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La jolie fille de Perth
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. 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.
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and largely neglected, Scott influenced opera and historical novels, and authors like Tolstoy. Most of the works are based on Scott's novels rather than his poetry:
- Bizet – "La jolie fille de Perth"
- Boieldieu, François-Adrien – "La dame blanche" (based on several works by Scott)
- Carafa, Michele – "Le nozze di Lammermoor" (1829) ("The Bride of Lammermoor")
- Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor" ("The Bride of