"they release from the dock to begin to float down the river. As the Dark Fiddler observes them, Sali removes the plug from the bottom of the boat, and Sali and Vreli sink with the boat. A Village Romeo and Juliet A Village Romeo and Juliet is an opera by Frederick Delius, the fourth of six operas. The composer himself, with his wife Jelka, wrote the English-language libretto based on the short story ""Romeo und Julia auf dem Dorfe"" by the Swiss author Gottfried Keller. The first performance was at the Komische Oper Berlin on 21 February 1907, as Romeo"
"Ottorino Respighi Ottorino Respighi (; 9 July 187918 April 1936) was an Italian violinist, composer and musicologist, best known for his trilogy of orchestral tone poems: ""Fountains of Rome"" (1916), ""Pines of Rome"" (1924), and ""Roman Festivals"" (1928). His musicological interest in 16th-, 17th- and 18th-century music led him to compose pieces based on the music of these periods. He also wrote several operas, the most famous being ""La fiamma"". Ottorino Respighi was born on 9 July 1879 in an apartment inside Palazzo Fantuzzi on Via Guido Reni in Bologna, Italy, into a musical family. His father, a local piano"
"Romeo and Juliet (1968 film) Romeo and Juliet is a 1968 British-Italian romantic drama film based on the play of the same name, written 1591–1595 by famed English playwright / author William Shakespeare (1564–1616). The film was directed and co-written by Franco Zeffirelli, and stars Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey. It won Academy Awards for Best Cinematography (Pasqualino De Santis) and Best Costume Design (Danilo Donati); it was also nominated for Best Director and Best Picture, making it the last Shakespearean film to be nominated for Best Picture to date. Sir Laurence Olivier spoke the film's prologue and epilogue and"
"opera ""A Village Romeo and Juliet"" at Covent Garden in 1910; and he mounted a six-day Delius festival in London in 1929, as well as making gramophone recordings of many of the composer's works. After 1918, Delius began to suffer the effects of syphilis, contracted during his earlier years in Paris. He became paralysed and blind, but completed some late compositions between 1928 and 1932 with the aid of an amanuensis, Eric Fenby. The lyricism in Delius's early compositions reflected the music he had heard in America and the influences of European composers such as Edvard Grieg and Richard Wagner."
"Giulietta e Romeo (Vaccai) Giulietta e Romeo (""Juliet and Romeo"") is an opera in two acts by the Italian composer Nicola Vaccai. The libretto, by Felice Romani, is based on the tragedy of the same name by Luigi Scevola and, ultimately, on the 1530 novella of the same name by Luigi da Porto. It was first performed at the Teatro alla Canobbiana, Milan on 31 October 1825. It was Vaccai's last major success, although he wrote another nine operas, and is rarely performed in its full version today. The opera was also first performed in Barcelona on 26 May 1827,"
"Roméo et Juliette Roméo et Juliette (""Romeo and Juliet"") is an opera in five acts by Charles Gounod to a French libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, based on ""Romeo and Juliet"" by William Shakespeare. It was first performed at the Théâtre Lyrique (Théâtre-Lyrique Impérial du Châtelet), Paris on 27 April 1867. This opera is notable for the series of four duets for the main characters and the waltz song """"Je veux vivre"""" for the soprano. Gounod's opera ""Faust"" had become popular at the Théâtre Lyrique since its premiere in 1859 (it was performed over 300 times between 1859"
"""Giulietta e Romeo"" and later as ""Historia novellamente ritrovata di due nobili amanti"" (""Newly retrieved story of two noble lovers""). These three stories, plus another later version by Matteo Bandello and the English translation by Arthur Brooke in the poem ""Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Juliet"" (1562) appear to be the sources for Shakespeare's famous play ""Romeo and Juliet"". Masuccio Salernitano Masuccio Salernitano (1410–1475), born Tommaso Guardati, was an Italian poet. Born in Salerno or Sorrento, he is best known today for ""Il Novellino"", a collection of 50 ""novelle"" or short stories, each prefaced by a letter of dedication to"
"Fountains of Rome (symphonic poem) Fountains of Rome (Italian: Fontane di Roma) is a symphonic poem written by the Italian composer Ottorino Respighi in 1916 and first published in 1918. It is the first orchestral work in his ""Roman trilogy"", followed by ""Pines of Rome"" (1924) and ""Roman Festivals"" (1928). Each of the four movements depicts one of Rome’s fountains at a different time of the day. Its premiere was held on March 11, 1917 at the Teatro Augusteo in Rome under the direction of Antonio Guarnieri. The first section, The Fountain of Valle Giulia at Dawn (""La fontana di"
"Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetime and along with ""Hamlet"", is one of his most frequently performed plays. Today, the title characters are regarded as archetypal young lovers. ""Romeo and Juliet"" belongs to a tradition of tragic romances stretching back to antiquity. The plot is based on an Italian tale translated into verse as ""The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet"" by Arthur Brooke in 1562 and"
