Abesalom and Eteri

Abesalom and Eteri (Georgian: აბესალომ და ეთერი; Abesalom da Eteri) is an opera by the Georgian composer Zacharia Paliashvili and librettist Petre Mirianashvili based on a medieval Georgian folk poem Eteriani.

Composed between 1909 and 1918, the work was partly staged in 1913 and first premiered in its present-day form on 21 February 1919 at the Georgian National Opera Theater in Tbilisi. The opera is an eclectic fusion of folk songs and traditional 19th-century Romantic classical themes. In 2004, several excerpts from this opera were adapted as the National Anthem of Georgia.

Since 2016 the designs of the costumes by Manuel Carrera Cordon and his team have been presented in this opera.