''Veinticinco de agosto, 1983'' (''August the 25th, 1983'') is a chamber

opera Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a librett ...

Juan María Solare Juan María Solare (born August 11, 1966) is an Argentine composer and pianist. Education Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Solare studied and received his diploma in piano (María Teresa Criscuolo), composition (Fermina Casanova, Juan Carlos Zo ...

, to a Spanish

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 Javier Adúriz based on the life by

Jorge Luis Borges Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo (; ; 24 August 1899 – 14 June 1986) was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator, as well as a key figure in Spanish-language and international literature. His best-known bo ...

. Solare composed the opera from 1992 to 1993. The opera is approximately 37.5 minutes in length and consists of one act with fifteen scenes.

Characters

*Old Borges (

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) *Young Borges (

tenor A tenor is a type of classical music, classical male singing human voice, voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types. It is the highest male chest voice type. The tenor's vocal range extends up to C5. The lo ...

) *Speaker (

baritone A baritone is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the bass and the tenor voice-types. The term originates from the Greek (), meaning "heavy sounding". Composers typically write music for this voice in the r ...

or tenor) *Owner of the hotel (baritone or bass) *Chorus

Orchestra

*Flute *Tenor Saxophone *String Quartet *Piano *Percussion (Suspended cymbal, 2 anvils, glockenspiel, vibraphone, 5 temple blocks, 3 tomtoms, tenor drum)

References

Operas by Juan Maria Solare Spanish-language operas Chamber operas One-act operas 1993 operas Operas Compositions by Juan María Solare Operas about writers Fiction set in 1983 Operas set in the 20th century Operas set in Argentina Jorge Luis Borges Cultural depictions of Argentine people Cultural depictions of writers Cultural depictions of poets {{opera-stub