"(1990), listed below. Emanuel Schikaneder Emanuel Schikaneder (1 September 1751 – 21 September 1812), born Johann Joseph Schickeneder, was a German impresario, dramatist, actor, singer, and composer. He wrote the libretto of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera ""The Magic Flute"" and was the builder of the Theater an der Wien. Peter Branscombe called him ""one of the most talented theatre men of his era"". Schikaneder was born in Straubing in Bavaria to Joseph Schickeneder and Juliana Schiessl. Both of his parents worked as domestic servants and were extremely poor. They had a total of four children: Urban (born 1746), Johann Joseph"
"Romeo und Julie Romeo und Julie is a singspiel in three acts by composer Georg Benda. The opera has a German libretto by Friedrich Wilhelm Gotter that is based upon Christian Felix Weiße's translation of William Shakespeare's play ""Romeo and Juliet"". Gotter's libretto eliminates many of Shakespeare's characters and most of the original play's comedic elements. It does, however, adhere to unities of time and place. Gotter's text, also makes Julie the strongest and most important character in the opera, which is further reflected in Benda's score. Perhaps the most notable change Gotter made was the addition of a ""lieto"
"sometimes been judged unfavourably because of its perceived liberties with Shakespeare; however, Bellini and his librettist, Felice Romani, worked from Italian sources—principally Romani's libretto for ""Giulietta e Romeo"" by Nicola Vaccai—rather than directly adapting Shakespeare's play. Among later operas, there is Heinrich Sutermeister's 1940 work ""Romeo und Julia"". ""Roméo et Juliette"" by Berlioz is a ""symphonie dramatique"", a large-scale work in three parts for mixed voices, chorus, and orchestra, which premiered in 1839. Tchaikovsky's ""Romeo and Juliet"" Fantasy-Overture (1869, revised 1870 and 1880) is a 15-minute symphonic poem, containing the famous melody known as the ""love theme"". Tchaikovsky's device of"
"The Magic Flute The Magic Flute (German: ), K. 620, is an opera in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. The work is in the form of a ""Singspiel"", a popular form that included both singing and spoken dialogue. The work was premiered on 30 September 1791 at Schikaneder's theatre, the Freihaus-Theater auf der Wieden in Vienna, just two months before the composer's premature death. In this opera, the Queen of the Night persuades Prince Tamino to rescue her daughter Pamina from captivity under the high priest Sarastro; instead, he learns the high"
"Romeo and Juliet (Tchaikovsky) Romeo and Juliet, TH 42, ČW 39, is an orchestral work composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. It is styled an ""Overture-Fantasy"", and is based on Shakespeare's play of the same name. Like other composers such as Berlioz and Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky was deeply inspired by Shakespeare and wrote works based on ""The Tempest"" and ""Hamlet"" as well. Unlike Tchaikovsky's other major compositions, ""Romeo and Juliet"" does not have an opus number. It has been given the alternative catalogue designations TH 42 and ČW 39. Although styled an 'Overture-Fantasy' by the composer, the overall design is a symphonic"
"serenata, and two oratorios (""Oratorio di Maria dolorata"" ca. 1723 and ""Oratorio per la Santissima Vergine del Rosario"" ca. 1730). His sonata in D major for flute and basso continuo is still played today. He composed two sonatas for the recorder in addition to a recorder concerto in a minor. Leonardo Vinci Leonardo Vinci (1690 – 27 May 1730) was an Italian composer, best known for his operas. He was born at Strongoli and educated at Naples under Gaetano Greco in the Conservatorio dei Poveri di Gesù Cristo. He first became known for his ""opere buffe"" in Neapolitan dialect in"
"Pyramus and Thisbe, the mistaken belief in one lover's death leads to consecutive suicides. The earliest version of Romeo and Juliet was published in 1476 by Masuccio Salernitano, while it mostly obtained its present form when written down in 1524 by Luigi da Porto. Salernitano and Da Porto both are thought to have been inspired by Ovid and Boccaccio's writing. Shakespeare's most famous 1590s adaptation is a dramatization of Arthur Brooke's 1562 poem ""The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet"", itself a translation of a French translation of Da Porto's novella. In Shakespeare's ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"" (Act V, sc"
"Mirco Palazzi, Majella Cullagh and Manuela Custer appeared. The opera tells the biblical story of the great flood. Notes Cited sources Other sources Il diluvio universale Il diluvio universale (""The great flood"") is an azione tragico-sacra, or opera, by Gaetano Donizetti. The Italian libretto was written by Domenico Gilardoni after Lord Byron's ""Heaven and Earth"" and Francesco Ringhieri's tragedy ""Il diluvio"" (1788). 19th century The opera premiered at the Teatro San Carlo, Naples on 6 March It failed to become an instant success. It is known that for the premiere production to be accepted, it had to be given to"
