roph ; ▁the ▁Ric ch is ▁[ ▁Feder ico ▁Ric ci ▁and ▁Luigi ▁Ric ci ▁] ▁[ La ▁pr ig ione ▁di ▁Ed im burgo , ▁ 1 8 3 8 ]; ▁Ross ini ▁[ El is ab etta , ▁reg ina ▁d ' In gh il terra , ▁ 1 8 1 5 ]; ▁S og ner ▁[ M aria ▁Stu arda ▁o ss ia ▁I ▁carbon ari ▁di ▁S co zia , ▁ 1 8 1 4 ]; ▁and ▁V ac ca i ▁[ I ▁solit ari ▁di ▁S co zia , ▁ 1 8 1 5 ] ▁– ▁and ▁this ▁is ▁just ▁a ▁scratch ▁upon ▁the ▁surface ▁of ▁the ▁European ▁inf atu ation ▁with ▁the ▁dec ap itated ▁Stuart ▁and / or ▁her ▁northern ▁fast ness ▁which ▁bo iled - up ▁in ▁the ▁blo odb ath ▁finale ▁of ▁the ▁eigh teenth ▁century , ▁oper as ▁often ▁ra bid ▁and ▁incon sequ ential , ▁full ▁of ▁fashion able ▁confront ations ▁and ▁artificial ▁conflicts , ▁polit ically ▁motiv ated , ▁repet it ious ▁and ▁soon ▁forgotten . ▁ ▁Other ▁notable ▁non - Sc ott ish ▁compos ers ▁of ▁oper as ▁on ▁Scottish ▁subjects ▁include ▁B iz et , ▁Hand el , ▁Gia como ▁Meyer be er , ▁Jean - Fran çois ▁Le ▁Sue ur , ▁John ▁Bar nett ▁and ▁Giuseppe ▁Ver di . ▁Richard ▁Wagner ▁originally ▁set ▁the ▁action ▁of ▁his ▁music ▁drama ▁The ▁F lying ▁Dutch man ▁in ▁Scotland , ▁but ▁changed ▁the ▁location ▁to ▁Norway ▁shortly ▁before ▁its ▁premi ere