Karel Miry

One of the first Belgian composers to write operas to librettos in Flemish, Miry also composed the song De vlaamse leeuw which is still the national hymn of the Flemish people.

Operas

• Wit en zwart (18 January 1846, Ghent). 1 act, H. van Peene (uncle of the composer).
• Brigitta (27 June 1847, Ghent). 3 acts, H. van Peene.
• Anne Mie (9 October 1853, Antwerp). 1 act.
• La lanterne magique (10 March 1854, Ghent). 3 acts, H. van Peene.
• Karel V (29 January 1857, Ghent). 5 acts, H. van Peene.
• Bouchard-d'Avesnes (6 March 1864, Ghent). 5 acts, H. van Peene.
• Maria van Boergondië (28 August 1866, Ghent). 4 acts, N. Destanberg.
• De Keizer Bij de Boeren (29 October 1866, Ghent). 1 act, N. Destanberg.
• De occasie maakt den dief (24 December 1866, Ghent). 1 act, N. Destanberg.
• Frans Ackermann (13 October 1867, Brussels). 4 act, N. Destanberg.
• Brutus en Cesar (14 October 1867, Ghent). 1 act, P. Geiregat.
• Le mariage de Marguerite (27 November 1867, Ghent). 1 act, M. de Wille.
• Een engel op wacht (8 December 1869, Brussels). 1 act, P. Geiregat.
• La Saint-Lucas (17 February 1870, Ghent). 1 act, J. Story.
• Het Driekoningenfeest (1870, Brussels). 1 act, P. Geiregat.
• De dichter en zijn droombeeld (2 December 1872, Brussels). 4 acts, Conscience.
• De twee zusters (1872, Brussels). 1 act, P. Geiregat.
• Muziek in t'huisgezin (1873). 1 act, N. Destanberg.
• Het arme kind (1874, Ghent). 1 act, J. Story.
• De kleine patriot (23 December 1883, Brussels). 4 acts, J. Hoste.
• La Napolitaine (25 February 1888, Antwerp). 1 act, J. de Bruyne.

contributed by Robert Martindale