''Rumi'' is a Persian-language opera by Iranian composer Behzad Abdi to a

libretto A libretto (From the Italian word , ) is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or Musical theatre, musical. The term ''libretto'' is also sometimes used to refer to th ...

puppet theatre Puppetry is a form of theatre or performance that involves the manipulation of puppets – inanimate objects, often resembling some type of human or animal figure, that are animated or manipulated by a human called a puppeteer. Such a performan ...

director

Behrouz Gharibpour Behrouz Gharibpour () (born 1950 in Sanandaj) is an Iranian theatre director and pioneer of traditional Persian puppet theatre. He studied theatre at Tehran University and at ''Dramatic Arts Academy'' in Rome (Silvio D'Amico). He founded Tehra ...

. The opera combines Persian traditional

dastgāh ''Dastgāh'' (; , , ) is the standard musical system in Persian traditional music, Persian art music, standardised in the 19th century following the transition of Persian music from the Persian maqam, Maqam modal system. A consists of a coll ...

modal system and sama dance with Western music. The libretto is based on the story of Shams and

Rumi Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī (), or simply Rumi (30 September 1207 – 17 December 1273), was a 13th-century poet, Hanafi '' faqih'' (jurist), Maturidi theologian (''mutakallim''), and Sufi mystic born during the Khwarazmian Empire ...

Recording

* ''Rumi'' – Maliheh Moradi, Mohammad Motamedi, Homayun Shajarian, Hosein Alishapour and Ali Khodaei, Mohammadreza Sadeghi, Credo Chamber Choir National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine Vladimir Sirenko 2018

References

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