Suncanica
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Sunčanica is a historical opera
composed by Boris Papandopulo
, with a libretto
by Marko Soljačić based on Ivan Gundulić
's Osman and his son Šišmundo Gundulić
, who continued the Osman, about the Sunčanica history.
It was first performed at the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb (then the Croatian State Theatre in Zagreb) on June 13, 1942. The opera was produced by Branko Gavella
, choreographed by Ana Roje and Oskar Harmoš, and its main role was played by Srebrenka Jurinac.
In 2008, the opera was fully performed for the first time in 62 years when it opened the 16th Zajc's Days festival at the Croatian National Theatre Ivan pl. Zajc in Rijeka.
Opera
Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...
composed by Boris Papandopulo
Boris Papandopulo
Boris Papandopulo , Croatian composer and conductor. He was the son of Greek nobleman Konstantin Papandopulo and Croatian opera singer Maja Strozzi-Pečić....
, with a libretto
Libretto
A libretto is the text used in an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata, or musical. The term "libretto" is also sometimes used to refer to the text of major liturgical works, such as mass, requiem, and sacred cantata, or even the story line of a...
by Marko Soljačić based on Ivan Gundulić
Ivan Gundulic
Ivan Franov Gundulić is the most celebrated Croatian Baroque poet from the Republic of Ragusa. His work embodies central characteristics of Roman Catholic Counter-Reformation: religious fervor, insistence on "vanity of this world" and zeal in opposition to "infidels." Gundulić's major...
's Osman and his son Šišmundo Gundulić
Šišmundo Gundulic
Šišmundo Gundulić, also Sigismondo Gondola, son of famous poet Ivan Gundulić and Nika Sorkočević, and brother of the Austrian Marshal Fran Dživo Gundulić...
, who continued the Osman, about the Sunčanica history.
It was first performed at the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb (then the Croatian State Theatre in Zagreb) on June 13, 1942. The opera was produced by Branko Gavella
Branko Gavella
Branko Gavella was a Croatian theatre director, critic and essayist.Born in Zagreb, Croatia Gavella finished high school in his hometown before enrolling at the University of Vienna where he studied philosophy and German studies...
, choreographed by Ana Roje and Oskar Harmoš, and its main role was played by Srebrenka Jurinac.
In 2008, the opera was fully performed for the first time in 62 years when it opened the 16th Zajc's Days festival at the Croatian National Theatre Ivan pl. Zajc in Rijeka.