 Ankara Opera House ( Opera Sahnesi) is the first among three opera and ballet venues in Ankara The State Opera and Ballet (Turkish: Devlet Opera ve Balesi) is the national directorate of opera and ballet companies of Turkey, with venues in Ankara, İstanbul, İzmir, Mersin, and Antalya. The directorate is bound to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. The Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Italy. ...
Painting of ballet dancers by Edgar Degas, 1872. ...
Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the countrys second largest city after Ä°stanbul. ...
The location of Istanbul Province Maiden Tower and Historical Peninsula of Istanbul Istanbul (Turkish: Ä°stanbul) (the former Constantinople, Greek: ΚωνσταντινοÏπολις) is the largest city in Turkey, and arguably the most important. ...
Ä°zmir (Ottoman Turkish: إزمير Ä°zmir, Greek: ΣμÏÏνη SmýrnÄ“, Armenian: Ô»Õ¦Õ´Õ«Ö€ Izmir, Italian: Smirne, Ladino: Izmir, without the Turkish dotted I) is the third most populous city of Turkey and the countrys largest port after Ä°stanbul. ...
Mersin is the capital city of İçel Province, in Turkey. ...
Antalya (formerly known as Adalia; from Greek: Αττάλεια Attália) is the capital city of the Antalya Province, located on the Gulf of Antalya on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey. ...
History
Early history The first opera staged during the Ottoman period is usually attributed to the reign of Selim III (1761 - 1808), when Selim, himself a composer and a poet, invited a foreign company to stage an opera at the Topkapı Palace in 1797. Motto: دولت ابد مدت Devlet-i Ebed-müddet (The Eternal State) Anthem: Ottoman imperial anthem Borders in 1680, see: list of territories Capital Söğüt (1299-1326) Bursa (1326-1365) Edirne (1365-1453) Constantinople (Istanbul) (1453-1922) Language(s) Ottoman Turkish Government Monarchy Sultans - 1281–1326 Osman I - 1918–1922 Mehmed VI...
Sultan Selim III Selim III (December 24, 1761 – July 28/29, 1808) was a sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1789–1807). ...
Entrance of Topkapı Palace, Babu-s Selam Topkapı Palace Courtyard, Tower of Justice in the rear Topkapı Palace (Topkapı Sarayı in Turkish, literally the Cannongate Palace - named after a nearby gate), located in Istanbul (Constantinople), was the administrative center of the Ottoman Empire from 1465 to 1853. ...
In 1840, Gaetano Donizetti's Belisario became the first opera to be translated into Turkish, and was performed at the newly built theatre by Italian architect Bosco. The theater was transferred to Tütüncüoğlu Michael Naum Efendi in 1844, who continued to arrange opera performances for the following 26 years. An important public opera performance was Giuseppe Verdi's Ernani, staged by an Italian company in Beyoğlu in 1846. Also in 1846, Naum Efendi's theatre was destroyed by fire and was replaced by a new one. During the period of 1846 - 1877, operas of Verdi, performed mostly by Italian companies, reached a wide audience. Gaetano Donizetti Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 – 8 April 1848) was a famous Italian opera composer. ...
Belisario (Belisarius) is a tragedia lirica, or opera, in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. ...
Bosco Bosco was an Irish childrens television programme produced during the late 1970s and early 1980s. ...
Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (either October 9 or 10, 1813 – January 27, 1901) was an Italian Romantic composer, mainly of opera. ...
Ernani is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on the play Hernani by Victor Hugo. ...
İstiklâl Caddesi and the tram line running between Taksim and Tünel Beyoğlu is a municipality located in İstanbul, Turkey, separated from the old city by the Golden Horn. ...
As with other arts, the development of Turkish opera and ballet was brought to a halt from 1880s by almost constant warfare, peaking in the Balkan Wars and World War I and resulting in the collapse of the empire. // Development and commercial production of electric lighting Development and commercial production of gasoline-powered automobile by Karl Benz, Gottlieb Daimler and Maybach First commercial production and sales of phonographs and phonograph recordings. ...
Combatants Ottoman Empire Balkan League Bulgaria Commanders Nizam Pasha, Zekki Pasha, Esat Pasha, Abdullah Pasha, Ali Rizah Pasha Bulgaria: Vladimir Vazov, Vasil Kutinchev, Nikola Ivanov, Radko Dimitriev Serbia: Radomir Putnik, Petar Bojović, Stepa Stepanović Greece:Crown Prince Constantine, Panagiotis Danglis, Pavlos Kountouriotis Nikola Ivanov, Vasil Kutinchev, Radko Dimitriev The outcome...
Combatants Allied Powers: Russian Empire France British Empire Italy United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary German Empire Ottoman Empire Bulgaria Commanders Nicholas II Aleksei Brusilov Georges Clemenceau Joseph Joffre Ferdinand Foch Robert Nivelle Herbert Henry Asquith Sir Douglas Haig Sir John Jellicoe Victor Emmanuel III Luigi Cadorna Armando Diaz Woodrow...
Republican period The foundation of the new Republic of Turkey in 1923 was followed by Atatürk's Reforms, of which far-reaching cultural reforms were an important step. Under Atatürk' personal guidance, many talented young people were sent to Europe for professional training, becoming teachers of music and performing arts at the newly established Musiki Muallim Mektebi opened in 1924 in Ankara and Darülelhan in İstanbul, upon their return during 1930s. Atatürk’s reforms are a series of legal changes concerning the Turkish society initiated between 1922 and 1938 by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder and the first president of the Republic of Turkey. ...
