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''Olegas'' is an opera based on the life of Lithuanian-born Tasmanian wilderness photographer Olegas Truchanas (1923–1972). Music for the opera was composed by Australian composer Constantine Koukias and the libretto was written by Natasha Cica. Olegas Truchanas was instrumental in bringing the beauty of Lake Pedder in Southwest Tasmania to the attention of the Australian and international public in an unsuccessful attempt to stop the lake and its remarkable pink beach being inundated by a dam constructed to produce hydro-electricity.〔Sprod, Dan 2006, "Truchanas, Olegas (1923–1972), ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'', Australian National University and University of Melbourne〕 Sung in Lithuanian and English, the opera's themes are resilience and renewal - qualities that enabled Truchanas to rise from deprivation to find an inner strength and clarity, which he needed to do several times during his life. In addition to the loss of Lake Pedder, Truchanas suffered through World War II in Lithuania; several years later he lost his home (and his photographic work) in the devastating 1967 Tasmanian fires. Truchanas drowned in the Gordon River as the flood waters were rising on nearby Lake Pedder. ''Olegas'' is a major opera being developed with the support of Truchanas' widow, Melva. In 2007, IHOS Music Theatre and Opera presented excerpts from the work's three acts, the first set in Lithuania, the second in Tasmania up to and including the fires, and the third set in Tasmania during the Pedder campaign.〔The ''Mercury'' 2007, "Contrasting program full of drama", 27 September 2007, p. 39〕〔Ruthven, Elizabeth 2007,"Heartening tribute to 'shining Beacon'", the Mercury, 1 October 2007, p. 10〕 As noted by Gordon Kerry, this work and an earlier opera by Koukias (''Tesla - Lightning in His Hand''), "explore the lives of individuals concerned with elemental forces".〔Kerry, Gordon 2009, ''New Classical Music: Composing Australia'', UNSW Press, Sydney〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Olegas (opera)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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