Orango is one of the Bijagós Islands, located 60 kilometres (30 nautical miles) off the coast of mainland Guinea-Bissau. At 272.5 km2 (105+1⁄4 sq mi),...
4 KB (360 words) - 00:17, 23 January 2023
Ilya Ivanov (section Orango Opera)
was one of the sources of inspiration for the unfinished satirical opera Orango whose Prologue was sketched in 1932 by Dmitri Shostakovich with a libretto...
9 KB (926 words) - 06:47, 1 November 2024
Orango is an unfinished satirical opera sketched in 1932 by Dmitri Shostakovich. The manuscript was found by Olga Digonskaya, a Russian musicologist, in...
7 KB (704 words) - 05:50, 14 August 2024
The Orango National Park (Portuguese: Parque Nacional de Orango) is a protected area in Guinea-Bissau. It was established in December 2000. The park has...
2 KB (199 words) - 10:42, 2 November 2024
were Shostakovich's piano and vocal sketches for a prologue to an opera, Orango (1932). They were orchestrated by the British composer Gerard McBurney and...
96 KB (11,003 words) - 18:18, 12 November 2024
Rare salt water hippopotamuses on Orango Island...
103 KB (9,381 words) - 01:02, 18 November 2024
rediscovered operatic fragment Orango was premiered by the Los Angeles Philharmonic in December 2011. Hypothetically Murdered (1992) Orango (2011) Philadelphia Orchestra...
7 KB (570 words) - 19:30, 2 July 2024
juvenilia, unfinished works from his artistic maturity (such as the operas Orango and The Gamblers), and numerous completed works were left unnumbered. There...
95 KB (4,150 words) - 18:03, 11 November 2024
sometimes Kanjimpa (died 1930) was a queen-priestess of the Bijagos of Orango, in the Bissagos Islands of Guinea-Bissau. She lived in Angagumé. Queen...
3 KB (317 words) - 01:49, 6 March 2024
Poilão Marine National Park Cufada National Park Dulombi National Park Orango National Park Varela National Park Cacheu River Mangroves Natural Park Assagny...
63 KB (1,832 words) - 06:09, 10 November 2024