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.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ralph Vaughan Williams’s opera Sir John in Love canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: Ralph Vaughan Williams’s opera Sir John in Love Context triple: [Fantasia on Greensleeves, derivedFrom, Ralph Vaughan Williams’s opera Sir John in Love]
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Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten
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The Lark Ascending
The Lark Ascending is a lyrical, pastoral piece for solo violin and orchestra by English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, celebrated for its evocation of birdsong and the English countryside.
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Peter Grimes, Op. 33
Peter Grimes, Op. 33 is an English opera by Benjamin Britten that tells the tragic story of an ostracized fisherman in a small coastal village.
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Britten War Requiem
Britten's War Requiem is a large-scale choral and orchestral work that juxtaposes the traditional Latin Requiem Mass with the anti-war poetry of Wilfred Owen to create a powerful pacifist statement.
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The Rake's Progress
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Ralph Vaughan Williams’s opera Sir John in Love Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten
Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten is a meditative, minimalist orchestral work for string orchestra and bell composed by Arvo Pärt as an elegy to the British composer Benjamin Britten.
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B.
The Lark Ascending
The Lark Ascending is a lyrical, pastoral piece for solo violin and orchestra by English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, celebrated for its evocation of birdsong and the English countryside.
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C.
Peter Grimes, Op. 33
Peter Grimes, Op. 33 is an English opera by Benjamin Britten that tells the tragic story of an ostracized fisherman in a small coastal village.
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D.
Britten War Requiem
Britten's War Requiem is a large-scale choral and orchestral work that juxtaposes the traditional Latin Requiem Mass with the anti-war poetry of Wilfred Owen to create a powerful pacifist statement.
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E.
The Rake's Progress
The Rake's Progress is a 20th-century opera by Igor Stravinsky, renowned for its neoclassical style and satirical narrative of moral decline.
- F. None of above. chosen
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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Subject: Ralph Vaughan Williams’s opera Sir John in Love Description of subject: 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.
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