Hugh the Drover
Hugh the Drover (or Love in the Stocks) is an opera in two acts by Ralph Vaughan Williams to an original English libretto by Harold Child. The work has set numbers with recitatives. It has been described as a modern example of a ballad opera. Contemporary comment noted the use of humour and the role of the chorus in the work, in the context of developing English opera.
| Hugh the Drover | |
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| Opera by Ralph Vaughan Williams | |
| Librettist | Harold Child |
| Language | English |
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