KEREM İLE ASLI
Ahmed Adnan Saygun (1907 - 1991)
Opera in three acts in TurkishLibretto: Selahattin Batu
Premièr at State Opera, Ankara – 22 December 1953
22 March 1953 (22 Performances)
State Opera and Ballet, Ankara
WORLD PREMIER PERFORMANCE
The First Act staged on April 2, 1948 by Ankara State Opera
Chorus master: Adolfo Camozzo
Stage Director: Aydın Gün
Scene and costumes: Turgut Zaim
Scene and costumes: Turgut Zaim
Hakan the Sultan HİLMİ GİRGİNKOÇ / SELİM ÜNOKUR bass
Hanım Sultan’s wife NECDET DEMİR / NERİMAN ESİ / NERİMAN SAN mezzo-sopranoKerem Sultan’s son AYDIN GÜN / NİHAT KIZILTAN tenor
Vezir Sultan’s Minister MUAMMER ESİ / SELİM ÜNOKUR bass
Aslı Vezir’s daughter AYHAN ALDAN / BELKIS ARAN / LEYLA GENCER soprano [Role debut]
Derviş an oldman AYHAN BARAN / HİLMİ GİRGİNKOÇ bass
İkinci Hükümdar Second ruler AYHAN BARAN / ALİ KÖPÜK baritone
Subaşı Sultan’s assistant NEVZAT KARATEKİN / RIFKI AR baritone
1inci Aşık a poet NEZAT ÇİDAMLI / UMUR PARS tenor
2inci Aşık a poet NEVZAT KARATEKİN / RIFKI AR baritone
3üncü Aşık a poet AZMİ ÖRSES / ESAT TAMER / NURİ TÜRKAN tenor
Yolcu a traveler SÜLEYMAN GÜLER / NEVZAN ÇİDAMLI tenor
Dancers: Lorna Mossford/Robert Lunnon/Ömer Sezer/Tenasüp Onat/Kaya İlhan/Güzin Kalın/Fezal Esmen
Time: 16th Century
Place: Isfahan (Iran)Photos © FOTO AJANSI, Ankara
STATE OPERA MAGAZINE
1953 March
Unknown Newspaper or Magazine
1953 March
STATE OPERA MAGAZINE
1960 January
