On July 11, 1956, composer Prenk Jakova cast the first notes of the opera “Mrika” in the pentagram, which laid the foundations of Albanian opera art. With the “Shkodra Wedding” and “Light on Albania”, the artist made the first moves on the opera road, while in October 1957 his dream came true: the songs of “Mrikes” were ready and opera for the first time Appeared in ancient Shkodra.
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8 May, National Day of the Red Cross and the Red Crescent
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8 May 1786, was premiered the “Skanderbeg” tragedy on the stage of the French Theater in Paris
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8 May 1910, took place the battle of Carralaves, between the Albanian insurgents and Ottoman armies
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8 May 1926, was concluded the agreement between the Albanian Government and the Serbian-Albanian Bank
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8 May 1937, King Zog I decreed the Law on Changing the Names of Some Cities, Villages, Wards, Rivers, etc