life and career Gaci wa ...

. In 2003 the National Theatre of Kosovo premiered its first

Albanian Albanian may refer to: *Pertaining to Albania in Southeast Europe; in particular: **Albanians, an ethnic group native to the Balkans **Albanian language **Albanian culture **Demographics of Albania, includes other ethnic groups within the country ...

opera, the (), composed by Rauf Dhomi. In 2019 the National Theatre of Opera and Ballet of North Macedonia premiered its first

opera - Skënderbeu, created by the composer Fatos Lumani, the librettist Arian Krasniqi and directed by

Qëndrim Rijani Qëndrim Rijani is an Albanian Theatre director, director of theatre, film and opera. He has directed many plays, Albanian and foreign, that were performed in many different countries in Europe and that have been honored with many awards in variou ...

References

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