A VILLAGE ROMEO and JULIET Music Drama in Six Scenes from Gottfried Keller's Novel
by Delius, Frederick
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- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Boosey & Hawkes. Very Good+. 1973. Original Printed Wrappers. 19 pages; New York: Boosey & Hawkes. Very Good+. (1973) . 19 pages; Clean and secure in original printed wrappers. Village Romeo and Juliet is an opera by Frederick Delius, the fourth of his six operas. The composer himself, with his wife Jelka, wrote the English-language libretto based on the short story "Romeo und Julia auf dem Dorfe" by the Swiss author Gottfried Keller. The first performance was at the Komische Oper Berlin on 21 February 1907, as Romeo und Julia auf dem Dorfe. Thomas Beecham conducted the British premiere at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in London on 22 February 1910. The US premiere was on 26 April 1972 in Washington, D. C. The New York City Opera (NYCO) staged the work in 1973 for the opera's New York City premiere with Richard T. Gill as Marti, June Angela as the child Vreli, Patricia Wells as the adult Vreli, John Stewart as Sali, David Holloway as the Dark Fiddler, and Thomas Jamerson as the Three Barge Men. In his review of the NYCO production, music critic Allen Hughes wrote, "This piece has had few productions in the 72 years of its existence, and the reasons for that are not hard to find. To begin, it is, essentially, two hours of mood music for orchestra with secondary parts for singers, and the orchestra envisioned by Delius was so vast as to be impractical for conventional opera presentation. Furthermore, the staging implications were such that they could not be realized adequately in a theater depending upon physical sets and for effects. . (1973); Music and Performing Arts, Most Recent Listing, Most Recent Listing, Most Recent Listing, Most Recent Listing .
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- Bookseller
- Antiquarian Book Shop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45014
- Title
- A VILLAGE ROMEO and JULIET Music Drama in Six Scenes from Gottfried Keller's Novel
- Author
- Delius, Frederick
- Format/Binding
- Original Printed Wrappers
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Publisher
- Boosey & Hawkes
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1973
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