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Gawain Quick reference
The Grove Book of Operas (2 ed.)
... wife of Bertilak mezzo‐soprano Fool baritone Green Knight/Bertilak de Hautdesert bass Gawain a knight, Arthur' nephew baritone Bishop Baldwin countertenor Guinevere soprano Agravain Gawain' brother bass Ywain Arthur' nephew tenor Bedevere a knight spoken Clerics, offstage chorus Setting King Arthur's Court; Hautdesert; The Green Chapel Act 1 King Arthur's court at Christmas King Arthur and his court are celebrating the Christmas feast; Morgan le Fay and Lady de Hautdesert are plotting against the court. A Fool presents a sequence of riddles, each of which...
Boris Godunov Quick reference
The Grove Book of Operas (2 ed.)
... opposite). d Entrance of Varlaam and Missail: their song is based on an old epic song Musorgsky had transcribed from the singing of the famous bard Trofim Ryabinin. e ‘Revolutionary’ chorus in da capo form: the middle section based on a song from Balakirev's anthology of 1866. f The False Dmitry's (Pretender's) procession, including Jesuit hymns; Dmitry's proclamation and the crowd's glorification of him (procession music adapted from Salammbô). g The Holy Fool laments the fate of Russia (from the end of Part 4.i, 6e opposite). Boris Godunov is the...
May Night Quick reference
The Grove Book of Operas (2 ed.)
...part to dictate the succession of musical numbers, and wherever possible he drew on authentic folk materials, particularly the collection of Ukrainian folksongs published in 1872 by his St Petersburg Conservatory colleague Alexander Rubets, from which he chose eight songs. With its feast of folksong, May Night was not only a faithful counterpart to its literary prototype. It was also a fulfilment of Gogol's own prophecy – made in 1836 , the year of A Life for the Tsar – that Glinka's example would lead to opera made out of ‘our national life’. A ct 1 A...
Siegfried Quick reference
A Dictionary of Opera Characters (2 ed.)
...tolerate being with him. He picks up the latest sword and smashes it against the anvil. He starts to ask about his mother and Mime tells him that he has been both father and mother to him. Siegfried is not fooled—he knows he does not look like Mime, as animals look like their parents. Siegfried persists with his questions and Mime recounts the story of his birth, showing him the sword fragments in evidence. Siegfried insists Mime must forge a sword from the pieces. With it, Siegfried tells him, he will leave the cave and hopes never to see Mime again. All in...
Götterdämmerung Quick reference
The Grove Book of Operas (2 ed.)
...they tell him of the dangers the curse‐laden ring brings he says he will not succumb to threats. The Rhinemaidens abandon the ‘fool’, leaving Siegfried to meditate on the oddity of women's behaviour. Hagen's voice and falling semitone are heard, and Siegfried calls the hunting party over (scene ii). He tells them that the only game he has seen was three wild water‐birds, who told him he would be murdered that day. Siegfried drinks jovially from a horn, but Gunther can see only Siegfried's blood in his. Siegfried is asked to tell the story of his life, and he...