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881–November 10, 1938), Turkish army officer, revolutionary, and anti-imperialist statesman, was the founder and first President of the Republic of Turkey. ...
Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the countrys second largest city after Ä°stanbul. ...
The location of Istanbul Province Maiden Tower and Historical Peninsula of Istanbul Istanbul (Turkish: Ä°stanbul) (the former Constantinople, Greek: ΚωνσταντινοÏπολις) is the largest city in Turkey, and arguably the most important. ...
The 1930s (years from 1930–1939) were described as an abrupt shift to more radical and conservative lifestyles, as countries were struggling to find a solution to the Great Depression, also known in Europe as the World Depression. ...
The first Turkish opera, Özsoy, composed by Ahmet Adnan Saygun with the lyrics of Münir Hayri Egeli, premiered in 1934. It was shortly followed by Adnan Saygun's Taşbebek and Necim Kazım Akses’ Bayönde. Ahmet Adnan Saygun (born in Izmir on September 7, 1907 - Died in Istanbul on January 6, 1991) was a Turkish composer, musicologist and writer on music. ...
During 1935, German composer Paul Hindemith and theatre director Carl Ebert were invited to give lectures at Musiki Muallim Mektebi in Ankara, which was subsequently transformed into Ankara State Conservatory. The two lecturers were offered permanent posts at the conservatory, which Paul Hindemith was not able to accept, nevertheless he kept visiting Ankara and inspecting the activities at the music school. Carl Ebert stayed in Ankara as the director of the conservatory theatre school and opera studio for the following nine years. Paul Hindemith (16 November 1895 – 28 December 1963) was a German composer, violist, violinist, teacher, music theorist and conductor. ...
On May 16, 1940, the State Conservatory was firmly established under law, consisting of music, opera, ballet, and theatre schools. The first performance staged by the students of the conservatory was Mozart's one-act comic opera Bastien und Bastienne, performed with Turkish text in the accompaniment of Presidential Symphony Orchestra. In 1940, the second act of Puccini's Madame Butterfly was performed in Turkish by the staff of the conservatory opera studio, followed in 1941 by Tosca. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (January 27, 1756 – December 5, 1791) was one of the most significant and influential of all composers of Western classical music. ...
Bastien und Bastienne (Bastien and Bastienne) is a one-act singspiel opera with libretto by Friedrich Wilhelm Weiskern and music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. ...
Giacomo Puccini Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini (December 22, 1858 – November 29, 1924) is regarded as one of the great operatic composers of the late 19th and early 20th century. ...
Madama Butterfly (or sometimes Madame Butterfly in English) is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, set in Japan. ...
Original poster Tosca is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on Victorien Sardous drama, La Tosca. ...
The conversion of the existing Sergievi (Exhibition House) building in Ankara into an opera house was started in 1947 and the building started serving as the Ankara Opera House on April 2, 1948, with the performance of pieces composed by Turkish Five and the premiere of Ahmet Adnan Saygun's Kerem. The orchestra and chorus of the opera were organized between 1950 - 1953. During the same period, a ballet school was established in İstanbul with prima ballerina Dame Ninette de Valois, which was later integrated into Ankara State Conservatory, giving its first graduates in 1956. A ballerina is a female ballet dancer. ...
At age 16 Dame Ninette de Valois (June 6, 1898 – March 8, 2001) was the Irish founder of Londons renowned Royal Ballet. ...
Management of the theatre and the opera were separated in 1958, creating the directorates of State Theatres and State Opera and Ballet. In 1959, İstanbul City Opera was established by the private effort of Aydın Gün, which was nationalized in 1970 as the İstanbul State Opera and Ballet. This was followed by the establishment of İzmir State Opera and Ballet in 1983, Mersin State Opera and Ballet in 1992, and Antalya State Opera and Ballet in 1999. Ä°zmir (Ottoman Turkish: إزمير Ä°zmir, Greek: ΣμÏÏνη SmýrnÄ“, Armenian: Ô»Õ¦Õ´Õ«Ö€ Izmir, Italian: Smirne, Ladino: Izmir, without the Turkish dotted I) is the third most populous city of Turkey and the countrys largest port after Ä°stanbul. ...
Mersin is the capital city of İçel Province, in Turkey. ...
Antalya (formerly known as Adalia; from Greek: Αττάλεια Attália) is the capital city of the Antalya Province, located on the Gulf of Antalya on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey. ...
Venues
Ankara
İstanbul Atatürk Cultural Center (Turkish: Atatürk Kültür Merkezi), called also simply as AKM, is a multi-purpose cultural center located in Taksim Square of Ä°stanbul, Turkey. ...
İzmir - İzmir State Opera and Ballet
Mersin - Mersin State Opera and Ballet
Antalya - Antalya State Opera and Ballet
Aspendos International Opera and Ballet Festival -
The State Opera and Ballet directorate organizes, since 1994, the annual opera and ballet festival in the ancient theatre of Aspendos, near Antalya, with international participation of opera and ballet companies. The Aspendos International Opera and Ballet Festival has been organized by the Turkish State Opera and Ballet directorate since 1994 with international participation by opera and ballet companies from several different countries. ...
Aspendos is known for his best-preserved theater of antiquity with seating for 15000. ...
Antalya (formerly known as Adalia; from Greek: Αττάλεια Attália) is the capital city of the Antalya Province, located on the Gulf of Antalya on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey. ...
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External links - Official website of the directorate and Ankara State Opera and Ballet (Turkish and English)
- Official website of İstanbul State Opera and Ballet (Turkish and English)
- Official website of İzmir State Opera and Ballet
- A brief history of opera and ballet in Turkey, on the website of Ministry of Culture and Tourism
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