Gilgamesh (Saygun opera)

Opera composed by Ahmed Adnan Saygun

Gılgameş (Op. 65) is an opera in three acts and twelve scenes composed by Ahmed Adnan Saygun to a Turkish-language libretto by Münir Hayri Egeli [tr].[1] The opera, based on the Epic of Gilgamesh was composed from 1964 to 1983, but premiered in an early version in 1970. The work had its origins in an opera of the same name by Nevit Kodallı with a libretto by Orhan Asena [tr] which was premiered in Ankara in 1964, but Saygun and his librettist were commissioned to rewrite both music and libretto.

## See also

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* Gilgamesh in the arts and popular culture
* Gilgamesh (disambiguation)#Operas

## References

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1. ^ Hotham, David (1975). Turkey: The Land and its People. London: Macdonald. p. 57. ISBN 0356051056.

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Epic of Gilgamesh

Characters|

| Humans|

* Gilgamesh
* Aga
* Enmebaragesi
* Enkidu
* Shamhat
* Urshanabi
* Utnapishtim

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Deities|

* Adad
* Anunnaki
* Ea
* Enlil
* Ishtar (Inanna)
* Ninsun
* Shamash (Utu)
* Shullat and Hanish
* Siduri
* Silili
* Wer

Other mythical beings|

* Bull of Heaven
* Humbaba
* Scorpion man

Adaptations|

| Literature|

* The Great American Novel (1973)
* Gilgamesh the King (1984)
* Gilgamesh in the Outback (1986)
* Timewyrm: Genesys (1991)
* Slaves of the Shinar (2006)
* The Sorceress: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel (2009)

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Classical music|

* The Epic of Gilgamesh (1955 Czech oratorio)
* Gilgamesh (Kodallı) (1964 Turkish opera)
* Gilgamesh (Saygun) (1970 Turkish opera)
* Gilgamesh (Nørgård) (1972 Danish opera)
* Gilgamesh (Brucci) (1986 Serbian opera)

Film|

* The Epic of Gilgamesh, or This Unnameable Little Broom (1985)
* Princess Mononoke (1997)
* Where is Gilgamesh? (2024)

Television|

* "Darmok"
* "Demon with a Glass Hand"
* "The Tower of Druaga"
* "The Beginnings"

Comics|

* Gilgamesh II
* Forgotten One
* Gilgamesh

Video games|

* The Tower of Druaga

Other|

* Popular culture
* Gilgamesh flood myth
* Uruk
* Mashu
* Sîn-lēqi-unninni
* George Smith
* Tale of Gudam

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