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The Merchant of Venice is an opera by André Tchaikowsky (1935–1982) to a libretto, based on the Shakespeare play, by John O'Brien. Written between 1968 and 1982, it was first performed in 2013 at the Bregenz Festival. The British premiere was presented by the Welsh National Opera in September 2016.
Serenade to Music is an orchestral concert work completed in 1938 by English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, written as a tribute to conductor Sir Henry Wood.It features an orchestra and 16 vocal soloists, with lyrics adapted from the discussion about music and the music of the spheres from Act V, Scene I from the play The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare.
Operas based on The Merchant of Venice (3 P) Pages in category "Music based on The Merchant of Venice " The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
The project spanned five years and cost $3 million. The series represents the collective vision of four individuals: Tom Treadwell, a Shakespeare scholar; Bill Shepherd, a film producer; Clive Brill, producer and director at the BBC; and Dominique Le Gendre, a composer. The Complete Arkangel Shakespeare was published by Audio Partners. [3]
Vaughan Williams was engaged to write incidental music at Stratford between 1912 and 1913. Rosabel Watson directed and arranged music for many productions at Stratford and elsewhere. [3] A Shakespeare Music Catalogue (1991) lists over 20,000 items of theatrical and non-theatrical music associated with Shakespeare, much of it unpublished. [4]
The Merchant of Venice is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598. A merchant in Venice named Antonio defaults on a large loan taken out on behalf of his dear friend, Bassanio , and provided by a Jewish moneylender, Shylock , with seemingly inevitable fatal consequences.
(3.181). In 2.3.14–23 Shakespeare expands that statement into a passage that contains at least three biblical references:” 2.3.15: Thy brother’s blood the thirsty earth hath drunk. (Genesis 4.10–11) 2.3.17: And in the very pangs of death he cried. (Compare 2 Samuel 22.5)