A Village Romeo and Juliet

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A Village Romeo and Juliet is an opera by Frederick Delius that adapts Gottfried Keller’s novella into a lyrical, pastoral tragedy about doomed young lovers.

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instanceOf opera
authorOfSourceWork Gottfried Keller NERFINISHED
basedOn Gottfried Keller's novella NERFINISHED
Romeo und Julia auf dem Dorfe NERFINISHED
composer Frederick Delius NERFINISHED
compositionPeriod 1899–1901
ending double suicide of the lovers
firstPerformanceDate 1907-02-21
firstPublisher T. Fischer (probable) NERFINISHED
genre lyrical drama
pastoral tragedy
language English
librettist Charles Francis Keary NERFINISHED
Frederick Delius NERFINISHED
mainCharacters Sali NERFINISHED
The Dark Fiddler NERFINISHED
Vreli NERFINISHED
notableSection The Walk to the Paradise Garden NERFINISHED
numberOfActs 6
orchestralInterlude The Walk to the Paradise Garden NERFINISHED
orchestration large orchestra
originalLanguageLibretto German
placeInComposerOeuvre major opera by Frederick Delius
premiereCity Berlin NERFINISHED
premiereCountry Germany NERFINISHED
premiereLocation Komische Oper Berlin NERFINISHED
revisedLanguageLibretto English
setting Swiss countryside
rural village
structure six scenes
style impressionistic
late Romantic
subjectMatter doomed young lovers
family feud
social exclusion
themes conflict between individual and society
fate
love
titleAlludesTo Romeo and Juliet NERFINISHED
vocalForces chorus
solo voices
yearOfCompletion 1901

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Frederick Delius notableWork A Village Romeo and Juliet