Divara – Wasser und Blut | |
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Opera by Azio Corghi | |
Librettist | Azio Corghi |
Language | German |
Based on | In Nomine Dei by José Saramago |
Premiere | 31 October 1993 |
Divara – Wasser und Blut (Divara, Water and Blood) is a German-language opera by Azio Corghi to a libretto by the composer after the play In Nomine Dei by José Saramago, [1] [2] which tells the story of the Dutch "Anabaptist queen" Divara van Haarlem and the Münster Rebellion of 1534.
The opera was premiered at Theater Münster 31 October 1993. [3] [4] The opera had originally been conceived for performance in Italian, as Divara – acqua e sangue, as the composer's previous collaboration with Saramago, Blimunda, based on the 1994 novel Baltasar and Blimunda (original title Memorial do convento). [5]
Divara – Wasser und Blut | |
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Opera by Azio Corghi | |
Librettist | Azio Corghi |
Language | German |
Based on | In Nomine Dei by José Saramago |
Premiere | 31 October 1993 |
Divara – Wasser und Blut (Divara, Water and Blood) is a German-language opera by Azio Corghi to a libretto by the composer after the play In Nomine Dei by José Saramago, [1] [2] which tells the story of the Dutch "Anabaptist queen" Divara van Haarlem and the Münster Rebellion of 1534.
The opera was premiered at Theater Münster 31 October 1993. [3] [4] The opera had originally been conceived for performance in Italian, as Divara – acqua e sangue, as the composer's previous collaboration with Saramago, Blimunda, based on the 1994 novel Baltasar and Blimunda (original title Memorial do convento). [5]