Ralph Vaughan Williams’s opera Sir John in Love
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Ralph Vaughan Williams’s opera *Sir John in Love* is a 1929 English-language comic opera based on Shakespeare’s *The Merry Wives of Windsor*, notable for its rich folk-influenced score.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sir John in Love | 0 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | opera ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Merry Wives of Windsor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | William Shakespeare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Ralph Vaughan Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composerNationality | British ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| era | 20th-century opera ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Anne Page
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bardolph NERFINISHED ⓘ Doctor Caius NERFINISHED ⓘ Fenton NERFINISHED ⓘ Ford NERFINISHED ⓘ Host of the Garter Inn NERFINISHED ⓘ Mistress Ford NERFINISHED ⓘ Mistress Page NERFINISHED ⓘ Nym NERFINISHED ⓘ Page ⓘ Pistol NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir John Falstaff NERFINISHED ⓘ Slender NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comic opera
ⓘ
folk-influenced opera ⓘ |
| hasFolkMusicInfluence | true ⓘ |
| hasLibrettoSource | Shakespearean comedy ⓘ |
| hasShakespeareSourceGenre | comedy ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
comic revenge on Falstaff
ⓘ
marital fidelity ⓘ |
| hasTitleRole | Sir John Falstaff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includesMelody | Greensleeves NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| librettist | Ralph Vaughan Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | rich folk-influenced score ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfComposerOeuvre | stage works of Ralph Vaughan Williams ⓘ |
| setting | Windsor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sharesSourceWith |
Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Falstaff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | four acts ⓘ |
| style |
English pastoral
ⓘ
late-Romantic ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
comic treatment of middle-class life in Windsor
ⓘ
jealousy and deception ⓘ romantic intrigues ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | Elizabethan era ⓘ |
| usesElement |
English folk song
ⓘ
choral writing ⓘ orchestral interludes ⓘ |
| yearOfComposition | 1929 ⓘ |
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