Wandering Jew

davemarc davemarc at panix.com
Fri Sep 27 08:16:11 CDT 1996


At 05:20 PM 9/26/96 EDT, John Boylan wrote:
>Don Larsson, he of Mankato State U, says:
>
>>In addition to THE WANDERING JEW, I seem to recall that Eugene Sue
>>provided the source for at least one well-known opera, but I can't
>>recall if that's true or what the opera is.
>
>Actually, the Wandering Jew has been made to an opera by Robert Douglas
>Manning. I believe the subtitle is "a melodramatic science-fiction,
>dramatico-musical folk opera."
>
There are also some parallels between the parable of the Wandering Jew and
Richard Wagner's THE FLYING DUTCHMAN.

davemarc




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