Hugh the Drover, or Love in the Stocks
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Hugh the Drover, or Love in the Stocks is a ballad opera in two acts by Ralph Vaughan Williams that blends English folk-song style with a romantic tale set during the Napoleonic Wars.
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ballad opera
ⓘ
opera ⓘ |
| acts |
Act I
ⓘ
Act II ⓘ |
| associatedComposer | Ralph Vaughan Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | original story by Harold Child ⓘ |
| catalogueNumber | VWV 75 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterOccupation | drover ⓘ |
| composer | Ralph Vaughan Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composerNationality | British ⓘ |
| compositionEndYear | 1914 ⓘ |
| compositionStartYear | 1910 ⓘ |
| firstProfessionalProductionYear | 1924 ⓘ |
| genre |
ballad opera
ⓘ
romantic opera ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTitle |
Hugh the Drover
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Love in the Stocks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| librettist | Harold Child NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Hugh
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfActs | 2 ⓘ |
| orchestration |
orchestra
ⓘ
voices ⓘ |
| plotElement |
boxing match
ⓘ
press-gang ⓘ romantic love story ⓘ stocks punishment ⓘ |
| premiereCity | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereCountry | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1924-07-04 ⓘ |
| premiereLanguage | English ⓘ |
| premiereLocation | His Majesty's Theatre, London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| revisedInYear | 1924 ⓘ |
| settingCountry | England ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | Napoleonic Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style | English folk-song style ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
individual freedom
ⓘ
patriotism during war ⓘ rural English life ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfComposition | early 20th century ⓘ |
| usesMaterial | traditional English folk tunes ⓘ |
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