Carmen (1915 Cecil B. DeMille film) so DeMille instructed his screenwriter brother William to base his scenario on the public domain novella "Carmen" by Prosper Mérimée. The novella's Carmen was more wilful and manipulative than the opera version. For instance, William included a cigarette factory fight scene from the book which was not found in the opera. Composer Hugo Riesenfeld arranged the orchestral score, his first of many for film, which "was" based on that of Bizet's opera. It was performed at the premiere and other prestigious screenings. There have been two restorations of Riesenfeld's score: the first was by Gillian Anderson, recorded with the London
Opera in Scotland frequently forgotten. Currently unfashionable and largely neglected, Scott influenced opera and historical novels, and authors like Tolstoy. Most of the works are based on Scott's novels rather than his poetry: Based on the novel "Ivanhoe", Rossini, Pacini, and Sir Arthur Sullivan ("Ivanhoe", 1891) created operas. The opera by Rossini is a pasticcio, assembled without the composer's input. Another important "Ivanhoe"-based opera is Nicolai's "Der Templer und die Juedin." A list of over forty stage works based on this novel may be found in an appendix of Jeff Dailey's study of Sullivan's opera. Other notable non-Scottish composers of operas on Scottish