"Giulietta e Romeo (musical) Giulietta e Romeo is an Italian-language musical with music by Riccardo Cocciante and lyrics by Pasquale Panella, based on William Shakespeare's play ""Romeo and Juliet"". Since its world premiere in Verona on June 1, 2007, directed by Sergio Carrubba, the musical has toured throughout Italy, playing in various Italian cities, including Rome, Milan, Naples and others. There are plans to stage it in other European nations in the Italian language. The cast is composed mostly of boys and girls between the ages of 15 and 18. Each actor has at least two roles. Giulietta and Romeo's"
"Libretto of The Magic Flute ""The Magic Flute"" is a celebrated opera composed in 1791 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart employed a libretto written by his close colleague Emanuel Schikaneder, the director of the Theater auf der Wieden at which the opera premiered in the same year. (He also played the role of Papageno). Grout and Williams describe the libretto thus: Schikaneder, a kind of literary magpie, filched characters, scenes, incidents, and situations from others' plays and novels and with Mozart's assistance organized them into a libretto that ranges all the way from buffoonery to high solemnity, from childish faerie"
"Cuckoo in Spring"" (1912), of which McVeagh comments, ""These exquisite idylls, for all their composer's German descent and French domicile, spell 'England' for most listeners."" In 1910, Beecham put on an opera season at the Royal Opera House in London. Having access to the Beecham family's considerable fortune, he ignored commercial considerations and programmed several works of limited box-office appeal, including ""A Village Romeo and Juliet"". The reviews were polite, but ""The Times"", having praised the orchestral aspects of the score, commented, ""Mr. Delius seems to have remarkably little sense of dramatic writing for the voice"". Other reviewers agreed that"
"She introduced changes to the story, notably that of presenting the two families as multiracial. At least 24 operas have been based on Romeo and Juliet. The earliest, ""Romeo und Julie"" in 1776, a Singspiel by Georg Benda, omits much of the action of the play and most of its characters and has a happy ending. It is occasionally revived. The best-known is Gounod's 1867 ""Roméo et Juliette"" (libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré), a critical triumph when first performed and frequently revived today. Bellini's ""I Capuleti e i Montecchi"" is also revived from time to time, but has"
"orchestral tone poems, ""Fountains of Rome"". Subsequent tone poems include ""Pines of Rome"" (1924), the ""Trittico Botticelliano"" (Botticelli Triptych; 1927; in three movements, ""Primavera"", ""Adoration of the Magi"", and ""Birth of Venus"", after the paintings by Botticelli), ""Vetrate di Chiesa"" (Church Windows; 1927), and the ""Impressioni Brasiliane"" (Brazilian Impressions; 1928). Other notable orchestral works include the ""Sinfonia Drammatica"" (1914), in three movements, and the ""Metamorphoseon Modi XII"" (variations on the twelve musical modes, 1930). In 1919, he married the composer and singer Elsa Olivieri-Sangiacomo who, at fourteen years his junior, had been his composition pupil. In 1921, the couple relocated"
"Emanuel Schikaneder Emanuel Schikaneder (1 September 1751 – 21 September 1812), born Johann Joseph Schickeneder, was a German impresario, dramatist, actor, singer, and composer. He wrote the libretto of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera ""The Magic Flute"" and was the builder of the Theater an der Wien. Peter Branscombe called him ""one of the most talented theatre men of his era"". Schikaneder was born in Straubing in Bavaria to Joseph Schickeneder and Juliana Schiessl. Both of his parents worked as domestic servants and were extremely poor. They had a total of four children: Urban (born 1746), Johann Joseph (died at age"
"Gioachino Rossini Gioachino Antonio Rossini (; 29 February 1792 – 13 November 1868) was an Italian composer who wrote 39 operas as well as some sacred music, songs, chamber music, and piano pieces. He was a precocious composer of operas, and he made his debut at age 18 with ""La cambiale di matrimonio"". His best-known operas include the Italian comedies ""The Barber of Seville"" (""Il barbiere di Siviglia""), ""The Italian Girl in Algiers"" (""L'italiana in Algeri""), and ""Cinderella"" (""La Cenerentola""). He also wrote a string of serious operas in Italian, including works such as ""Tancredi"", ""Otello"", and ""Semiramide"". ""The Thieving"
"outskirts of the city. In 1791, he persuaded Mozart to set one of his libretti, ""The Magic Flute"". This proved to be no ordinary ""Singspiel"". Though the traditional farcical elements remained, Mozart added a new seriousness, particularly in the music for Sarastro and his priests. Even more than ""Die Entführung"", the ""Magic Flute"" pointed the way forward for future German opera. The greatest German composer of the next generation, Beethoven, seized on ""The Magic Flute""'s blend of domestic comedy and high seriousness for his only opera, ""Fidelio"", the story of a devoted wife who saves her husband from political imprisonment."
