| 词条 | A Bayou Legend |
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| name = A Bayou Legend | composer = William Grant Still | image = William Grant Still by Carl Van Vechten.jpg | image_upright = | caption = The composer in 1949, photographed by {{nowrap|Carl Van Vechten}} | librettist = Verna Arvey | language = English | based_on = | premiere_date = {{Start date|1974|03|31}} | premiere_location = Opera/South in Jackson, Mississippi }} A Bayou Legend is an American opera composed by William Grant Still, with a libretto by his wife and frequent collaborator, Verna Arvey. PlotSet in a 19th-century Creole village in the Mississippi Delta, the opera focuses on the deadly revenge that the beautiful Clothilde enacts on Bazile, a handsome young man who does not return her expressions of love. When Clothilde discovers that Bazile has been in communication with Aurore, a spirit who identifies herself as Bazile's lover from a distant era, Clothilde threatens to have Bazile arrested for violating local religious customs. When Bazile continues to refuse to wed Clothilde, she arranges for a mob to have him lynched. In his death throes, however, Bazile's soul is united with Aurore; Clothilde lives out the remainder of her years as a bitter recluse. ProductionsStill composed A Bayou Legend in 1941, but it was not professionally staged until 1974, when Opera/South in Jackson, Mississippi presented its world premiere, 33 years later. The company revived the opera in 1976, and in 1979 collaborated with the Mississippi Educational Television Authority to create a made-for-television film version. However, post-production problems delayed its broadcast until June 15, 1981.[1] This marked the first time that an opera composed by an African American was broadcast on television.[2] The opera was performed in 1976 in its West Coast Premier at East Los Angeles City College, featuring a mostly African-American professional cast, including Delcina Stevenson, conducted by the late Calvin Simmons, directed by Gary Fisher, and designed by Donald McAfee. This production shifted the time of the setting to the 1920s. Daniel Carriaga's review of the opera for the Los Angeles Times and Metropolitan Opera News described it as a "lyrical and theatrical masterpiece".{{citation needed|date=March 2014}} Still's widow and author of the libretto, Verna Avery, attended the Los Angeles production. She was given a plaque honoring William Grant Still and said that the production had fully embodied the spirit of her husband's work.{{citation needed|date=March 2014}} The New York Times review of the television production praised the opera as "simple but effective," and described the cast as "exceptionally handsome and talented."[3] The production received an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction. To date, the televised production has not been commercially released on DVD. References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.filmthreat.com/index.php?section=features&Id=1694|title=The Bootleg Files: "A Bayou Legend"|last=Hall|first=Phil|date=2006-02-17|accessdate=2008-05-11|publisher=Film Threat}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.answers.com/topic/william-grant-still?cat=entertainment|title=African American Literature: William Grant Still|publisher=Answers.com|accessdate=2008-05-11}} 3. ^{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E03EFD81338F936A25755C0A967948260|title=TV: STILL'S OPERA OF THE SOUTHLAND, 'A BAYOU LEGEND'|last=Shepard|first=Richard|date=1981-06-15|accessdate=2008-05-12|publisher=New York Times}} External links
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