Mrika

Mrika (Maria) is an opera in three acts composed by Prenkë Jakova with a libretto in Albanian by Llazar Siliqi. It premiered (in a four-act version) in Shkoder, Albania in 1958 at the Migjeni Theatre.^[1] The revised three-act version (and the one used today) premiered in Tirana at the Academy of Music and Arts of Albania in December 1959.^[2] The work is based on a "musical action" in two scenes, Dritë mbi Shqipëri (Light over Albania), a previous collaboration between Jakova and Siliqi which had premiered in Tirana in July 1952. Mirka is considered to be the first Albanian opera.^[3]

References

1. ^ Rubin, Don (2001), The world encyclopedia of contemporary theatre, Taylor & Francis, pp. 41–, ISBN 9780415059282, http://books.google.com/books?id=B9RV5UFtPNMC&pg=PA41 
2. ^ Leotsakos, George. "Jakova, Prenkë", Grove Music Online, ed. L. Macy (accessed 8 October 2010), grovemusic.com (subscription access).
3. ^ Prifti, Peter R., Socialist Albania since 1944, Vol. 23, MIT Press, 1978, p. 124. ISBN 0262160706