''King Midas' Ears'' () is an

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in two acts, a satirical work by

Ferit Tüzün Ferit Tüzün (24 April 1929, Istanbul – 21 October 1977, Ankara) was a Turkish composer. His works included the opera ''Midas'ın Kulakları'' ('' King Midas' Ears''), on the tale of King Midas Midas (; ) was a king of Phrygia with whom man ...

who composed it from 1966 to 1969. It is set to a

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in Turkish by . It premiered at State Opera in Istanbul in 1969. The opera is based on part of the myth of Midas.

Roles

Midas Midas (; ) was a king of Phrygia with whom many myths became associated, as well as two later members of the Phrygian royal house. His father was Gordias, and his mother was Cybele. The most famous King Midas is popularly remembered in Greek m ...

baritone A baritone is a type of classical music, classical male singing human voice, voice whose vocal range lies between the bass (voice type), bass and the tenor voice type, voice-types. It is the most common male voice. The term originates from the ...

*Barber, speaking role *

Apollo Apollo is one of the Twelve Olympians, Olympian deities in Ancient Greek religion, ancient Greek and Ancient Roman religion, Roman religion and Greek mythology, Greek and Roman mythology. Apollo has been recognized as a god of archery, mu ...

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* Pan,

tenor A tenor is a type of male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types. It is the highest male chest voice type. Composers typically write music for this voice in the range from the second B below m ...

''The Ears of Midas''
November 2013 performance details,

Süreyya Opera House Süreyya Opera House, also called Süreyya Cultural Center (), is an opera house, opera hall located at Gen. Asım Gündüz Avenue No: 29, in the Bahariye quarter of the Kadıköy district in Istanbul, Turkey. The building was designed by Armenian ...

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by Brian Felsen, 25 October 1998 Operas 1969 operas Turkish-language operas Operas based on classical mythology Apollo in art Pan (god) in art {{Opera-stub