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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Predicate Object
instanceOf opera
authorOfSourceWork Gottfried Keller
basedOn Gottfried Keller's novella
Romeo und Julia auf dem Dorfe
composer Frederick Delius
compositionPeriod 1899–1901
ending double suicide of the lovers
firstPerformanceDate 1907-02-21
firstPublisher T. Fischer (probable)
linked to: Fischer Scherz
genre lyrical drama
pastoral tragedy
language English
librettist Charles Francis Keary
Frederick Delius
mainCharacters Sali
The Dark Fiddler
Vreli
notableSection The Walk to the Paradise Garden
numberOfActs 6
orchestralInterlude The Walk to the Paradise Garden
orchestration large orchestra
originalLanguageLibretto German
placeInComposerOeuvre major opera by Frederick Delius
premiereCity Berlin
premiereCountry Germany
premiereLocation Komische Oper Berlin
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
vocalForces chorus
solo voices
yearOfCompletion 1901

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Frederick Delius notableWork A Village Romeo and Juliet
A Village Romeo and Juliet basedOn Romeo und Julia auf dem Dorfe
linked to: A Village Romeo and Juliet
The Walk to the Paradise Garden basedOn A Village Romeo and Juliet
The Walk to the Paradise Garden partOf A Village Romeo and Juliet