Opera in the Repertoire · Modern
Ağrı Dağı Efsanesi
premiered 1971
Ağrı Dağı Efsanesi ("The Legend of Mt Ararat") is a 1971 Turkish-language opera by Çetin Işıközlü. Mount Ararat is Mount Ağrı, Ağrı Dağı, in Turkish (wikt:ağrı can also mean "pain", "affliction"). The plot is based on the 1970 epic novel of the same name, Ağrıdağı Efsanesi, by Yaşar Kemal.
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