Porin (opera)
Encyclopedia
Porin is a grand opera
by Vatroslav Lisinski
. The Croatian
text was by Dimitrija Demeter
. It was Lisinski's second opera, the second for Croatia.
It was composed during 1848-51 but not performed until 2 October 1897, when it was staged in Zagreb
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', ed. Stanley Sadie (London, 1992) ISBN 0-333-73432-7
Grand Opera
Grand opera is a genre of 19th-century opera generally in four or five acts, characterised by large-scale casts and orchestras, and lavish and spectacular design and stage effects, normally with plots based on or around dramatic historic events...
by Vatroslav Lisinski
Vatroslav Lisinski
Vatroslav Lisinski was a Croatian composer.Lisinski was born Ignaz Fuchs to a German Jewish family...
. The Croatian
Croatian language
Croatian is the collective name for the standard language and dialects spoken by Croats, principally in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Serbian province of Vojvodina and other neighbouring countries...
text was by Dimitrija Demeter
Dimitrija Demeter
Dimitrija Demeter was a Croatian writer and dramatist....
. It was Lisinski's second opera, the second for Croatia.
It was composed during 1848-51 but not performed until 2 October 1897, when it was staged in Zagreb
Zagreb
Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...
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Source
Lisinski, Vatroslav by Lovro Županović, in 'The New Grove Dictionary of OperaNew Grove Dictionary of Opera
The New Grove Dictionary of Opera is an encyclopedia of opera, considered to be one of the best general reference sources on the subject. It is the largest work on opera in English, and in its printed form, amounts to 5,448 pages in four volumes....
', ed. Stanley Sadie (London, 1992) ISBN 0-333-73432-7