Gilgamesh (Kodallı opera)

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Gılgamış is a 1964 Turkish-language opera by Nevit Kodallı.^[1]

Simultaneously with Kodallı, Ahmed Adnan Saygun was also working around 1964 on a Gilgamesh project, which he completed as his Op.65 Gılgameş.^[2]^[3]

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^ McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of world drama Page 214 Stanley Hochman, McGraw-Hill, inc - 1984 "Gods and Men (Tannlar ve Insanlar, 1954), another study of leadership, is a dramatization of the Mesopotamian epic Gilgamesh. It was later reworked as an opera libretto, with music by Nevit Kodalli, and presented at the Turkish State Opera ..."
^ Ahmed Adnan Saygun - Page 31 Ayşegül Yaraman-Başbuğu - 2001 "Paris'te Saygun'u etkileyen diğer bir etkinlik dizisi ise Wagner operalarının sahnelenmesi- dir. ... zirvesi olarak değerlendirilen Op. 65 Gılgameş epik dramına kadar Saygun'un opera dilinde Wagner'in izleri açıkça göz- lemlenebilmektedir."
^ Ahmed Adnan Saygun Semineri Bildirileri: 7-8 Ocak 1987 - Page 39 Ahmed Adnan Saygun, M. Tuğrul Göğüş - 1987 "Op.51 Duyuşlar (Üç kadın sesi için, 1935), Op.52 Köroglu (Üç perdelik opera, 1971-1973), Op.53 4. ... orkestra düzenlemesi de yapılmıştır, 1978, Sözler: A.A.Saygun), Op.65 Gılgameş (Üç perdelik epik dram, 1964-1970, Söz. A.A.Saygun), "

Epic of Gilgamesh

Characters

Humans	Gilgamesh Aga Enmebaragesi Enkidu Shamhat Urshanabi Utnapishtim
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)
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

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