Sir John in Love

E211927

Sir John in Love is a four-act opera by Ralph Vaughan Williams, based on Shakespeare’s "The Merry Wives of Windsor" and noted for its rich use of English folk melodies.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf opera ⓘ
adaptationType operatic adaptation of Shakespeare play ⓘ
basedOn The Merry Wives of Windsor ⓘ
basedOnAuthor William Shakespeare ⓘ
composer Ralph Vaughan Williams ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
dramaticTone comic ⓘ
light-hearted ⓘ
romantic ⓘ
featuresCharacter Anne Page ⓘ
Dr Caius ⓘ
linked to: Doctor Caius

Fenton ⓘ
Ford ⓘ
Host of the Garter Inn ⓘ
Mistress Ford ⓘ
Mistress Page ⓘ
Page ⓘ
Sir John Falstaff ⓘ
genre comic opera ⓘ
lyric opera ⓘ
hasTheme comic deception ⓘ
jealousy ⓘ
romantic intrigue ⓘ
social satire ⓘ
includes arias ⓘ
choral writing ⓘ
duets ⓘ
ensemble scenes ⓘ
finale with multiple characters ⓘ
orchestral interludes ⓘ
language English ⓘ
musicalCharacteristic folk-inspired melodic writing ⓘ
modal harmonies ⓘ
rich orchestration ⓘ
notableFor rich use of English folk song ⓘ
numberOfActs 4 ⓘ
orchestrationFeature use of folk-tune arrangements ⓘ
partOfComposerOeuvre stage works of Ralph Vaughan Williams ⓘ
setting Windsor ⓘ
settingPeriod Elizabethan era ⓘ
linked to: English Renaissance
structure four acts ⓘ
style 20th-century tonal ⓘ
English pastoral ⓘ
subject adventures of Falstaff in Windsor ⓘ
titleCharacter Sir John Falstaff ⓘ
uses English folk melodies ⓘ

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Ralph Vaughan Williams → notableWork → Sir John in Love ⓘ
Intermezzo from Sir John in Love → partOf → Sir John in Love ⓘ