"Romeo.Juliet Romeo.Juliet is the title of a 1990 film version of William Shakespeare's classic play ""Romeo and Juliet"". It was made by American producer, director and cinematographer, Armando Acosta (also credited as Armondo Linus Acosta and Armand Acosta) in conjunction with Moonseed Productions using the feral cats of Venice, New York City, and Ghent as actors, with the voices dubbed by some of the greats of the English theatre including Ben Kingsley, Maggie Smith, Vanessa Redgrave, Robert Powell, Francesca Annis, Victor Spinetti, Quentin Crisp, and John Hurt. The score of the film features Serge Prokofiev's 'Romeo and Juliet Ballet' as"
"the most influential and important of French 19th-century operatic composers."" ""See: List of operas by Ambroise Thomas."" solo voice and piano, except where otherwise stated Ambroise Thomas Charles Louis Ambroise Thomas (; 5 August 1811 – 12 February 1896) was a French composer and teacher, best known for his operas ""Mignon"" (1866) and ""Hamlet"" (1868). Born into a musical family, Thomas was a student at the Conservatoire de Paris, winning France's top music prize, the Prix de Rome. He pursued a career as a composer of operas, completing his first opera, ""La double échelle"", in 1837. He wrote twenty further"
"I Capuleti e i Montecchi I Capuleti e i Montecchi (""The Capulets and the Montagues"") is an Italian opera (""Tragedia lirica"") in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini. The libretto by Felice Romani was a reworking of the story of ""Romeo and Juliet"" for an opera by Nicola Vaccai called ""Giulietta e Romeo"" and based on the play of the same name by Luigi Scevola written in 1818, thus an Italian source rather than taken directly from William Shakespeare. Behind the libretto stand many Italian, ultimately Renaissance sources created by Matteo Bandello, and probably through their French translations by François de"
"an opera house in Rome and built in 1632. It was located in ""Via delle Quattro Fontane"", near the Piazza Barberini and the Quattro Fontane or ""Four Fountains"". Though Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio died when Antonio Barberini was only 3 years old, the Cardinal later became a great admirer of his work and his extensive art collection included Caravaggio's paintings such as ""Still Life with Fruit"", ""Cardsharps"" and ""The Lute Player"". Antonio had purchased the art collection of Francesco Maria Del Monte upon the cardinal's death which had included a large number of important works. Pope Urban VIII had purchased"
"Antonio Vivaldi Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (; 4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741) was an Italian Baroque musical composer, virtuoso violinist, teacher, and priest. Born in Venice, the capital of the Venetian Republic, he is regarded as one of the greatest Baroque composers, and his influence during his lifetime was widespread across Europe. He composed many instrumental concertos, for the violin and a variety of other instruments, as well as sacred choral works and more than forty operas. His best-known work is a series of violin concertos known as the ""Four Seasons"". Many of his compositions were written for the"
"Craig Armstrong (composer) Craig Armstrong, (born 29 April 1959) is a Scottish composer of modern orchestral music, electronica and film scores. He graduated from the Royal Academy of Music in 1981, and has since written music for the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and the London Sinfonietta. Armstrong's score for William Shakespeare's ""Romeo + Juliet"" earned him a BAFTA for Achievement in Film Music and an Ivor Novello. His composition for Baz Luhrmann's musical ""Moulin Rouge!"" earned him the 2001 American Film Institute's composer of the Year award, a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score and"
"and Juliet"" is a dramatisation of Brooke's translation, and Shakespeare follows the poem closely but adds extra detail to both major and minor characters (in particular the Nurse and Mercutio). Christopher Marlowe's ""Hero and Leander"" and ""Dido, Queen of Carthage"", both similar stories written in Shakespeare's day, are thought to be less of a direct influence, although they may have helped create an atmosphere in which tragic love stories could thrive. It is unknown when exactly Shakespeare wrote ""Romeo and Juliet"". Juliet's nurse refers to an earthquake she says occurred 11 years ago. This may refer to the Dover Straits"
"Juliet"" was adapted in 1939 by bandleader Larry Clinton as popular song ""Our Love"" (lyrics by Buddy Bernier and Bob Emmerich) and recorded by Clinton and by Jimmy Dorsey. Excerpts of the overture for the fireworks at the opening of APEC China 2014 held in Beijing before Vladimir Putin, Joko Widodo, Stephen Harper, Barack Obama, Park Geun-hye and other leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation. Romeo and Juliet (Tchaikovsky) Romeo and Juliet, TH 42, ČW 39, is an orchestral work composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. It is styled an ""Overture-Fantasy"", and is based on Shakespeare's play of the same name."