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{{Short description|Opera by Christopher Yavelow}}
{{Infobox opera
| name              = The Passion of Vincent van Gogh
| composer          = [[Christopher Yavelow]]<!--
| image             = Vincent van Gogh - Self-portrait with pipe - Google Art Project.jpg
| image_upright     = 1.1
| caption           = [[Vincent van Gogh]], the title character, ''Self-Portrait with Pipe'' -->
| librettist        = Yavelow
| language          = English
| based_on          =
| premiere_date     = {{Start date|1984|04|14|df=y}}
| premiere_location = {{nowrap|[[University of Texas at Dallas]]}}
}}
'''''The Passion of Vincent van Gogh''''' is an [[opera]] in three acts and eighteen scenes by composer [[Christopher Yavelow]]. The opera was commissioned by the [[National Endowment for the Arts]] and composed at the Camargo Foundation in 1983 during a Camargo Fellowship in [[Cassis]], [[France]]. The English [[libretto]] by the composer is taken from the letters of [[Vincent van Gogh]] (with permission from the Vincent van Gogh Foundation), [[Paul Gauguin]]'s journal, and additional official documents relating to Vincent van Gogh. Each line is footnoted in the score and libretto. A German translation by Monique Fasel appears in both the score and libretto. Research for the opera was supported by the [[International Research and Exchanges Board]] (IREX) and by the [[American Council of Learned Societies]] and the [[Social Science Research Council]]. An abridged version of the opera premiered at the [[University of Texas at Dallas]] on April 14, 1984.<ref>[http://www.yavelow.com/docs/MusLarge.html Compositions by Christopher Yavelow]</ref>
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