Hugh the Drover

E211928

Hugh the Drover is an early 20th-century English opera by Ralph Vaughan Williams that blends folk-song elements with a romantic tale set in rural England.

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instanceOf ballad opera
opera
characterOccupation drover
composer Ralph Vaughan Williams
compositionEndYear 1914
compositionStartYear 1910
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
firstPerformanceCity London, England
surface form: London
firstPerformanceDate 1924-07-04
firstPerformanceVenue Royal College of Music
firstProfessionalPerformanceCity London, England
surface form: London
firstProfessionalPerformanceDate 1924-07-14
firstProfessionalPerformanceVenue Old Vic Theatre
followsWork A London Symphony
Vaughan Williams Sea Symphony
surface form: A Sea Symphony
genre folk-influenced classical music
opera
romantic opera
hasActCount 2
hasAlternativeTitle Hugh the Drover, or Love in the Stocks
hasComposerStyle English pastoral style
nationalist style
hasKeyScene boxing match
fairground scene
hasLibrettist Harold Child
hasSubject folk tradition
military recruitment
rural life in England
incorporatesElement English folk song
folk-song style melodies
isEarlyWorkOf Ralph Vaughan Williams
language English
mainCharacter Hugh
Mary
narrativeTheme conflict with social conventions
individual freedom
romantic love
orchestration full orchestra
period early 20th century
publisher Oxford University Press
revisionsYear 1924
settingCountry England
settingLocation rural England
structure two acts
stylePeriod 20th-century classical music
timePeriodOfSetting Napoleonic Wars
early 19th century
vocalForces chorus
solo voices

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Ralph Vaughan Williams notableWork Hugh the Drover