Opera in the Repertoire · Early Modern
Jardín de Oriente
Music by Joaquín Turina · at Teatro Real
Jardín de Oriente (Garden of the Orient) is an opera in one act composed by Joaquín Turina to a Spanish-language libretto by Gregorio Martínez Sierra and his wife María Lejárraga. It premiered at the Teatro Real in Madrid on 6 March 1923. The story is set in the palace and gardens of a North African sultan and recounts the love story between one of the sultan's wives and the man who defeats him in battle.
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About the Composer
Joaquín Turina Pérez (9 December 1882 – 14 January 1949) was a Spanish composer of classical music.
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