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With the support of the EU, the first Albanian operetta ”Agimi” returns to the stage

by AI | 28.Aug 2024 | Europe in brief AI

Two elderly people, who had attended the first version of the operetta 70 years ago, were seated among the spectators to see the new version.

The staging of the first Albanian operetta "Agimi" (Photo: EU Delegation in Tirana)

The first Albanian operetta “Agimi” was staged 70 years ago and this was a milestone for classical music and the opera genre in Albania.

The operetta “Agimi” was re-staged after a long forgetfulness of 7 decades by Inva Mula, a well-known Albanian soprano and director, with the support of the European Union Delegation in Albania.

Its premiere was part of an international music festival in Korça, the city where the operetta “Agimi” debuted in 1954.

The “Andon Zako Çajupi” theater hall was full, while two elderly people, who had watched the first version of the operetta 70 years ago, were sitting among the spectators to see the new version.

In the middle of the acts, those present were surprised when a part of the original recording of the operetta filled the concert hall.

The plot of the work is set in a village in northern Albania, perhaps in Mirdita.

The conflict arises after a love story between Hana and Sokol and the jealousy of another man in the village, who also loves Hana.

The libretto has been adapted to remove traces of communist ideology that was inevitably part of any stage work in the 1950s, but the music is the same./ (August 28)