Prenkë Jakova
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Prenkë Jakova 🇦🇱

Prenkë Jakova (Known as "Prenkë Jakova")
Composer, Conductor, Creator of Mrika (First Albanian Opera) and Gjergj Kastrioti Skënderbeu
Born 1917-06-27 🇦🇱 Shkodër, Albania
Passed Away 1969-09-16 Shkodër, Albania
Lifespan 52 years old
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"Opera is the highest cathedral of sound, where our folk melody weaves into the grand symphonic destiny of our nation."

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Distinguished composer who composed Mrika in 1958, the first national opera in the history of Albania, and the historic opera Gjergj Kastrioti Skënderbeu.

Biographical Record

Prenkë Jakova was born on June 27, 1917, in Shkodër into an artistic family. Mastering the clarinet and directing youth wind bands, he studied composition at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome from 1942 to 1944.

Returning to Shkodër, Jakova laid the foundations of professional Albanian musical theatre. On December 1, 1958, at the Migjeni Theatre in Shkodër, his opera Mrika (with libretto by Llazar Siliqi) premiered to thunderous acclaim, making history as the first Albanian opera ever staged. In 1968, he completed his grand five-act historical opera Gjergj Kastrioti Skënderbeu. Harassed and persecuted by dogmatic communist cultural commissars, Jakova took his own life in 1969.

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Final Resting Place

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Rrmaj Cemetery
Shkodër, Albania
GPS: 42.0683, 19.5125
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