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''La jolie fille de Perth'' ''(The Fair Maid of Perth)'' is an opera in four acts by Georges Bizet (1838–1875), from a libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Jules Adenis, after the novel by Sir Walter Scott.〔(Hugh Macdonald: ''La Jolie fille de Perth'' ) ''Grove Music Online'', accessed 10 April 2007.〕 Many writers have reserved severe criticism for the librettists for their stock devices and improbable events, while praising Bizet's advance on his earlier operas in construction of set pieces and his striking melodic and instrumental ideas.〔 It was first performed at the Théâtre Lyrique (Théâtre-Lyrique Impérial du Châtelet), Paris, on 26 December 1867. ==Performance history== Although commissioned by Carvalho in 1866 and completed by Bizet by the end of that year (with the soprano lead intended for Christine Nilsson), the dress rehearsal took place in September 1867 and the first performance three months later.〔Macdonald H. La jolie fille de Perth. In: ''The New Grove Dictionary of Opera.'' Macmillan, London and New York, 1997.〕 It was next revived in Paris on 3 November 1890 at the Éden-Théâtre for eleven performances.〔Noel E & Stoullig E. ''Les Annales du Théâtre et de la Musique, 16eme edition, 1890.'' G Charpentier et Cie, Paris, 1891.〕 ''La jolie fille de Perth'' was performed in Brussels in 1868 and Geneva in 1885; in German it was given in Weimar and Vienna in 1883, and in English in Manchester and London in 1917.〔Loewenberg A. ''Annals of Opera.'' London, John Calder, 1978.〕 It was staged at the Wexford Festival in 1968, the Théâtre Impérial de Compiègne in 1998 and the Buxton Festival in 2006, and recorded by the BBC in Manchester for the Bizet centenary in 1975. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「La jolie fille de Perth」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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