Arif'in Hilesi

Tigran Tchouhadjian (Dikran Çuhaciyan)

Arif'in Hilesi (Arif's Trick) is an 1874 Turkish-language opera by the Armenian composer Dikran Tchouhadjian (Dikran Çuhaciyan in Turkish).[1] Although the first Turkish opera is often regarded as the same composer's Leblebici Horhor (Horhor the Chickpea Seller) of 1875, since the second opera became wildly popular, Arif'in Hilesi is earlier.

References

  1. ↑ Çağdaş Türk bestecileri: - Page 20 Evin İlyasoğlu - 1998 "operettas and operas from 1868 onwards: Arifin Hilesi (Arif 's Trick) by Dikran Çuhaciyan and Pembe Kız (Pink Girl) and Çengi (The Gipsy Performer) ... The first Turkish opera is the Leblebici Horhor by Çuhaciyan was met with great acclaim"