Gilgamesh (opera)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Gilgamesh (ser. Гилгамеш/Gilgameš), opera in three acts by Rudolf Brucci.

Contents

[edit] Libretto

Based on the Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh and written by Arsenije Arsa Milošević

[edit] First performance

November 2, 1986, Novi Sad (Serbia) at Serbian National Theatre.

[edit] Time and Place

Territory of story of Epic at the time of king Gilgamesh, at the time of beginning of Mankind, always and everywhere.

[edit] Dramatis personæ

Gilgamesh sumerian king baritone
Enkidu his friend and brother tenor
Girl priestess at the temple of Ishtar soprano
Rishat Gilgamesh's mother mezzosoprano
Ishtar sumerian goddess of love and fertility mezzosoprano
Siduri Sabitu guardian of entrance to the Garden of Gods coloratura soprano
Aruru sumerian goddess of creation soprano
Utnapishtim Gilgamesh's ancestor deep bass
Utnapishtim's wife mezzosoprano
Hunter
Ur-Shanabi

Utnapishtim's Sailor
tenor
tenor
one singer
First priest tenor
Second priest bass
Anu
Ea
Shamash
sumerian Sky god
sumerian god of water and wisdom
sumerian god of Sun
bass
bass
bass
one singer
(microphone)
Scorpion Man Male voice
Scorpion Woman female voice
Humbaba demon robot
Snake dancer

People of Uruk – Soldiers – Guard – Priests – Priestesses – Virgins in service of Ishtar – Dancers

[edit] Audio samples

[edit] External links