Abesalom da Eteri

Abesalom da Eteri
Opera by Zacharia Paliashvili
Native title
აბესალომ და ეთერი (Abesalom da Eteri)
LibrettistPetre Mirianashvilid
LanguageGeorgian
Based onEteriani, Georgian folk epic romance
Premiere
21 February 1919 (1919-02-21)
Georgian National Opera Theater, Tbilisi

Abesalom da Eteri (Georgian: აბესალომ და ეთერი; Abesalom and Eteri) is an opera by the Georgian composer Zacharia Paliashvili and librettist Petre Mirianashvili (b. 1860) based on a medieval Georgian folk poem Eteriani. Composed between 1909 and 1918, the work was partly staged in 1913 and first premiered in its present-day form on 21 February 1919 at the Georgian National Opera Theater in Tbilisi. The opera is an eclectic fusion of folk songs and traditional 19th-century Romantic classical themes. In 2004, several excerpts from this opera were adapted as the National Anthem of Georgia.[1]

  1. ^ Parliament of Georgia. The Constitutional Law on the National Anthem of Georgia (No 72–2s; საქართველოს ორგანული კანონი "საქართველოს სახელმწიფო ჰიმნის შესახებ"). Retrieved 4 Apr 2006.