''Muirgheis'' is a 1903

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Thomas O'Brien Butler Thomas O'Brien Butler (3 November 1861 – 7 May 1915; lost on the ''RMS Lusitania, Lusitania''), was an Irish composer who wrote the Irish-language opera ''Muirgheis'' (1903). Biography O'Brien Butler, as he was generally known, was born in Cah ...

(1861–1915), written originally in the Irish language. Caving to market and political pressures of the time, the piece was mainly staged in English. Nonetheless, some consider it the first Gaeilge opera. The libretto was written by Thadgh O'Donoghue, with an English version by Nora Chesson and George Moore. The first full performance took place in

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, Theatre Royal, on 7 December 1903. The score was printed and published in New York by Breitkopf & Härtel in 1910 (plate no. L. 206.). The scoreOnline a
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* 1903 operas Operas Irish-language operas 1900s in Irish music {{opera-stub