Abesalom da Eteri
libretto by Petre Mirianashvili · premiered 1919 · at Tbilisi Opera and Ballet Theatre
Abesalom da Eteri (Georgian: აბესალომ და ეთერი; lit. 'Absalom and Ether') is an opera by the Georgian composer Zacharia Paliashvili and librettist Petre Mirianashvili based on a medieval Georgian folk poem Eteriani. Composed between 1909 and 1918, the work was partly staged in 1913 and first premiered in its present-day form on 21 February 1919 at the Georgian National Opera Theater in Tbilisi. The opera is an eclectic fusion of folk songs and traditional 19th-century Romantic classical themes. In 2004, several excerpts from this opera were adapted as the National Anthem of Georgia.
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