''Rumi'' is a Persian-language opera by Iranian composer
Behzad Abdi
Behzad Abdi (born 1973, Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian composer of opera, film, and television music.
Abdi studied setar and Iranian traditional music.
His opera "Rumi" from 2009, based on the life of Rumi, with libretto by Behrouz Gharibourm, a ...
to a
libretto
A libretto (Italian for "booklet") is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or Musical theatre, musical. The term ''libretto'' is also sometimes used to refer to the t ...
by
puppet theatre
Puppetry is a form of theatre or performance that involves the manipulation of puppets – inanimate objects, often resembling some type of human or animal figure, that are animated or manipulated by a human called a puppeteer. Such a performa ...
director
Behrouz Gharibpour
Behrouz Gharibpour ( fa, بهروز غریبپور) (born 1950 in Sanandaj) is an Iranian theatre director and pioneer of traditional Persian puppet theatre.
He studied theatre at Tehran University and at ''Dramatic Arts Academy'' in Rome ( ...
. The opera combines Persian traditional
dastgāh modal system and
sama
Sama or SAMA may refer to:
Places
* Sama, Burkina Faso, a town in the Kouka Department, Banwa Province, Burkina Faso
* Sama, China (Sanya), a city in Hainan, China
* Sama, Chalus, a village in Mazandaran Province, Iran
* Sama, Nowshahr, a vil ...
dance with Western music. The libretto is based on the story of
Shams and
Rumi
Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī ( fa, جلالالدین محمد رومی), also known as Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Balkhī (), Mevlânâ/Mawlānā ( fa, مولانا, lit= our master) and Mevlevî/Mawlawī ( fa, مولوی, lit= my ma ...
.
Recording
* ''Rumi'' – Maliheh Moradi, Mohammad Motamedi, Homayun Shajarian, Hosein Alishapour and Ali Khodaei, Mohammadreza Sadeghi, Credo Chamber Choir
National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine The National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Національний Симфонічний Оркестр України) is one of the principal orchestras of Ukraine.
It was founded in 1918 as Ukrainian State Symphony Orchestra. Natha ...
Vladimir Sirenko 2018
References
Persian-language operas
2009 operas
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