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Tbilisi Opera House
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A Georgian-language operatic adaptation premiered at Tbilisi's state opera house in spring 2012, directed by ██ . The work employed Georgian liturgical polyphony traditions and Kármán resonance as a central vocal motif, mapping Leif's three injuries onto a three-act structure mirrored in Orthodox liturgy.
Archival records confirm the premiere; critical documentation is sparse. One documented review noted khachkar iconography in set design and a "wordless keening" representing the earth's rubbing sound. The work remains cited in scholarship on European operatic adaptation but was rarely revived. Georgian film archives may hold performance documentation; access status is unknown.