King Priam King Priam King Priam is an opera by Michael Tippett, to his own libretto. The story is based on Homer's "Iliad", except the birth and childhood of Paris, which are taken from the "Fabulae" of Hyginus. The premiere was on 29 May 1962, at Coventry. The opera was composed for an arts festival held in conjunction with the reconsecration of the rebuilt Coventry Cathedral, for which Benjamin Britten also wrote his "War Requiem", which was first performed in the Cathedral the day after the premiere of "King Priam". The first Covent Garden performance was on 5 June, conducted by John
San Leo Cathedral have Romanesque carvings. San Leo Cathedral The Duomo di San Leo is the Romanesque cathedral of San Leo, a municipality in the province of Rimini, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy. A church was established at the site in the 7th century when the town became the see of the region of Montefeltro. It was dedicated to St Leone, a local hermit. In the 12th century, a new cathedral was erected, with one inscription in the church dating reconsecration to 1173. The church holds the relics of San Leone. The entrance portal has two busts of Saints Leone and Valentino. A number