Talk:The Silver Tassie (opera)

Lack of clarity[edit]

It is odd that there is an article on this opera and none on the play, controversial in its time, on which it is based.

The article says "In particular, he quotes the Robert Burns folk-song from which the opera gets its name". I presume that this means that he quotes the folk tune which Robert Burns used for his song My Bonny Mary (Go, fetch to me a pint of wine) from which the title of the play/opera is taken. However, I cannot be sure that this is what it means so I have not altered the text. --MWLittleGuy (talk) 18:57, 7 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If you want to create one on the play, then go ahead. We can shunt the current article over to Silver Tassie (opera and either create a disambig or put the play as the main article.

As far as the other point you make, the interview with Turnage in the programme booklet to the first production contains the following from Turnage:

I had to prepare the Robert Burns folk-song ['The Silver Tassie'] in the first act very carefully, because to go from quite harsh dissonate harmony to somethibg in B flat major was quite hard to do. I hung on to it because it is a very beautiful tune.

Ah just noticed this: In the libretto we have:

Oh bring to me a pint of wine and fill it in a silver tassie, that I may drink before I go, a service to my bonnie lassie.

It's on a disk called "great operatic arias" sung by the baritone who played Harry in the first production. Downloadable for a small fee at http://www.amazon.com/Silver-Tassie-bring-pint-wine/dp/B0036X0CSI and all good music websites should you want to check the tune is used.--Peter cohen (talk) 22:40, 7 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Actually ENO sent me a preview disc, so I can see if they have the song there, in which case I can upload a 30 sec extract per fair use. I shan't be able to look at this until mid week or so.--Peter cohen (talk) 23:04, 7 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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