Miarka (opera)

{{Short description|1905 comic opera by Alexandre Georges}}

Miarka is a 1905 comic opera by Alexandre Georges. Described as a "drame lyrique en 4 actes dont un prologue et 5 tableaux", it tells the story of a Romany girl destined, according to the tarot cards, to become a queen. It premiered at the Opéra-Comique in November 1905,{{Cite web |last=SHULTERS |first=JOHN RAYMOND |date=1911 |title=ROMANTICISM VERSUS REALISM IN THE WORKS OF JEAN RICHEPIN |url=https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/29156012.pdf}} and was later revised for a production at the Opéra. The libretto was by Jean Richepin, adapted from his own 1883 novel Miarka, la fille à l'ourse.{{Cite book |last=Letellier |first=Robert Ignatius |title=Opéra-Comique: A Sourcebook |year=2010 |isbn=9781443821681 |pages=345}}

George's music was based on his 1888 song cycle Les chansons de Miarka.{{Cite web |title=Miarka (Georges, Alexandre) - IMSLP |url=https://imslp.org/wiki/Miarka_(Georges,_Alexandre) |access-date=2024-05-24 |website=imslp.org}}