Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0004679, Tue, 11 Jan 2000 09:56:40 -0800

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Re: Nabokov/Onegin/LO-pera (fwd)
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EDITOR's NOTE. For those new to the topic, there actually is an opera
based on LOLITA. It was, as I vaguely recall, premiered in Sweden some
years ago.
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From: Wayne Daniels <wdaniels@tpl.toronto.on.ca>
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"Can you believe that there was a LOLITA opera?"

It *is* a stretch. Nabokv-l should consider starting a competition: best music and libretto for one or more arias.

"Enchanted Hunters" -- perhaps a chorus
"She was Lo, plain Lo" -- tenor
"Brought down by McFate" -- alto (humbled, tumbled -- two senses)

It's a wide-open field.

Cheers,
Wayne