Veinticinco de agosto, 1983
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Template:Italic title Template:Ref improve Template:Use dmy dates Veinticinco de agosto, 1983 (August the 25th, 1983) is a chamber opera by Juan María Solare, to a Spanish libretto by Javier Adúriz based on the life of Jorge Luis Borges.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Solare composed the opera from 1992 to 1993. The opera is approximately 37.5 minutes in length and consists of one act with fifteen scenes.
Characters
- Old Borges (bass)
- Young Borges (tenor)
- Speaker (baritone or tenor)
- Owner of the hotel (baritone or bass)
- Chorus
Orchestra
- Flute
- Tenor Saxophone
- String Quartet
- Piano
- Percussion (Suspended cymbal, 2 anvils, glockenspiel, vibraphone, 5 temple blocks, 3 tomtoms, tenor drum)
References
Categories:
- Operas by Juan Maria Solare
- Spanish-language operas
- Chamber operas
- One-act operas
- 1993 operas
- Operas
- Operas about writers
- Fiction set in 1983
- Operas set in the 20th century
- Operas set in Argentina
- Jorge Luis Borges
- Cultural depictions of Argentine people
- Cultural depictions of writers
- Cultural depictions of poets