FTP name this composer, also known for his Hebrides Overture and incidental music to A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Operas by this man include The Uncle from Boston and The Marriage of Camacho, and most of the librettos for his operas are by Dr. Johann Ludwig Casper. His first royal commission was to create incidental music to the choruses from Sophocles' Antigone. He wrote overtures to The Pretty Melusine and Ruy Blas, while his Religious works include the oratorios Elijah and St. Paul. The second movement of his third symphony evokes folk music from the titular place, while a saltarello and a tarantella appear in the final movement of his Italian Symphony. FTP name this composer, also known for his Hebrides Overture and incidental music to A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Operas by this man include The Uncle from Boston and The Marriage of Camacho, and most of the librettos for his operas are by Dr. Johann Ludwig Casper.
Felix {Mendelssohn}