Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0002048, Sun, 27 Apr 1997 20:18:02 -0700

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Re: LOLITA -- the opera (fwd)
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From: Larry Zirlin <LARRYZ@worldnet.att.net>
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> From: RAFAEL DELGADO VALDIVIELSO <RDELGADOV@nexo.es>
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> I am interested in finding out about an Opera (music), based on
> the Nabokov´s novel LOLITA, and I´d like to know if there are something
> about it on the Internet, or if there are any relevant publications. If
> you can help me, I will be most grateful.
>
> I look forward hearing from you soon.
>
> Rafael Delgado Valdivielso
> My e-mail is rdelgadov@nexo.es
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> EDITOR's NOTE. There was recently an opera version of LOLITA composed and
> performed in, I think, one of the Scandinavian countries. Someone, perhaps
> Dieter E. Zimmer (?), sent NABOKV-L a notice about it. Does anyone out
> there have that or other information about it?
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Larry Zirlin replies:

There is a Time Magazine review of this opera which can be found at

http://pathfinder.com/@@wcKFIgcASrEAkwei/time/magazine/domestic/1995/950213/950213.music.lolita.html

(I'd copy and paste that link instead of trying to type it!)

Coincidentally I found this site through a link on the Lolita page set
up my Michael Moore's English compositon class.
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